[SPARCbook] New Tadpole/RDI product will be reviewed

[Ken Hansen]

EEW - that stinks... Maybe that is their new model, send the units out on
approval, let you fall in love with it, then claim damage when you try and
return it! ;^)

I would be *very* curious if they got the power issue under control - a one
hour laptop is "just short" of useful for most users... I was away at school
this weekend and was working on my Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop (PII/266
with lots 'o RAM and a 12.1" TFT display) and got a *very reliable* 3 hour
battery life.

That is the kind of battery life you need in todays market, IMHO (and my
laptop is *old* by todays standard...

Ken

PS: School is Linux-based, the SPARCBook would amaze on professor, then
I'd be back on the Tecra to do my work... Oh well.)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] New Tadpole/RDI product will be reviewed


> On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 09:33:38AM -0400, Sunder wrote:
> > Hey Bill, what's the (estimated) price on this thing?  $20K? :)
>
> I have NO idea, I'm just going to be VERY VERY CAREFUL with it, since
> I have to pay for it at the end of the review period if it gets hurt
> in any way. 8-)
>
> Bill
>
> > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > > Just FYI, I've got a loaner Tadpole/RDI machine on the way for a
> > > long term evaluation/review; its an Ultra 2 compatible, 167mhz,
> > > 128mb RAM with Creator3D.  I'll post some pics and my initial thoughts
> > > once it gets here.
> > > This is one of the "RDI" products, so we can compare/contrast it to
> > > the SPARCbook/Ultrabook.
>
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