[ltp] 770 EOL????

Paul Rubin linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Sat, 25 Sep 1999 22:31:17 -0700 (PDT)


	> I would almost bet that IBM will announce a whole new family
	> of notebooks at Comdex that are to replace the 770 line and
	> use the form factor similar to the 600E.  Probably be called
	> the 780 or 790.  It will likely have 8 or 16 MB video RAM
	> 1280 x 1024 display and a mobile Pentium III capable
	> motherboard, but the first will probably be a 400 PII.  They
	> might even offer integrated ethernet and offer preloaded
	> Linux (RH) or at least utilities and patches.

I don't think a 1280x1024 display much smaller than the 770z's would
be nearly as nice.  And the biggest 1280x1024 you could put in a 600E
form factor would be around 12.9" or something.