Re: tlug: Newcomer...

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Stone <sstone@example.com> writes:

    Scott> On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Magnus Therning wrote:
    >> I'm new to Tokyo and am thinking about getting a laptop. But
    >> since I just got here I don't know where to get a good AND
    >> cheap one. Could someone please help me?

    Scott> You *are* new here, aren't you?  Nothing is good AND cheap
    Scott> in Japan.  Unfortunately, 'bad and expensive' is all too
    Scott> prevalent, however.  If I were you, I'd stay away from
    Scott> laptops with the neomagic video chipset, if you can still
    Scott> find one that doesn't have one.

Unfortunately in the Gateway line the cheapest one that doesn't use
neomagic is the Solo 5100 (if I remember correctly, go check
www.gw2k.co.jp), and that's a bit steep.  Very nice, or will be as
soon as PCMCIA gets the bugs worked out in TI 1250A support.
(pcmcia-cs-3.0.1-beta works for me, though; later editions have
different bugs, unrelated to the TI 1250A AFAIK).

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