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Article: The NEC Versa 5060 offers truly portable computing. (NEC Technologies) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
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- Computer Shopper
- Article date:
- February 1, 1998
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Vendors have been raising portable-computing standards by packing more features into notebook form factors. In some cases, this has driven the weights and prices of notebooks beyond the interest and budget of many users. Enter NEC Computer Systems Division with its Versa 5060, a lightweight notebook that comes with a direct price of $3,158. The Versa is targeting business professionals with an impressive balance of price, performance, and design.
The Versa combines a 166MHz MMX Pentium CPU with 256K of pipeline-burst L2 cache, 32MB of EDO DRAM, a 2.1GB hard drive, a 20x maximum CD-ROM drive, and a 12.1-inch TFT screen. The system produced respectable benchmark ...