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From: cwraight@lotus.com (Chris Wraight - UNIX Mktg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Does anyone have a Compaq SLT laptop- need feedback
Keywords: Compaq, SLT, laptop
Message-ID: <1989Oct3.121144.14052@lotus.com>
Date: 3 Oct 89 12:11:44 GMT
References: <1989Oct1.081526.7906@agate.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: cwraight@lotus.UUCP (Chris Wraight - UNIX Mktg)
Organization: Lotus Development Corp.
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I have been using a SLT for over six months now, with favorable
impressions.  Some of the good points:

* Long battery life
* VGA screen
* good power conservation utilities
* runs OS/2 (1.2 verified)
* 40MB disk size
* desktop expansion chassis
* good memory expansion (3.6MB)

Some of the bad points:

* Heavy, very heavy for trips
* Expensive
* No battery strip charger like Toshiba's
* 

Some of the untested options:

* 12V adapter (nice feature)
* External charger (one at a time)

If it were not for the VGA graphic capabilities, I probably would have
opted for the Toshiba 1600, with the big tradeoff also being a smaller hard
disk (20MB).  Another one to look at would be the NEC ProSpeed.  


I personally like the concept of a "dual service system", a la the desktop
expansion chassis which allows me to pick up and take my system home with
me.  This facilitates the use of the system as my primary email repository.
I've also got the expansion chassis hooked up with a PC-Net card, along
with an external Bernouilli box for those humungous applications.  I'm not
going to make it my permanent environment until Compaq ships a 386-based
SLT (listening?), despite the NEC product, my company is predominantly
Compaqs and Toshibas.

Disclaimer: The views expressed above are entirely personal and do not
reflect the views of my employer. 

 
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