[ltp] 770 EOL????

[Robert A. Munro]

I agree with Dan, mostly. (I won't guess specs for IBM's next premium Thinkpad, but model 780 is most likely IMHO).

IBM would be crazy not to continue their high-end, desktop-replacement Thinkpad line.  But they are also very quiet prior to product announcement (learned from the 10-year DoJ antitrust suit).  IBM won't announce until it's available.

Another reason for this is that general knowledge of the next model tends to flatten sales of the current machines, and this is especially true at the high-end, where buyers want the best and are sometimes willing to wait for what's next.

Just before I got my 770X, an acquaintance tried to sell me his 770ED (that he'd gotten in barter from Ingram Micro).

Hopefully IBM will keep the next model's UltraBay, battery, etc. compatible with the 770's peripherals.  However, I'll be encouraged it they simply put a real modem in it (and if so, might even buy one).  Mwave sound is actually pretty good (it beats Sony VAIO for resilience to CPU load, and I know because I had both) but it makes an inferior modem.

Robert Munro

Maureen Lecuona wrote:

> I LOVE IBM top of the line laptops, but I don't want to lose my shirt rebuying
> disks, batteries and power supplies everytime a new Thinkpad comes out.  And I
> certainly won't consider a Thinkpad that is NOT a desktop replacement laptop.
>
> Maureen Lecuona
>
> "Grubbs, Dan" wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Michael Cameron wrote:
> >
> > > 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
>