[SPARCbook] Re: Sparcbook digest, Vol 1 #661 - 3 msgs

[Mark Bell]

At 07:10 PM 10/8/2002 +0100, Super-User wrote:
>Manfred Antar wrote:
>
> > Yes it has the bigger screen than the 3GX and P9100 graphics
> > The only reason I'm selling it is I just got an Ultrabook 200mhz
> > Manfred
>
>Thats interesting. How is the keyboard on the Ultrabook? Is it as bad as
>on its
>ancestor the Powerlite (someone on the list referd to it as an abysmal
>piece of engineering).
>I should hope it is much improved, or I'd never get one. Or how is it
>compared to the
>Sparcbook, which has a really excellent keyboard in my opinion.
>
>What about the speed between the 170Mhz 32bit and 200MHz Ultra. Are they
>comparable or does
>the Ultrabook run in small tight circles around the Sparcbook?

I use an UltrabookIIi (400mhz UltraSparcIIi). and previously had the 170mhz
and then 200mhz models of the Ultrabook I.

Personally, I have no problems with the keyboards. I also use an IBM Thinkpad
A31p, which I think has a great keyboard on it. If the A31p is a 10, then the
Ultrabooks are 8's. I only wish the portables had the pointing device versus
the touchpad. I am still not a huge fan of it.

Mark