G'day Bob,

Thursday September 26 1996 07:56, Bob Lawrence wrote to Gaelyne Gasson:

 BL>   Here in Sydney, all the "cheap" computers are being sold by
 BL> Chinese. There are two levels of prices: the top level where the
 BL> poor bugger is selling his computer after two years and can't
 BL> believe how much it has dropped in price... and the low level
 BL> where mad slopes buy whatever is going and swap it all around! I
 BL> don't think there is such a thing as a straight computer in
 BL> Sydney; they're all overclocked and tweaked and totally stuffed
 BL> around... by crazy chinks who don't have a clue what they're
 BL> doing.

Here, we have Electronic Superstores where people get ripped orf and a
few nice small shops that still take time to build you a custom system.

 GG>> PCMIA slot, and is upgradeable. The only thing I don't have
 GG>> is the warranty since I'm not the original owner.
 BL>
 BL>   I thought the warranty was on the *goods*. It is here, anyway.

Not here.  It's gone as soon as it's sold to another owner.

 BL>   But you can't go far wrong for a $500US colour laptop that has
 BL> to be worth $2,000. They're selling mono 486/33 laptops for $1,000
 BL> here.

Same here, really.  (Actually without any translation of AU/US), the
prices between the two places are very similar).

 GG>> OH, and better yet, it actually has a 16550 UART, external
 GG>> comms/serial/parallel/video/docking bay ports, and a type III
 GG>> PCMIA slot, and is upgradeable. The only thing I don't have
 GG>> is the warranty since I'm not the original owner.
 BL>
 BL>   I find the whole business of laptops totally stunning!
 BL> Everything is tiny and it all works. Magic.

Me too.  :-)   And I just priced a 16mb memory upgrade for her.  $169.
Unbelievable.

 GG>> Geez, so many new toys, so little time... :-)
 BL>
 BL>   You have to watch it. Once you start buiying it's hard to stop.

True.  :-/

Cheers,
Gaelyne

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