Re: 560x v. 600

[Randal Whittle <rwhittle@usa.net>]

At 02:29 PM 4/4/98 , David Ross wrote:
>If the 600 is really over 5.5 pounds w/battery (but w/out CD) then I
>personally don't believe it qualifies as a 'subnotebook' - maybe 'midnote'
>would be a better term for machines such as this (and the Sony, new NEC,
>etc.)

	The ultra-tiny (Portege, etc.) are the subnotebooks.  Maybe even the 701
is (the last great one, IMO--given that it managed to maintain a full-size
keyboard).

	The 560's & etc. (perhaps the 600, the Sony, the Versa 5000 series,
Digital's Hi-Note Ultra...) are in a class they're calling "Thin and
Light".  An apt description, I think--since it doesn't pretend to be "extra
small", just thinner than usual and lighter too.  That certainly describes
the 560.


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Randal J. Whittle          whittle@usc.edu         (213) 740-7775
Director, Electronic Commerce Program
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California