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> It looks absolutely beautiful to me. Nicer (judging from the pics) than >my 560 (though I still think they should license the trackpoint from IBM >rather than use that silly touchpad). I hate those touchpads. They strain my hands, and the TrackPoint was a big persuasion when I originally got my 355C. I figured out how to use it right away. > >>I have never been a fan of HP - I prefer Apple printers to HP, and Epson >>scanners to HP. Will we be in for a shocker in '98 ??? > > Au contraire--I think HP makes some of the best equipment available. They >make the best calculators and the best palmtops hands-down. Their printers >and scanners may not necessarily be the "best" on the market, but there's >no question that they lead the way and set the standard--all the rest are >also-ran copycats that sometimes improve on the pioneering effort. > > On the PC front, they're hit and miss. The old model 150 touchscreen was >a pioneering effort (used 3 1/2" diskettes almost a full year before the >Mac came along), while their early Vectra PC-compatibles were painfully >proprietary. If you think they're proprietary, look at Compaq. I actually hate some of the older Deskpros because adding memory, or reusing the video or I/O cards was a pain in the butt, and their hard drive type #'s were as proprietary as the PS/2's, but the PS/2's had way better performance. Paul ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com