Re: tlug: Sony Vaio

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Cliff Miller wrote:

> > I wouldn't personally buy a notebook with the NM chip in it.  Nor would I
> > buy a Panasonic Let's Note, even if it had a different video chip.  Why?
> > I think Jonathan put it best when he said, "The 'e' at the end was a
> > mistake - it should be, "Let's Not"".
> > 
> > Cliff's machine sometimes needs resetting (not sure if it's still doing
> > that), and Jonathan's friend Hiromi has one where the functionality of the
> > 'Fn' key is REVERSED - ie you have to hold it down to get the letters on
> > the keys that also map to the number pad. :)  And they ship a flakey
> > PCMCIA IDE card for their CD drives.  hmph.
> 
> No, it doesn't need resetting. I like my Let's Note just fine -- great 
> little machine.

I remember when you first got it we had to flip it over and use the
emergency reset a couple of times.

But, I do like yours (Cliff's) better than Hiromi's, since yours has a
working keyboard, for one, and it's also big enough for my somewhat large
hands :)

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