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Remember, that was the age of conspicuous consumption -- people went out of their way to show off how much money they had spent needlessly.
I had a T1100 around that time and the thing weighed like ten pounds, had horrible battery life, and a pretty crappy display.
So without access to AC power it was little more than an overpriced toy -- and with AC power, my desktop was far nicer to work on anyway.
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Remember, that was the age of conspicuous consumption -- people went out of their way to show off how much money they had spent needlessly.
I had a T1100 around that time and the thing weighed like ten pounds, had horrible battery life, and a pretty crappy display.
So without access to AC power it was little more than an overpriced toy -- and with AC power, my desktop was far nicer to work on anyway.