Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 13:21:57 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Libretto L1/L2/L3 in California $1499+, Used Jpn. CDs $3!
User's Side store in Gardena, CA (southern california) 405 to 110 freeway south to pacific coast highway west to carson ave. corner shopping mall. (or 405 to carson south all the way to PCH corner) $1499+ for the L-series. Has one on display looking quite sleek and black elegant. -- They also have other japanese laptops and desktops and software in stock and can be ordered if you like. eg. that brand-new super thin 16.5mm Sharp Mebius ~3lbs notebook just out (yep, that's 16.5mm closed, open, both parts are even thinner). eg. Hello Kitty labled CD-R discs. eg. the usual lot of Japanese OS, apps and games. eg. the latest Sony VAIO laptops not yet avail. in the US. -- Good buy for those that don't want to buy on ebay.com (although ebay.com can go $200-300 cheaper) and want local store to support them as needed. You have the opportunity to stop in and check it out before buying, too. -- IMO, the one nice thing about the L-series is that the keys on the keyboard are finally 'comfy' sized. Just small enough to make the L-series portable, but not so small that you have to adjust like on the L50-110 series US keyboards. (and if you've got the Japanese keyboard, even more adjustment! ,) They've got a sort of rubber insulated bounce to them, and not 'noisy' like the L110 keyboard. Dont' know if this softness will be good or not in long typing sessions. It is thinner and a touch heavier than the L100/110 series, of course, so it's not a 'Libretto' in the sense of the size and weight of prior models. However, it does take things into a more useable direction where you don't have to have super good eyes and adroit typing skills to fit yourself into the smaller, older Libretto keyboards and screens. Same annoying touch-point as the Sony C1 series, and I would have prefered a touchpad instead. Still, guess they've got some space considerations... The L1 is definitely not a 'book' anymore in terms of portability. Much larger width and depth means you can't just tuck it under your arm like prior Librettos, and it's more like one of their 3lbs notebooks divided in half now. More like a writing tablet now but still lighter than the usual 3lbs slim-notebooks. -- for those looking at the Fujitsu P-series (LOOX in Japan), and wanting the very latest models with all the goodies, User's Side can probably have one special ordered as well -- faster than waiting for the US long lines if you can handle the Japanese OS and keyboard. The US always seems to be a bit behind the Japanese for the latest leading-edge models in terms of thin & multi-functional models. -- User's Side also can order those nifty all-in-one Sharp LCD and computer in one models if you like. Stylish models to choose from, and naturally, all in japanese. -- They don't carry any of the 7-color epson inkjet printers (PM-900C/PM-920C/PM-950C) in store, but could probably special order them. These are the world's best photo inkjet printers beating all other inkjet prineters avail. Sadly, avail. in japan only for some reason.... www.silverace.com/dottyspotty/issue9.html to see my actual print samples of many photo printers except the 7-colors. I'd order one myself if it weren't so hard/expensive to get the cartridges.... -- After that head over to Pacific Square - 405 to 110 N to Redondo Beach Blvd. Head Pacific Square mall on the south side of the street a couple blocks west from the 110 freeway. (or take 405 to carson exit north, to Redondo east). They have a big shopping mall area with the usual little mini-malls shops. My favorite is Itasho Book Off used Japanese books, magazines, manga & CD store. They've got 600+ stores in Japan, and this little find has lots of goodies. $3 CDs of many recent decade pop artists like SPEED, Globe, Utada Hikaru, ELT, etc. - yep! $3 for each album! in very good condition. (a far better buy for those that are into Japanese music vs. those $30+ Japanese CDs new - yep, Japan has crazy CD music prices) Lots of older bands as well, and it goes back a decade to some of the more obscure, hard-to-find titles (like my own favs Mizuki Arisa and Kix-s). Lots of books as well, including some hard-to-find older classics like the novel for "Koukou Kyoushi", that 1993 TBS TV classic drama. (well, actually, KK books are gone now that I've been there and bought out the only two titles they had ;) Lots of comic books for those into manga, and worth the visit if you're into anything Japanese. It'll save you a lot of money if you can find it in this used bookstore. -- Anyways, nothing's perfect, and as such, none of these stores have the really obscure like that fourth Koukou Kyoushi book. Or, in another case, that's 0.5mm Fine Black ink replacements for the Uni-ball Gel RT (UMR-85 in Japan and elsewhere). Strangely, Sanford thinks the USA shouldn't get anything but medium and bold points.... Stranger still, why sell 'refillable' pens if the refills are impossible to get? Oh, well, guess it's going to be another trip to Japan to pickup these babies. d =) ===== adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. 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