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A few weeks ago I wrote about my new Dell 450/ME. I don't mean to make you jealous, but I've really scored in the New Toys Department this year, having just upgraded my Macintosh setup.
A few weeks ago, InfoWorld acquired a PowerBook Duo 230 and a DuoDock docking station for me. Apple has done a remarkable thing with the Duo--in fact, I would venture to say that Apple is about 80 percent of the way to the ideal mobile computing solution.
Let me explain. The Duo is a $2,300, 4-pound version of the Macintosh IIfx (a 40-MHz, 68030-based machine that sold for more than $7,000 originally). If you want more than 4 megabytes of memory Or 80 megabytes of disk space, the Duo will cost more, of course.
An option for the Duo is the DuoDock, which looks something like the docking station for the Compaq LTE. The Duo slides into it, and the station provides a couple of slots and extra bays for storage devices. The Duo doesn't have an internal floppy, so the Dock provides one.
I have given my IIfx and my PowerBook 170 to other people and replaced...