Re: Apple IIc --- the lightest computer of its time?

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

"Michael Black" <et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
news:bhb957$9kl$1@freenet9.carleton.ca...
> Richard Kilpatrick (richard@dmc12.demon.co.uk) writes:
> > In message <3F38B0F9.C8DF1EB2@usa.net>, Jeff Thomas <a2forever@usa.net>
> > writes
> >>I am having a bit of a debate as to whether the Apple //c was the
> >>lightest portable computer around at the time in 1984, weighing 7 1/2
> >>pounds and could be bundled with flat-panel Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
> >>screen.
> >
> > I'm prepared to bet the Epson HX-20 was lighter. It already had the
> > screen built in. Also the Grundy Newbrain AD... And what about the Tandy
> > 100/102 or even 200?
> >
> > Some of the above also used batteries, making them far more portable ;)
> >
> > Richard
>
> And built in screens, which not only must make for a lighter package,
> but definitely a more compact package.  The Model100 ran off 4 AA
batteries,
> and the Apple IIC had to use a considerably heavier battery.
>
> Of course, perhaps the question was a trick one.  The poster asked
> about portable computers, like the Kaypro and Osborne, rather than
> laptops.  Of course, he may not remember that there were laptops back in
1984.
>

I doubt that the IIc was the lightest.  Here's the TRS-80 Model 100 from
'84:

http://www.thocp.net/hardware/tandy_trs80_model100.htm

However,  the IIc is much more elegant!
-Paul