Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
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From: yap@me.utoronto.ca (Davin Yap)
Subject: Re: Does anyone have a Compaq SLT laptop- need feedback
Message-ID: <89Oct3.200603edt.19640@me.utoronto.ca>
Keywords: Compaq, SLT, laptop
Organization: University of Toronto Mechanical Engineering
References: <1989Oct1.081526.7906@agate.berkeley.edu> <1989Oct3.121144.14052@lotus.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 89 20:05:52 EDT

In article <1989Oct3.121144.14052@lotus.com> cwraight@lotus.UUCP (Chris Wraight - UNIX Mktg) writes:
>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've had a NEC ProSpeed 286 for three months now, and have been
	very happy with it.  Having seen both the ProSpeed and the SLT I
	feel qualified to make the following observations (of course I'll
	be biased towards the ProSpeed :-):

	- The vga display on the Nec is much better than on the SLT for
	two reasons.  First, the prospeed uses a display technology that
	provides (pitch) black characters as opposed to the blue
	characters on the slt.  Second, the prospeed displays 16 shades
	of gray (verified - you should see fmaid3.gif on the box) as
	opposed to the 4 shades on the slt.

	- The prospeed runs at 16 Mhz as opposed to 12 Mhz for the slt.
	The difference is noticeable.  Caveat: the 287 on the prospeed
	only runs at 8 mhz, while the slt has the socket for intel's new
	cmos 287.

	- The detachable keyboard on the slt is very nice, top marks for
	this one.  However, I've been happy with the keyboard on the Nec,
	it's well laid out and the feel is quite nice.  If you'd like, the
	Nec comes with a port for a standard AT keyboard - not just a
	numeric keypad.

	- You can get the prospeed with either a 20, 40 or 100 meg drive
	(the 100 meg is real nice: 25 ms, 1.25 Mbyte/sec transfer rate,
	and it only weighs an ounce or two more than the 40 meg drive)
	all drives are RLL 7/11 (whatever that means)

	- both machines weigh about the same - too much to comfortably
	tote about for too long - approx. 15 lb

	- both machines have a docking station

	- the batteries on the slt last longer, though I've never used
	mine.  Anyone looking for a battery for a Nec ProSpeed 286 :-)
	I've never found myself too far from AC - at least not 
	where I've wanted to use a computer.

>Disclaimer: The views expressed above are entirely personal and do not
>reflect the views of my employer. 
>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>Chris Wraight				TEL: 617-577-8500

Too naive to leave a disclaimer:  I've never yet been sued!

Davin
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