Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:00:31 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] RE: Libretto L-Series
In a message dated 3/26/2005 3:58:23 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Lee I was disappointed with the L-series libretto when I saw them when a > trip to Japan last year. > The Portege range is a more powerfull laptop but still lightweight if you > like Toshiba's. > My Portege 3490CT is still giving me sterling service, now with a high speed > high ram 60GB harddrive, and can be picked up on e-bay for little money. > If I was looking for something small, the Sony u1,u3, or u101 would get my > vote, though still quite expensive even now secondhand, originally Japan > only. > Mike. > After David's post warning of the poor performance of the Transmeta CPUs, I went looking for information on the Crusoe processors (as you know, the L-series has either the original or version 2 of the Crusoe CPU) and found this site: http://www.vanshardware.com/articles/2003/07/030715_Transmeta/030715_Transmeta .htm The Crusoes are really raked over the coals. I had assumed that most critiques of these CPUs were by folks who had higher expectations than me, but the review at this site talks about slow menu display in business software, slow web screen redraws, etc. That's just not what I'm after, or worth what these Librettos are bringing on ebay. I'd like a smallish machine. The Sony U-series are great, but really spendy. The various 10" LCD lightweights all have touchpads and full aspect ratio screens, making them roughly 8" x 10-11" or larger - too big for my intended uses. Maybe I'll wait for the Sonys to drop in price and keep the L100 for a while longer... Thanks for the tip on the L-series. I agree with you on the Porteges (bought one for my daughter), but am shooting for a smaller footprint. Lee
