Re: [NTLK] Why Apple Killed The Newton

From: WL (vitcitylb_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Aug 13 2004 - 00:03:06 PDT


Yup, I didn't need a 'powerbook' until 200..., still don't have one, but
looking for a PB667.ver.2. Just 'using' a few Sony VAIO's and a Qbe so
far. :-)

At 12:05 PM 8/12/2004, you wrote:
>These days it is a different story but in 1997 you could buy a Newton
>MP2100 that could do everything a PowerBook from the mid-nineties could
>do and it was at 1/3 the cost. Certainly a PowerBook 1400 or 3400 could
>do much more than a MP2100, but a Duo, 190, a 140, even a 5300 .... the
>MP2100 is very much something that was in the running with users of
>those PBs who were looking to upgrade in 1997 for a feature to cost
>assessment.

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