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Date: 2000-10-02 11:05:52
From "Steven M. Scotten "
Subject: Re: Laptops (Was: [Pigdog] Pigdog Hillbillies)
On Mon, 2 Oct 2000 12:03:44 -0700 (PDT), Kurt Weiske wrote: >> What works pretty well for me in this capacity is the Acqess Qbe, > >You did show that to me when I picked up your Minstrel, and it was very >cool. http://www.qbenet.com/pdfs/Cirrus.pdf Yeah, it's a PDF, but here.... maybe I'll paste in the parts that I want to point out. I got verification from Acqess today that the plans are still underway to put out a second class of tablet devices. Instead of the Genus/Cirrus/Altus type like I have, described thusly: "Weighing in at approximately six pounds and measuring just 14 " x 10 " x 1.6 ",the Windows-based Cirrus is the first Aqcess Personal Computing Tablet with a Pentium II 400 MHz processor.The Cirrus is equipped with a 12GB hard drive,128MB of memory (upgradeable to 256MB),56K modem and a network card." (note exaggerations: my Qbe is almost exactly seven pounds without keyboard, mouse, docking stand or power supply, and it is 2.25 inches thick at it's thickest point, tapering down to about 1.25 inches at the bottom.) Acqess will be releasing a smaller, lighter model: "EDITORIAL NOTE:Aqcess will soon be launching the Qbe Stratus,an 11 " x 9 " x 1.5 " three--pound Portable Computing Tablet.It will boast many of the features incorporated into the Qbe Cirrus,but carry an MSRP of approximately $1,500.Product is expected to ship in September." Don't know what "many of the features" will really mean. There are a lot of features on the Qbe I'd give up, but it sounds like a very nice device. There are no more details on the web site, but they may well have learned something about giving too much information too early on from the release of their first line. Oh, in the confirmation I received from Acqess, they said that the new device would be closer to four pounds. Still an improvement. Hopefully it'll still have room for a DVD-ROM and USB, maybe even firewire and IRDA, but I really don't need a mag card reader and I probably can live without the PCMCIA slots too, although I bet there's a ton of people to disagree with me on that. Ah well. We'll see. Steve
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