27 Jul
1998
27 Jul
'98
5:31 p.m.
On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Zane H. Healy wrote:
That was the other thing besides the battery life that
I loved about that
computer, it had such an awsome case. I hope you've got the shoulder bag.
It was the nicest case and bag of any of the following 4 laptops I've
owned. Although the PowerBook 520c and 540c have got a lot nicer case
design, they just aren't as nice a case (to flimsy feeling).
I got the shoulder bag, but it's a pretty tight/flimsy synthetic thing
with no pockets. Maybe you had the ShoulderBag+ :-) I'm generally fond
of leather bags, but I also like the synthetic one for the Mac Portable:
lots of pockets and padding + cool neoprene handle.
As far as cases go, the aluminum Kaypro 2000 (which, despite the name,
probably isn't Y2K-ready, BTW) is definitely in the top-10. Magnesium
alloys (pioneered by GRiD) are making a comeback (checkout the latest
light-weight HP notebook, for example). But as long as portable makers
are going to use plastic, it should always be translucent green like the
eMate's :-)
-- Doug