I have a Duo 280, great little machine, running Palm Desktop 1.0, AppleWorks 5, Eudora and QuarkXpress 3.3, all on OS8.1. It has 40MB memory and a 200MB hard drive and it runs for about one and tthree quarter hours off the battery. Also I have DuoDock II which can apparently run two monitors at thousands of colours, and I use that set up for Ray Dream designer 3, Photoshop 3 and Xpress 3.3 and the like. It has a second 500MB hard drive too. The trick is this. Use software contemporary with the machine (although I like 8.1), and accept its limitations. The Duo on its own is a fine little laptop, which can fit in a small overnight bag, and with a DuoDock II, old software and a bit (OK sometimes a lot) of patience it's a perfectly capable, if slow ,graphics machine. The same can be said of its web-browsing capabilities. I realy don't mind the lack of colour on the laptop itself. The only real problem is the lack of an FPU in the 68LC040 chip, which makes it all but unuseable on many statistics, artificial life and some graphics packages - I use a version of Statview that is some ten years old. Even with Software FPU, a freeware fpu emulator, it doesn't run everything. So plus points - it's versatile, and will do most things you'd want it too; Minus points - it's slow by today's standards, especially for graphics, and doesn't have an fpu. I hope that helps nick green ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | Great Duo & 2400 stuff including 10/100 Ethernet for 2400s! Dr. Bott | Duo Batts too <http://www.drbott.com/prod/alist/duo.html> NineWire | If they are cool enough to host this list... Digital Solutions | ...you should check them out! http://www.NineWire.com/ PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
