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Subject: Re: 600 MHz Touch-screen IBM computer $700 [OT]

Author: Keith Ian Price

Date: 11:22:23 05/09/02

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On May 09, 2002 at 13:59:41, Roy Eassa wrote:

>
>http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?SKU=i70-267561up
>
>
>Has anybody here seen or used this device?  It's very unusual!
>
>Intel Mobile Pentium III 600MHz processor, 64MB memory, 10GB hard drive, modem
>and 10/100 Ethernet---plus a unique "pivot" 10.4-inch enhanced IBM TFT display.
>There's full PCMCIA support, Windows 2000, 2 USB ports and more! A full
>notebook, cleverly built into a portfolio! But that's not all! There's also a
>plain-paper notepad on the right side---which actually captures your
>hand-written notes---and stores them for you (without even turning on the PC) as
>editable text!
>
>Also, I think it's got a touch screen (i.e., use with a stylus).  The $1800
>"regular" price seems inflated, but at $700 I wonder whether this might be as a
>reasonable (and much faster) "replacement" for an iPAQ, especially for chess.


Actually cdw.com does list these for $1729.00, so this is a very good price if
someone wanted one.

kp




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