Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 15:25:46 -0500 From: John Musielewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] L50 & USB?
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:35:19 -0700, you wrote: >If I had a 50/70/whatever I suspect I'd still want the extended battery; and >the prices now seem to be so low... The 70 can do most of what the 110/100 can do. What it can't (like run XP or usb) I don't need anyway so I, at least, don't need to upgrade. The processor is definately fast enough and I heard about a third party ram upgrade which allows greater than 32 megs of ram. If that can be increased then that pretty much allievates any need for an upgrade for years. Most of the newer software that requires high powered cpus and gigabits of ram is no better than the older which have more resonable system requirements. I use my 70 for programmming, crunching numbers and word processing mainly anyway which doesn't require mainframe capability. When I use it for board layout I can emulate a 800 by 600 which is what the program needs. Circuit simulation runs pretty darn fast. It handles requirements for the internet. It easily handles a customer database and prints to a infred printer for travel so its easy to print billing reciepts and such and the hard drive has plenty of storage room so theres no problem keeping records. The battery life is fairly good at 3 hours. It handles faxes well and I already own all the 16 bit pcmcia cards I need so I don't have to worry about not finding compatible cards. There are always some on ebay though so if one breaks it is easily replaceable. It has a color screen and is small light and easily packed. It doesn't use a lot of proprietary connectors so third party stuff will work so replacing a power supply is no problem. The screen is big enough so reading on it is no problem. The 70 is a pretty good little computer even if it is a little outdated. John ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
