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On Sat, 7 Feb 1998 22:12:28 -0800 (PST), Paul Rubin wrote: > >Apparently in the last week the 770 line has had a significant > >price cut, like 15-20% or so. They're still out of my range but > >those of you about to buy one should be aware of this. > > I noticed. Now the best one is selling for "only" ~$4999 from > CompUSA direct. Not bad for CompUSA, too. But WAY out of my > range, too. :( > >According to the www.thinkpads.com home page, a new 770 with a 266 mhz >cpu and an 8 gb disk is about to come out. That might explain the >current price cuts. I wonder if they will come out with a bigger >screen too--some off-brand models with 15" screens are apparently >available now. I think that the mobile Pentium II is due out this >summer, and that should result in further price cuts for the current >Pentium-MMX models. I believe the lower-end 770's are now under $4000. >When they get to the $3000 level including CD, I'll start getting >interested. Perhaps that will happen in the next few months. Meanwhile, >my 755cx is getting pretty clunky, but still holding up. > I can agree about my 701. It's a great machine, and except for that ^&$%*@% keyboard, it's held up quite well. :) One thing about the 15" screens, though - when you get bigger and bigger, it almost starts getting less portable - after all, what about opening up something like that on an airplane, or lugging it around? I take my ThinkPad everywhere, and when notebooks get to be 12-15 pounds, that's pushing it (I used to carry my desktop to school, in pieces, and that was already heavy for such a small system. <g> ). -- Paul Paul Khoury pkhoury@loop.com http://pkhoury.dyn.ml.org (if you can't get to the website, then I'm not online) For a list of systems running, send email to pkhoury@loop.com with SYSTEM in the subject line For a information about RC5-64 and real-time telnet chatting, send email to pkhoury@loop.com with INFO in the subject line. Current system statistics: The Operating System/2 Version is 4.00 Revision 9.029 There are 24 Processes with 88 Threads. This machine's uptime is 0d 1h 5m 7s 500ms.