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Re: Request for 755 CX Comments
On Wed, 26 Jul 1995, Patrick Hong wrote:
> >Our company is about to purchase several 755CX's (SVGA/540 HD/8 Mb RAM) for
> >use by salesmen in the field. Anyone out there have
> >comments/warnings/suggestions for us? We will be running W3.11 as our sales
> >reporting software is written for it (not brave enough to wait for a
> >preloaded W95, let others be the final beta testers). I am, however,
> >looking forward to using Warp for my own applications.
>
> I just received my 755CX about three weeks ago and I have nothing but praise
> for it. This is my second Thinkpad (first one was a 720C) and thus far, I'm
> glad that I didn't get the 755CD model. While the CD would have been nice,
> the benefit of the CD didn't justify the extra baggage it would have
> imposed. While there are faster notebooks around, 800x600 screen is
> marvelous and the feature set is something others I believe are still trying
> to catch up with. Specifically, the MWave DSP chip, the Trackpoint III
> (others like the Toshiba don't have as nice a feel), the quality of
> construction and last but not least, the great keyboard.
>
> While these are just my opinions, I stand by them as I've been shopping
> around not only for myself but my clients as well. They finally settled on
> ten 755CE's and they're very happy with them. I'm sure they would have
> purchased the 755CX's but they weren't introduced as of yet.
>
> Apparently IBM will be introducing a new Thinkpad soon, a 120MHz pentium
> with an 11.3" SVGA dispay.
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