Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 22:25:32 -0800 From: Chester Prudhomme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] To buy or not to buy ...
Raymond wrote: > Subject: To buy or not to buy ... > > Hi all! > > I have a problem. I have currently a 16 meg L50 clocked to 100MHz with docking >station, 3 batteries and all the normal stuff that comes with it that I'm likely to >sell for perhaps $500AUD ($250USD) or so. I'm currently looking for an advertisment >for a 64 meg L100 with docking station, power pack, etc. for just under $1000AUD >($500USD) ... > > Now out of you greedy peeps that have both the L50/70 and the L100/110, is there any >compelling reason to upgrade given the $500AUD ($250USD) price difference (and the >fact that as a student I'm not exactly rolling in cash)? Currently my biggest problem >is X taking ages to do ANYTHING under Linux but I've got no idea how much better >it'll be on an L100 ... I'd thought of perhaps putting Win2k onto it if I got it but >in reality, short of stability reasons (which don't seem to be an issue for me) is >there any advantage to running Win2k on an L100 compared to Win95 on an L50? In >reality how much bigger is the L100 compared to the L50 (ya I know there are exact >measurements, those are 'bounding box' sizes not taking into account case shape, >etc)? ... is it realistically possible to comfortably carry the L100 in one's coat >pocket? > > - Raymond Raymond, bite the bullet and go for the 110CT......more HD, more memory, more possibility of upgrade and it has USB capability. I just got one on eBay for $530USD. I've been playing with it - it has Win2K which I can tell you already is light years ahead of the Win95 on my L70 and the Win98SE that was on my desktop (I recently upgrade this to Win2K as well). The L110 is only very slightly bigger and heavier (.3 oz) than my L70 as well. As for the coat pocket question........that depends on how big your coat pocket is! #8~} BTW - my L70 is now for sale....it has very, very few hours of use and is mint with everything as original (including a hard copy of the manual and ALL of the diskettes). It is also the last version of the L70 with maker loaded 32 mb's of RAM and the 2.1 HD, not the usual 1.6! Email me if interested. Chester ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
