Buyers guide to HK's top-selling machines

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Published: 12:00am, 22 Aug 1995

THE following is a selection of some of the current notebook models available.

Model: Ascentia 950N. Manufacturer: AST. Processor: Pentium 75 MHz. Memory: 8MB RAM expandable to 40MB. Hard disc: 500MB, 800MB or 1.2 GB. Floppy disk: Unspecified. Display: 10.4' Super VGA TFT or Dual-Scan STN colour. Interface: Unspecified. Contact: AST Asia Pacific, Tel: 2806-4333. Price: $35,000 to $45,000. Other models: Ascentia 950N series.

Model: Globalyst 250. Manufacturer: AT & T Global Information Solutions Company. Processor: Intel 486DX4/75MHz or 100MHz. Memory: 8MB RAM upgradable to 40MB. Hard disc: 340, 540 or 810 MB. Floppy disk: Flex disk drive replaceable with second battery to double battery life. Display: TFT active matrix or super VGA TFT active matrix colour. Interface: Front-mounted integrated trackball. Contact: AT & T Global Information Solutions, Tel: 2859-6888. Price: $57,700 to $68,530 Other models: Globalyst 200.

Model: Quickmedia V8 (multimedia). Manufacturer: Bondwell. Processor: 486DX2 66MHz, SL Enhanced CPU. Memory: 4MB RAM standard, expandable to 8MB. Hard disc: 2.5' 340 MB. Floppy disk: 3.5' (removable) 1.44MB. Display: 10.4' Dual Scan STN Colour LDC. Interface: Built-in PS/2 capacitive touch-sensitive track pad with two click buttons. Contact: Quickshot Accessories, Tel: 2305-3838. Price: $12,800. Other models: Quickmedia V12 and Quickmedia V16 (Intel Pentium 75MHz) Model: Contura Aero 4/33C. Manufacturer: Compaq. Processor: 486SX/33-MHz. Memory: 4MB RAM standard, expandable to 20MB. Hard disc: 170MB or 250MMB. Floppy disk: 3.5' 1.44MB. Display: 7.8' back-lit colour passive matrix VGA. Interface: Integrated trackball. Contact: Compaq Computer Hong Kong, Tel:2868-1382. Price: $10,000. Other models: LTE Elite 4/75CX.

Model: ActionNote 880C. Manufacturer: Epson. Processor: 486DX/80 MHz. Memory: 4MB RAM expandable to 24MB. Hard disc: Unspecified. Floppy disk: Unspecified. Display: 10.3' simultaneous display on LCD and CRT. Interface: Built-in ActionNote trackpad pointer device. Contact: Epson Hong Kong, Tel: 2585-4300. Price: $19.000. Other models: Unspecified.

Model: OmniBook 600C. Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard. Processor: Intel 486/DX2 50-MHz DX4 75-MHz. Memory: 4MB RAM expandable to 8MB. Hard disc: 170-260 MB. Floppy disk: 3.5' 1.44 MB external. Interface: Built-in, pop-up mouse. Contact: Hewlett Packard, Hong Kong, Tel: 2599-7777. Price: $27,530. Other models: OmniBook 4000.