Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 07:13:24 +0000
From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New and old Libbys and sports cars reviewed
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 13:48:00 +0800
>From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >Aaaahh... "beauty is the mind..." ...huh? 'Black with square corners
>and hard edges' vs. 'blue-grey with rounded corners and sloped edges'.
>
>*shrug* perhaps I don't like the blue-grey with bubbly rounded corners and
>plasticy sloping edges. The new Libby seems to look more serious and
>professional than the Picturebook (which looks like a cross between a toy
>organizer and an overgrown Casseopia) *waits for the spam!*.
It's not that bad, nothing like the Barbie Mac notebook in person. (hmmm...
I may retract that... see below)
>The contrasting colors are nice too IMHO. I dunno, the new Libby just look
>sleeker and 'faster' than the PictureBook from the pictures I've seen. Then
>again I'm the sort of person that prefers the lines of a DeLorian to the
>bubbles of a Beetle ...
My comparison of the Sony would be more towards a '67 Lamborghini Miura, '63
E-Jag, or my old '72 TVR Vixen... but I can see the square/round stylistic
comparison.
>not that I've got anywhere near the wealth to do more than just look at
>either vehicle :-(
Heh... you'd love getting in and out of it in huge downpours with the time
it takes those gull wing doors to open and close!
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1166/
> >boot... I recall my prophetic words walking out of the store, "I think
>this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship, Libby."
>Hehe ... well I can understand your feeling once I got my 50CT a few weeks
>ago. Particularly nice is the fact that it fits in my jacket pocket (which
>anything CT100 and above can't do). Its RAM situation is a bit of a problem
>though (I've only got 16 meg)
Which reminds me of a makeover we were thinking of... who was it who was
looking into seeing if the MB for these old models could be made to accept
more than 32MB RAM... and if more RAM could be put on the existing cards?
>P.S. For those who don't already know, URLs are:
>New Libretto (Japanese, just look at the pictures ;-)
>http://www3.toshiba.co.jp/pc/catalog/libretto/010507l1/index_j.htm
Wow... it looks HUGE under that model's arm... though the girl is doing an
admirable job of competing with the L2 for attention. What nerds we be ;-P
I do love these old 70CT and below models!
>P.S. For those who don't already know, URLs are:New Libretto (Japanese,
>just look at the pictures ;-)
>http://www3.toshiba.co.jp/pc/catalog/libretto/010507l1/index_j.htm
Actually Dynamism has a number of shots at:
http://www.dynamism.com/libretto/gallery.shtml
>Sony PictureBook (they seem to have removed most of the pictures that they
>did have though) http://www.sonystyle.com/vaio/picturebook/index.shtml
I had problems with MSIE 4.72 not being able to execute the javascript
necessary to pop up the window for "Demo' there where the one picture is. I
had to use Netscape.
Found a lot of shots here:
http://www.farstand.com/pcg-c1/
... But man... That top shot from the rear showing that ugly blue strip
across the back killed it for me! Kind of childish of me... reminiscent of
when I saw my 5th grade girlfriend at home with a cold in her PJs sniffling
and blowing her nose. We are a silly lot ay?
I still like the rest of the lines though. I got awfully tired of all of
the boxy car designs that dominated the corporate downsizing of the 70s and
80s.
Matt
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