On 07-02-11 4:54 PM, Kurt Weiske -> Alan Zisman wrote:
 KW> Re: This week's column...
 KW> By: Alan Zisman to August Abolins on Mon Feb 07 2011 05:25 pm

 >> Yep - overall, a very interesting attempt by Toshiba to push the
 KW> envelope of
 >> ultra-light design, but a fail from the point of view of actual
 KW> usability.

 KW> Toshiba's always been out on the edge with the Librettos. Have you ever
 KW> used
 KW> one of the older Librettos you mention in your column? They were the
 KW> size of an
 KW> HP 200LX, but with a Pentium CPU, color screen, pointing device, ran
 KW> Windows,
 KW> and fit in a jacket pocket. Definitely ahead of its' time.

 KW> I wanted one dearly, but had to settle for configuring my employer's
 KW> president/CEO's Libretto.

I only got limited 'play' time with older Librettos... I remember the
original one, with a trackball on the back of display cover.

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