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November 1997 / BYTE Hardware Lab Report / Details

Size Matters: Sony steers clear of shoulder-straining hell with its first laptop on the market, the thin and light PCG-705C. Skinny but not weak, it weighs 5.3 pounds and measures 1.5 inches thick. It sports a 166-MHz MMX processor, a 2.1-GB hard drive, and a removable 14X CD-ROM drive that can be replaced with a floppy disk drive or a second battery.
Graphics Diva: Less eyestrain is a good thing. Gateway kept this in mind when designing the Solo 9100XL, which has 4 MB of video memory and a 13.3-inch screen, capable of 1024 by 768 resolution. Like a few others we tested, it uses a high-performing 128-bit graphics accelerator.
Nice Touches: Compaq's Armada MT is the Martha Stewart of laptop computers. None of the fine details have been overlooked in its design, including programmable function keys and an indicator light right on the battery.

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