>Quite an interesting list ... the "winner" so far is the 5300 (I
>have one, already tallied). They _are_ cheap, and when tweaked,
>quite nice actually. I got mine used from www.sunremarketing.com
>for $299; it's been through the Recall, and with 8.5 on it, is
>my stable -- and almost fast -- main computer
>
>Probably the coolest PB, to my mind, is the 100
Yeah, interesting that the 5300 is probably a lot of folks' '2nd Mac' -
because they're a cheap PPC portable that do most everyday things fairly
well. Hope they're all running SpeedDoubler though. Seriously.
But I always reckon the coolest PBs are the rarest - in this case,
probably the 550c (a black full 040 Blackbird - nice); the 2400 (with G3
or 240MHz 603e (the 240 version also had CardBus built in out of the box
- Japan only); and the Kanga (a comparatively rare bird that has most of
the advantages of an iBook, with the added bonuses of CardBus
upgradeability, serial/LocalTalk, media bay and a 4-speaker stereo
system. If I ever find one for a bargain price, I think I'll buy it for
no apparent reason :-)
I actually like the Duo 2300c a lot too. Excellent display.
Cheers,
RD
Remy Davison
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