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To: QwikSand who wrote (13180)	1/6/1999 9:52:00 PM
From: Michael F. Donadio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

QwikSand, thanks for the informative reply. I didn't know about Tadpole. I checked your reference and in fact Tadpole does still make a sparc laptop: tadpole.com The SPARCbook family represents the most comprehensive range of SPARC®-based notebook workstations available anywhere. All SPARCbook models are fully Sun-compatible, providing access to the thousands of applications targeted at Sun workstations. Designed for use by professionals who need true workstation performance and notebook portability, SPARCbook products run SunSoft's Solaris 2.5 or Solaris 2.6 UNIX operating environments and provide comprehensive communications and networking capabilities. Thanks, Michael

To: QwikSand who wrote (13180)	1/7/1999 11:17:00 AM
From: Bala Vasireddi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Tadpole is ready to release a new SPARC IIi laptop. sunworld.com But in general the laptop market for UNIX was not sucessful, because most people who use Solaris, use it for heavy-duty computing apps, which requires a lot of RAM and disk. The laptops generally do not have the expandability to support this. Another reason being until MicroSPARC IIi, there wasn't a SPARC chip that consumed very little power and has integrated support for peripheral buses (either Sbus or PCI). BUt the problem with MicroSPARCIIi was it was not powerful enough compared to UltraSPARC or Pentium etc. Now with the advent of UltraSPARC IIi (w/ integrated support low-power and graphics and PCI) it is possible to build a reasonably performing laptops. Still I contend this is a niche market, unless Solaris becomes a mainstream OS. -Bala