[H-GEN] Toshiba notebook.

[Andrae Muys]

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Byron Ellacott wrote:
> There are also non-software advantages and disadvantages for the iBook. 
> First, in a price/performance view it is an excellent deal, as you'll be
> hard pressed finding equivalent hardware on an Intel laptop for the same
> price.  It also has built in 10/100 Ethernet, USB, CDROM (or DVD/CDR,
> depending on the model) and firewire.  Later models also have Bluetooth
> built in.  It lacks PCMCIA however, so if you have or will need to have
> PCMCIA cards you would need a USB reader.  On the other hand, the
> primary use for PCMCIA slots is networking, and the iBooks have an
> internal slot for a wireless card.

Well I would have already purchased an iBook except Apple wants to charge 
the earth for a model, with very little flexibility in their offering.  I 
really would like a minimum 14.1" screen, and a minimum of 512Mb RAM.  Both 
Toshiba and Dell offer that for <$4000, while as far as I can tell Apple 
will want closer to $5000 for that privilage.  Not that this is exclusive 
to Apple, my next stop was IBM who suffers from the same inflexibility.

Andrae


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