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

Manfred Antar null at pozo.com
Wed Oct 9 20:20:55 CDT 2002


>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?


The keyboard is alright, The unit itself is a bit thick and uses a touchpad instead of
the eraser thing. It has a 14" screen which is nice.
I haven't really tested it much. You can run it 64 bit which is what 
I do.
Manfred

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