Peter Liethen wrote:
>
> >with all the misc troubles and fix-a-rounds, that some of our
> >beloved sub compacts deal with..It's still better than using
> >a thinkpad, or any other WINTEL laptop..
>
I had a Thinkpad, and it wasn't a bad laptop. I loved the modular
design, the floppy and hard disk came right out, and could be swapped
easily. However, it was slow.
> Except for one thing ... they don't run MacOS. The Sony Vaio's are
> super sexy, but I could care less for Windows and Linux leave
> somthing to be desired (like Applications)
>
Thats funny Peter, tell me another one. I know linux appears to be
barren, but your probably looking in the wrong places. Try
www.freshmeat.net.
> >and you would think that Apple would look to people like us,
> >to fix pain-in-the rump problems machines like the 2400
> >deal with..instead of some of these hardware engineers,
> >who are dead from the neck up...If there's a problem,
> >and the 'book' sezs it CAN'T be 'fixed' you can COUNT
> >on someone from this list, to do the imposible...
>
> Some things are just bad ideas (like the cheap clickker in the 2400)
> or made a few too many compormises to remain compatable (Duo 2300 was
> limited by the old DuoDock tech) Others we just pushed to market too
> fast (5300 anyone?)
>
> I wish Apple would look at more that just the average consumer when
> desinging their products. Right now I wouldn't buy anything out of
> their product line. Nothing meets my needs in it.
>
> >Steve Jobs, are you listening ?
>
> If he was, We'd have a subnotebook by now. A REAL sub notebook. Not
> some 13 inched-screen beast that the rumor mill is talking about.
> Take a 2400, half it's thickness, and you have one kick ass
> sub-notebook
>
> Ok, enough ranting for tonight, I'm going to bed.
> --
> Peter Liethen - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.liethen.com
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