From: Roman Pixell (roman_at_pixell.net)
Date: Fri Oct 01 2004 - 04:05:04 PDT
On Oct 1, 2004, at 12:10 PM, Sunder wrote:
> Um, you're forgetting the Powerbook duo line. An ultra-mobile computer
> which once docked turned into a full fledged desktop. Sure, it wasn't
> as
> small, or had a touch screen, but it was smaller than all notebook
> computers at the time, and the docking station turned it into a full
> computer.
actually i didnt - i had two of those (the first, 210 and the last one,
2300c). and no, i dont consider the duo line to resemble the OQO that
much. for one, the duo lacked all the ports needed, so i had to bring
the mini-dock everywhere. the pen input is another major.
what was interesting, though, was that the duo dock II had extra hard
drive space, so that the duo could backup or access more data at the
"default" worksite. this is basically the only connection i see to
modular computing. in all other respects, the duo was simply a smaller
laptop computer, almost like a sub-notebook.
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