[ltp] 770 EOL????

[Grubbs, Dan]

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.


-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Fluch [mailto:fluch@rock.helsinki.fi]
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 4:05 PM
To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Subject: Re: [ltp] 770 EOL????


On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Michael Cameron wrote:

> I could not agree more.  
> Your observations also contribute to the popularity of Linux on the
> Thinkpad i.e. getting a complete development environment on a portable
> machine.  This is how I use my 770ED and how the others I know with
> Linux on a 770 use theirs.  
> 
> If IBM cut the 770 I think a significant number of Linux users
> (including myself) may be looking elsewhere for a replacement machine.
> 
> I hope that some IBM people who subscribe to these lists might have a
> little influence and point this out.

The same hope I. 

Martin

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