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At 11:12 AM 4/3/98 , David Ross wrote: >NEC makes fine equipment, but I think the support isn't as good as with IBM; >I'm appending a story about the Versa that was on CNN a couple of weeks ago; >I'd deleted from my system, but fortunately hadn't yet emptied my recycle >bin:-) Enjoy! > “Suspicious” notebook PC survives detonation by bomb squad > March 19, 1998 Actually David, I had heard about this--and NEC is making a big deal about this story too. :-) But for what its worth, in PC/Computing's torture tests, NEC's Versa (I don't have a clue which model) was among the first to keel over after an 18-inch drop. :-( I guess I'll find out the hard way whether I can live with the touchpad or not (maybe I'll get lucky and actually *like* it--or at least feel neutral about it vs. the Trackpoint...) When's that 600 series ThinkPad coming out? Any more info about it? ------- Randal J. Whittle whittle@usc.edu (213) 740-7775 Director, Electronic Commerce Program Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California