7 Apr
2000
7 Apr
'00
8:46 p.m.
On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, David Vohs wrote:
What is, in your opinion, the best laptop with the
best monochrome screen.
If I was asked I'd definitely say the Macintosh Portable.
I'd say this because this computer was one of the first to use active matrix
screen technology. Do remember, in 1989 that was more or less new
technology!
Best for what? The Mac had the first active matrix monochrome, but it
wasn't backlit until a later model. In 1982, the GRiD Compass had an
electroluminescent display that was just as bright and readable as a CRT.
Later models had gas plasma displays that were readable from miles away
:-)
Apple was *very* late to market with portables, and the Mac Portable was a
huge joke in 1989 due to its size. Well before 1989, there were already
handheld MS-DOS machines like the Poqet.
I guess my favorite monochrome laptops were those cool gas plasma
Sun-compatible Unix laptops from Tadpole and others.
Cheers,
Doug