Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:19:19 -0700 (PDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto U100 drops in price in Japan
> Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:34:47 -0700 (PDT) > From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Libretto U100 drops in price in Japan > > Well, coming up to a year? or a half? on the release of the Libretto U100 > in > Japan, and I just picked up a copy of Best PC sold in Japan. > > In it, it has the Libretto U100/190NLB selling for 179800 yen or about > $1800 > USD - 5,600 or about $560 discount for a total of $1238 or so on special > sale. > Normally, this notebook still goes for about $1690 in Japan, but they do > have > sales that are killer at Sofmap Akihabara, etc, where you can definitely > get a > 'steal'. definately a steal:))) > > Anyways, at the $1200 or so, it definitely starts to look more and more > like a > good upgrade to my L100, although I'm still typing and using this old L110 > of > mine right now to type this letter quite well. (Guess Toshiba really > built a > great model with the L50-L110 line =) the best!! > > The one thing I'd like would be extra speed so I can watch my Divx movies > on > this machine, but other than that, it does do everything I want a > mininotebook > to - email, web, internet, ftp, etc. its worth the upgrade. I watch 1028x748 movies now without a problem. pretty much cut it at the full stream bit rate and convert and they play great!! you can still work too. > > I hope this also means that soon, Toshiba will be thinking of releasing a > new > U200 model soon! with all of the minor annoyances fixed (awkward keyboard, > terrible mouse pointer, small screen that doesn't use all of the space it > has, > etc) on the U100 model. I wouldn't doubt it. it beats every other hands down!! > > In the meantime, the latest Sony T series notebooks with the super-thin > LCD > display with LED backlighting and direct-one-touch-DVD playback buttons is > a > very strong contender for a mini-notebook. although heavier than the > Libretto > U100 by itself, the T series does have a built-in DVD burner and with 5+ > hours > of continuous runtime, a sure bet for any traveller! (after all, why go > with a > smaller notebook if it only has 2-3 hours of battery life? that won't even > last > a days' worth of work...) > doesn't sony overrate their battery life and the machines themselves run very warm? > ----- > > > > adorable toshiba libretto > The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ > > > > __________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > >
