ultraportable... which one?

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"David Tong" <gz30@btinternet.invalid> writes:

> Depends exactly what you want, but I'm delighted with my Toshiba
> U100. It's small enough, rugged enough, and light enough to take
> everywhere with me without being an impediment.

I have a Libretto 70 and I've been thinking about replacing it with a
U100. Is the U100 screen usable in sunlight? That's my biggest gripe
with the 70. It's been an excellent machine otherwise but something a
bit more modern would be great, especially with USB and firewire.

Chris
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Chris,

Yes it's definitely usable in bright sun. In fact it's the best laptop I've
ever had from this point of view, and better than the Tecra S1 which is my
'main' computer. I can still read the U100 in direct sun if necessary,
although naturally it's better to shade it a bit as you can turn down the
brightness and use less battery power. On holiday in S. France three weeks
ago it was perfectly usable on a table outdoors at noon. Probably a result
of using white LEDs for the display instead of fluorescent tubes.

David.
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"Chris Eilbeck" <usenet@hyperspace.org.uk> wrote in message
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> "David Tong" <gz30@btinternet.invalid> writes:
>
>> Depends exactly what you want, but I'm delighted with my Toshiba
>> U100. It's small enough, rugged enough, and light enough to take
>> everywhere with me without being an impediment.
>
> I have a Libretto 70 and I've been thinking about replacing it with a
> U100. Is the U100 screen usable in sunlight? That's my biggest gripe
> with the 70. It's been an excellent machine otherwise but something a
> bit more modern would be great, especially with USB and firewire.
>
> Chris
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> Chris Eilbeck
> MARS Flight Crew http/www.mars.org.uk/
> UKRA #1108 Level 2 UYB
> Tripoli UK Member #9527 LSMR

 

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"David Tong" <gz30@btinternet.invalid> writes:

> Chris,
>
> Yes it's definitely usable in bright sun. In fact it's the best laptop I've
> ever had from this point of view, and better than the Tecra S1 which is my
> 'main' computer. I can still read the U100 in direct sun if necessary,
> although naturally it's better to shade it a bit as you can turn down the
> brightness and use less battery power. On holiday in S. France three weeks
> ago it was perfectly usable on a table outdoors at noon. Probably a result
> of using white LEDs for the display instead of fluorescent tubes.

Excellent! Thanks a lot.

Chris
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"Dan Koren" <dankoren@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> In the ultraportable category nothing comes close to Panasonic.
....
I've had a lot of serious work (& fun) out of my Panasonic CF-R1N. 998grams
2lbs 3oz 10.4in "UltraBrite" screen. I dual-boot WXP Prof & Redhat 9; did
fiddle around updating Synaptic & Intel drivers etc. It is "fully-loaded" w.
512MB, Bluetooth Bluetake BT009Si, WXP talks to the internet via GPRS i-mate
SP3 (Vodafone) or wi-fi 3Com 3CRPAG175 X-Jack 802.11g/b/a . "Executive"
version of a ToughBook - looks like a piece of jewellery, I'm even allowed
it in the house.

Barney

 

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Barney,

Must say, I like the look of Panasonic laptops but I felt that in the UK
(I'm in Leeds) they are not so common and not so well supported. Insight
offer them (that's where I got my U100) but I couldn't see any easy way to
get warranty support if needed, whereas there's a friendly accredited
Toshiba repair outfit only an hour away from me by car. Also I'd decided I
wanted a unit with minimum profile when opened up and in use. (For similar
reasons of 'house acceptability' to the ones you expressed).

Incidentally, I've been using GPRS for the first time with the U100 and it
proved really useful very recently on a holiday in deepest Donegal which by
Sod's Law coincided with the climax of my low-tech son-in-law's negotiations
for a new job in the US. I was able to keep him in email contact with the
USA via Bluetooth to my Ericsson R520 (old design phone - but new from
Expansys earlier this year) using Orange GPRS.

FWIW, I've finally found a BT mouse that does justice to the small size of
the U100: the 'IOGEAR Wireless Bluetooth Mouse' . Got it this morning from
Expansys and it seems good. (Unlike the 'Targus Bluetooth Mini Mouse' which
is very fussy about the surface it's on and quite power greedy. The first
specimen went back to Targus but the replacement is just as bad).

Aren't toys wonderful?

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"lapimate" <lapimate@xtra.nospam.c0.nz> wrote in message
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> "Dan Koren" <dankoren@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:4303adf8$1@news.meer.net...
>>
>>
>> In the ultraportable category nothing comes close to Panasonic.
> ...
> I've had a lot of serious work (& fun) out of my Panasonic CF-R1N.
> 998grams 2lbs 3oz 10.4in "UltraBrite" screen. I dual-boot WXP Prof &
> Redhat 9; did fiddle around updating Synaptic & Intel drivers etc. It is
> "fully-loaded" w. 512MB, Bluetooth Bluetake BT009Si, WXP talks to the
> internet via GPRS i-mate SP3 (Vodafone) or wi-fi 3Com 3CRPAG175 X-Jack
> 802.11g/b/a . "Executive" version of a ToughBook - looks like a piece of
> jewellery, I'm even allowed it in the house.
>
> Barney
>