Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:21:40 -0700 (PDT) From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] How many people have a U100 or U105?
Nope - haven't picked one up for myself yet. I was looking at them vs. the usual other candidates if I were to upgrade from my L110. OQO Sony U series Fujitsu P1600 series touchscreens Panasonic W/Y/R/T series. Toshiba R200 I haven't yet because it's not that important, esp. with my cell phone capable of getting my emails through the webmail, and it can do pop/imap + Google Maps Mini + Opera Mini. So it's almost like my phone has replaced my Libretto to a degree for a portable 'something' that let's me jump online and get emails. But I do use myLibretto for longer letters, archiving emails, backing up my digital camera photos to CD, etc., so it's still very useful for that on trips. It's just that nothiing yet has quite what I'm looking for - compact + CD/DVD burner + lightweight + touchscreen + decent price. The Sony/Fujitsu 2-3lbs come close, but at their usual $1500-$2000 starting price, I'm not really itching to trade up for that ---- esp. when new 15" widescreen notebooks from Acer go on sale at microcenter.com (earlier this year) for only $199 USD. It's almost like what in the world are the makers thinking?!? They give you less of a notebook (smaller screen, smaller HD, parts, slower CPU, etc), but then charge 10x more! (eg. $199 Acer vs. $2000 Sony T series) ---- I think in this sense, I'm just waiting for the recent Libretto models to drop to the ~$500 level before I migrate.... Otherwise, I'd rather spend the $1000+ difference on a real 17" gaming notebook with GeForce 7900+ series graphics card =P and be able to get some serious video editing and gaming done for the price. But here's the other thing -- Toshiba simply built the L110 so well that over the years I've owned it, it simply works! Works well, no serious problems, run well, and still does the job well! =) Guess they built a tank.... The OQO's are tempting -- they're the only ones that'll fit a large shirt pocket, and are realistically the only 1lbs portable + keyboard portables that can be had easily. They're selling for $1000 on ebay now, so hopefully in a year, they'll have depreciated to about the $500 level. Touch-screen is a bonus, too! adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front
