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Micron Transport LT C500

Lightweight business laptop comes with USB floppy drive option.

  

WHAT'S HOT: The Transport LT weighs only 5 pounds, minus adapter and accessories. Five devices can plug into its internal bay: the floppy drive, the CD-ROM drive, a $190 6X DVD-ROM drive, a $139 LS-120 drive, or a $99 second battery. To allow you to use the floppy drive with another device already in the bay, Micron sells a $20 Universal Serial Bus floppy drive caddy, which you can connect without rebooting.

WHAT'S NOT: If you need to run diagnostics or recover your system via a bootable floppy disk, you'll have to use the internal bay--you cannot boot from floppies through the USB port.

WHAT ELSE: Given the Transport LT's size and processor, its speed and 2.5-hour battery life generally met our expectations. The keyboard feels a bit shallow but lets you launch apps from the mouse buttons or a programmable key just to the right of the spacebar. A single PC Card slot is included, but the modem is built in.

BEST USE: This is a good business laptop for frequent travelers willing to sacrifice screen and hard drive size for portability.


SUMMARY
Micron Transport LT C500


PC WorldBench 2000 score of 99, Celeron-500 CPU, 64MB of SDRAM, 12.1-inch active screen, 6GB hard drive, touchpad, 10X-24X CD-ROM drive, V.90 modem, multipurpose bay takes a second lithium ion battery, Microsoft Office 2000 SBE; 5-year warranty on CPU and main memory, 1-year warranty on other parts, 1-year labor warranty, free unlimited support, 24/7 toll-free support.

$1999
800/642-7667
www.micronpc.com

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