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Good morning, Robert, I had thought you'd talk of your "keyboard pounding!";) On screen size: It is an issue. The new micro notebooks' screens I find far too small and while larger is nice I have always felt that this 10" screen was just fine. [I recall thinking 10.5" screens: WOW, now you're talking!] Maybe I will like bigger bigger screen but I may not like the bigger size...? I'll add that I was disappointed to hear that the 600 is going to be strangely heavy. Weight is a big issue if you really carry it around with you. Keyboard feel is my biggest issue with word processing. Bryan At 11:50 AM 4/5/98 EDT, you wrote: ><<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. >>> > >I certainly agree it was underpowered, and that was one of the reasons >I did not buy it. But if someone had come out with a 701 or equiavlent >a year later with the latest fastest processor, I would still ont have >bought it, because I find a 10" screen far too small. > >Of course tastes differ, and I am the first person as you know to insist >that you look at machines yourself to make sure you base a purchase on >your own tastes and not those of others. > >However, it is certainly the case that IBM market research indicated that >most of the market feels the way I did, that screen size is a crucial >parameter, and that 10.4" was too small, and that is why they abvandoned >the form factor. > >