Difference between revisions of "AT&T Globalist 200S"

The Western Digital branded video chipset was already obsolete by the time of the laptop's release. The lack of most acceleration functions means that even running Windows 3.1 in 640x480 feels sluggish and Windows 95 operation feels slow. It is very difficult to understand why many laptop manufacturers (IBM included) insisted on using such video chipsets that do not even expose full VESA capabilities. In comparison with the IBM 370, however, it is not required to load a special VESA TSR to be able to run Windows in 640x480 resolution. Although resolutions such as 1024x768 at 256 colors are possible, they are clearly beyond the user's patience.

The inclusion of a relatively modern TFT screen, having a good contrast ratio and response time is one of the few saving graces in terms of technical prowess as most laptops of its era either had poor color LCDs or good but monochrome ones. RAM capabilities are mixed. The lack of standardization means that memory upgrades are quite difficult to find, as the laptop require a proprietary memory module standard, the so-called memory module adapter, that also requires care when memory is upgraded, due to multiple side sockets.