[geeks] Fwd: Damn, I WANT A BULLFROG!!!!

[Lionel Peterson]

> --- Dennis Vines <dennis_vines at tadpole.com> wrote:

Tadpole announcement/sale offer (skip to the botom for the big news!)

> > Besides the 64 bit SPARCLE notebook with up to 80GB
> > HDD/2GB RAM starting at $2545, Tadpole has a HOLIDAY
> > SPECIAL this FALL with 25-46% discounts on specific
> > configurations and will also be coming out with the
> > following portables very soon:
> > 
> > Tadpole will be making Sun Microsystems new SUNRAY
> > thin client in the same case and format as the SPARCLE
> > in a wireless notebook for sale direct to the public
> > called the COMET 15" LCD this FALL. Price $1495 with
> > an 8 hr battery life.

Pricey...

> >In 60 days, Tadpole will have COMET 12" LCD in a much
> > slimmer, more compact case at $995.

$1K Thin Client notebook?!
 
> > Tadpole will be announcing the TALIN, a fully supported
> > Linux 2.4/3.0 GHz Pentium 4 based notebook will begin
> > shipping in December 2003 in the same format as the
> > SPARCLE. Formal price quotes available now. The first
> > notebook with Sun's new Java DT, STAROFFICE 7.0, supporting
> > SuSE now, RedHat soon. Price range: $1495-$2545

Yawn...

> > Tadpole will announce the VIPER, a UltraSPARC IIIi
> > 1.2GHz notebook with up to 2GB RAM/80GB HDD in December
> > in the same SPARCLE format to allow companies to use the
> > same HDD's, Batteries, and AC Adapters, in all of our new
> > product lines.

Cool!
 
> > Tadpole is coming out with a Prominence card which
> > will double to triple the TCPIP off loading speeds of
> > your current hardware by late March, 2004.

OK
 
> > The BULLFROG, a dual CPU notebook, with up to 8GB RAM,
> > 17" 1400x1050 LCD, massive HDD and connectivity is expected
> > late June, 2004

Oh, sweet mother of Jesus! dual CPU notebook... SNMP BABY!!!

Probably Intel CPU though... :^(


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Lionel

"I am not into examining other peoples' dumps..." - Sheldon T. Hall

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