I thought this was kind of interesting. I was looking over a Gateway Solo 2100 portable computer that friend had. Because he had several and he is also a mad scientist, he let me take it apart. While doing so I noticed some really incredible similarities to the apple PB1400.
The batteries are almost identical. The only difference that I cand find in the NiMH batts is that the gateway battery has a slightly different front lip which just barely prevents the battery from locking into the PB1400. A little knife work might fix that. Some of the later solos came with Li-ion batts - I wonder if those would work.... The Gateway layout is very close to the mac. The PCMCIA card bay is in the same place, the CD/floppy bay is in the same place, and _almost_ fits an apple CD ROM (probably the casing, not the mechanism). The CPU is in the same spot, and you get into the guts of the book by pulling off the top grill. The gateway I saw had a 12.1" active matrix screen, and did not look to be compatible with the PB1400. However, some Solo 2100 come with 11.3" passive matrix screens, which just might be the same as with the apple. Thats a whole lot of coincidence........ Mad Dog -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
