On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 01:25:30PM -0400, Geoff Doctor wrote: : : Last year about this time, I ended up buying a Lombard 400, and 3 : months later sold it and bought a Pismo 500. I never regret doing that, : this pismo is a much better computer, and here are some reasons why I : prefer it. : : The Pismo has the Rage Mobility 128 Graphics chip, and although it only : sports 8MB RAM, it seems significantly faster than the older version of : the rage in the lombard.
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