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Randy Whittle wrote: > Ahhh, and owner! Steve, did you ever try to use this thing > outdoors in outdoor ambient light? Could you see the screen worth a darn? > My 750C is absolutely worthless outside, and that's something I'd like to > use a notebook machine for. Well, I tried it while relaxing in a sunbeam.... it's pretty bad. The colors wash out pretty easily. > >> > And I don't suppose you know about the battery life issue, do you? > Have you actually *timed* it though? My current 750C batt. guage > used to claim 3:30 everytime, but I never got any more than 2:30 (even less > now that the battery is a bit used up--but that guage still starts off at > 3:30...) Nope, haven't had much of a chance to time it yet. I remember PC Mag's drain test gave the NiCd 1:41, with continuous usage. I haven't tried it yet. > >The AC adapter is a two-prong, handles 120-240V. > How big/heavy is it? The shipped US adapter is about the size of a large pack of cigarettes. Can't give you a definitive weight, but it doesn't seem very heavy. Again, PC Mag's "travel weight" is 5.1 lbs. (That includes the MultiPort and AC adapter, i assume....) You had asked about connectors. It has: (a) a docking station connector (b) a modem jack (c) an infrared port (d) audio-out (headphones) (e) audio-in (f) a port which you can either use as a parallel port or the disk drive port (must use a special cable for either). That's it. The MultiPort II (included) has a VGA, serial, and parallel port, along with mouse and keyboard ports. Steve -- Steve Rodrigues | Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and Expatriate Texan | sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty UC Berkeley, Dept. of EECS | diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they steverod@cs.berkeley.edu | are gone forever. -- Horace Mann