Re: [Hampshire] The greatest laptop ever made? (The SUN)

Samuel Penn wrote:
> On Mon, November 26, 2007 00:50, Andy Random wrote:
>> On Sun, 25 Nov 2007, John Cooper wrote:
>>> 30 seconds is slow then? Seems fine to me.
>>
>> For a machine that you sit and use for hours it's fine, for a travel
>> machine that you might want to take the odd note on it's not so ideal.
>
> My Psion 7 was instant on, as in, open the lid, press the on
> button, and start typing. At most a second for the screen to
> finish switching itself on.

yes, we still have a couple of psion 5's in use.... instant on, two AA
batteries last about a month..... and visible in full sunlight too.
But try as I might, it would not run windows XP! :-)
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alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391