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- From: frigo@psl.wisc.edu (Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (608)877-2332,-2001(FAX))
- Subject: Re: ThinkPads!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.203808.15257@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu>
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- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Physical Science Lab
- References: <1993Jan27.025155.20661@ultb.isc.rit.edu>,<93027.212400GKS101@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 20:38:08 GMT
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- In article <93027.212400GKS101@psuvm.psu.edu>, Greg Spath <GKS101@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- >In article <1993Jan27.025155.20661@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, waw5805@ultb.isc.rit.edu
- >(W.A. Willis) says:
- >>
- >>Ok. What does everyone think about the new ThinkPads from IBM? How do
- >>they compare with the competition?
- >>
- >>
- >
- >I don't know about the competition, but the 700c is very slick! The
- >Active Matrix screen looks just as good as a large monitor (Wolfenstein
- >looks great on it :) ) That little thing they put in the keyboard (
- >I think it's called trackpoint?) was a great idea. It takes some getting
- >used to but offers a very good alternative to a cumbersome mouse.
- >Just my observations from our school's system evaluation lab.
- Having the "little thing" in the keyboard makes a lot of sense. I would
- buy a normal size 101 AT keyboard with this in a minute. All it would
- take is for the keyboard cable to spawn out a typical serial, mouse, or bus
- port connection at one end. Anyone know if this exists?
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