10 Sep
2012
10 Sep
'12
11:48 p.m.
On 10 Sep 2012 at 23:27, Evan Koblentz wrote:
But, I strongly disagree with all the reports calling
the Compass a
"laptop" computer. I don't mean that as mere semantics: a vital
definition of a laptop isn't just a flat lap-sized computer, but
rather a flat lap-sized computer with its own power source. Compass
users had no choice but to plug into wall power.
So the Compass may have been the first clamshell * computer * but it's
not a laptop.
...and to my recollection, the Compass was the *only* Grid model
without a battery option. Note that the early Toshiba plasma laptops
also had the same limitation--and Toshiba shamelessly copied the Grid
design--and got sued as a result.
--Chack