Tiberian Fiend
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I'm in the market for a 486 laptop, probably DX4/100, and I was wondering, which laptop was the pinnacle of the 486 era? Opinions? Experiences?
I'm curious--why a 486 specifically?
Why not a 386 or P1?
There were also some laptops with the transitional 5x86 chip. IBM used the Cyrix-sourced 5x86, which was a Pentium-class CPU scaled down to fit 486 architecture, while most others used the AMD 5x86, which was basically just a speeded-up 486 with a larger internal cache.I believe that most DX4 class laptops had these features standard. Anything prior to DX4, depending on when the specific model hit the market, might lack some of the above features.
IBM ThinkPads of the era were among my favorites. Toshiba made great 486 laptops as well.
Well, my dad's Cyrix MII-based Compaq Presario desktop has been in constant use for ten years with no such problems... and it was a bargain-basement model costing less than $400 (in early '99) when he got it.Yikes, from experience I'd stay away from Cyrix systems. I knew atleast two computer repair shops that would throw away any cyrix chip they came across. Every system they sold would come back due to crashes and other problems which made them a huge monetary loss.
I'm in the market for a 486 laptop, probably DX4/100, and I was wondering, which laptop was the pinnacle of the 486 era? Opinions? Experiences?
i haven't tried all 486 model laptops, but i absolutely LOVE my Canon Notejet 486C laptop with a 486 SX/25 and 4 MB of RAM (ouch, yeah... not good for win95. i am probably going to upgrade that memory)
excellent vivid color screen that you can even see outside in the sun. easily one of the best screens at the time. what makes it really stand out is that fact that it has a built-in Bubblejet!!!
:D
it's pretty slick, and it prints in surprisingly high quality. fast too. you load the paper one sheet at a time through the slot on the front, directly under the keyboard. it's good stuff, and an extremely unique laptop. iirc, you can get them with much faster 486 chips in them plus more RAM. i totally recommend these. here's a pic of mine: