Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 16:34:18 +0100 From: barnacle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Toshiba Laptop Selection
On Sunday 11 July 2004 06:41, you wrote: > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 15:31:55 EDT > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Toshiba Laptop Selection > > Fellow listers: > > I'm in the process of selecting a laptop PC for my daughter, who will head > off to college in August. Being a Libretto devotee, I'd prefer to get a > Toshiba of some flavor, but I'm not as educated as I'd like on the older > models that I can afford. I'm looking for a PII machine, in the 300-400mHz > range, preferably not a heavyweight but fairly light/thin, maybe a 10.4" or > 12" LCD. Can anyone help me out with suitable models I should be focusing > on? Thanks. Lee, From your criteria, you're probably looking at a portege. I have both the 7020CT and the 3480CT. The 7020 is fine with win2k and will boot from a pcmcia CDrom, though you'll require either the port extender or a base station if you want to use the serial or parallel port. There's a separate port for a dedicated floppy. The screen is good - about 12", 1024*768 and although the battery will be almost certainly dead, long life batteries which don't add to the thickness of the unit aren't expensive and will last most of a transatlantic flight. The processor is a 366, standard disk is 6G, and it comes with 64MB ram with a socket underneath for another 64MB. You might find that the processor can't decode all the latest video codecs in real time, particularly AVIs, though it's fine for MPG and audio replay. It will run off the same mains psu as the libs (round connector) though it prefers a three amp supply. Weight is under two pounds, if you don't insist on carrying the floppy and extender and cdrom around, which is the whole point :) and size is about an inch wider than a sheet of A4 paper, about an inch thick. The 3480CT runs all the stuff that the 7020 does but has a faster (600M) processor, more ram (64M+128M) and a bigger disk - 12G. The screen is the same resolution at 1024 by 768 but smaller - it's an inch smaller all round than the 7020. Overall thickness is about 3/4 inch. Standard battery pack (new) will run two-three hours and the extension pack - which is ridiculously cheap because it's a stupid design - bolts underneath and doubles the thickness and weight, but it runs at least ten hours. The keyboard can be a little small, and I'd prefer a bigger shift key on the right. The port extender includes serial, parallel, extra USB, network point, another video output, an alternate power input (round as above; the power on the machine itself is the two-prong type used on the 100/110), keyboard/mouse port, and another audio output. There's a winmodem socket on the side of the machine, too. Of the two, the 7020 is more comfortable to use but I like the lesser size and weight of the 3480. HTH, Neil ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
