Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!lotus!cwraight 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. Lines: 46 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. -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Wraight TEL: 617-577-8500 Lotus Development Corp. {uunet,attmail}!lotus!cwraight 55 Cambridge Pkwy, Cambridge, MA 02142