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Thought I'd weigh in on this one as a proponent of the 701: I still love the size -as well weight and feel of the 701 and eye those laptops that are even smaller. I liked this computer the first time I saw it and had a chance to lay hands on it. I think that IBM probed the limits of small, light and comfortable and succeeded. I believe that the *market failure* was the result of it being the last of the $6,000 486s. Oh, had it only been a Pentium! -of course then I may never have had the opportunity to buy one. As I eye some of the new smaller notebooks I like their portability and ultra light weight but the keyboards are just junk if you intend real typing. I love the size and feel of this keyboard and I have been nothing short of astounded that it has proven to be as durable as it has. Oh, and I should add that many of the larger systems also have junk keyboards in my opinion. The Hi-Note Ultra, for example, has a terrible keyboard -maybe the worst- for real typing. As I await affordability of the 560X, my target upgrade, I hope that I will find that two years after its purchase I like it as much as this 701. Bryan 701C -and still delighted At 01:27 PM 4/5/98 GMT, you wrote: >On Sun, 5 Apr 98 07:59:02 EDT, you wrote: >>I see no real advantage in small, and I think that this is probably true >>for a lot of people, which is why the 701 was a market failure, and IBM >>had to sell off huge numbers of them in a fire sale. > > I'd have to disagree with the assumption that subnotebook means A4 >or smaller. On my site, I pretty much say the only distinction is that >the system weigh under 5lbs, a limit I've found most respondents agree >with that. While it's nice that Toshiba and Hewlett-Packard continue >to offer a small design, with the 560 and DEC Hi-Note Ultra offering >large displays while still coming under the 5lb weight limit, I see >users as getting the best of both worlds. > epbrown >Stop by the Portable Computing Center for reviews, >editorials, and the FAQ on laptop computers. >http://www.enteract.com/~epbrown > >