Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 24, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 42 Winnipeg free january 1985 what Ideal pc should look like last year was a Good year for capsized portable and 1985 promises More of the a Range of portables is now on the ranging in Price from to and in capabilities from Basic to pretty it still int quite Clear just what portable computers Are they appear to be most popular with journalists particularly those of us who write about travel Ling business people and Alespeo they can be used for working on the and for sending information or getting it head so the portable is generally a second no portable currently on the Market really matches the capabilities of a desktop a so unless you never use a computer except while you probably want a desktop com Puter As Well As a for Many that May Rule out buying a portable finding the Money for the first machine is enough the prices of both desktop and portable computers Are coming so at some Point own ing one of each May be quite com just what a portable computer should be appears to be up in the More than one manufacturer has claimed to have the definitive Porta but none of the current offerings is completely we can always what would the Ideal portable computer be like it would have a full 80col urn by 25line display that what you need for word processing and spreadsheet and considering that travelling writ ers and business people Are major customers for these those Are probably the two most important kinds of programs to run on Porta this condition right most of the portables on the two exceptions Are the Grid Compass and the data general the display should also be Clear and easy to so nobody has been Able to do this with a liquid Crystal display screen except by using Large which cuts the amount of text Grid uses a plasma panel in its so it does have a Clear if a portable computer is to be really it should be Able to run on Here is the catch22 for it requires a so you cant use it on the train journalists cant use it to take notes at press professionals cant switch it on at a portable computer must have that Means a disk or Rando Access memory chips powered by batteries so that data can be retained Over Long or possible magnetic Bubble the last of these is mostly due to if the portable is to be used on Long this storage must be enough to hold All the software and data files you will that a Point in favor of disk drives you can always carry More the computer must also be Able to do what you need that Calls Oil prices conflicting by the associated press Oil prices fell in the open Market yesterday As reports surfaced that an open committee has recommended a reduction of Between and a barrel in the cartels Benchmark Price for crude specs Deputy Secretary general denied the reports and was quoted As saying the committee did not even discuss the Price of the reference Grade at its recent meeting in saudi As the conflicting reports circular Oil Industry analysts said the organization of Petroleum Export ing countries no longer appears strongly committed to defending its Standard for arabian Light i think some Cut is said Stephen an Oil analyst for data resources a private consulting i think Treyve tossed in the Towel on the on the spot or no contract arabian Light Oil for february delivery was quoted wednesday at a off from its official Price and Down 15 cents from said tolerate Energy a private Market information West Texas Interne the major Grade of was quoted at on the spot off 30 cents from tuesday As it hovered at Levels last seen five years Smith said that with contract sales of West Texas intermediate now quoted at around a barrel by most major Oil companies and with Nigeria breaking ranks with open in october to reduce its Light Oil by a barrel to open would be justified in cutting arabian a lower Quality Oil than either to or a pressure on open continued to come from outside the Cartel Oil Industry sources in Europe said yesterday that the government personal computing Grant Buckler for and since most Porta ble computers Are second com ideally it should be the same software that runs on your desktop chances Are that Means software that runs on the ism per Sonal computer and its this is perhaps less important than the Points but definitely de of if your desktop computer int an ism or Pompati or if you dont have a desktop this wont be a concern unless youre planning to buy ism compatibility int necessarily most ism software is sold on most portable if they use disk drives at use the an important question is can the soft Ware be downloaded easily from my desktop or can i buy an external disk drive for my portable most people using a portable com Puter will eventually need a transferring information Back and Forth to Headquarters is a popular use for the Many Porta ble computers have Builtin then theres a number of computers the so called trans portables meet most of the other conditions listed Here but weigh in the neighbourhood of 30 this limits their usefulness when travel a portable computer should be Small enough to fit in a briefcase or on a and Light enough to do so without discomfort to its Price is another important consid especially Given the tendency for portable computers to be the owners second the individual buyer has to decide for him self How much to but the Ideal portable computer the one i would expect to really do Well in the Market should offer All of the above features for less than if any of the models now on the Market met All of the above this one eliminates them there Are Porta Bles in this Price Range but not with full sized the same considerations that apply to All computers Are still important when buying a portable will it run the software you want to is it easy to is the keyboard easy to work do you expect the manufacturer to stay in where can you get ser vice when you need it you need to ask these questions about portables the conclusion that the Ideal portable computer Doest exist does that mean you buy one not everything on this wish list is More or less important depending on How you plan to use the the trick is to decide which feature or features you can do without wait and see if someone puts it All in one we can always run British National Oil continues to sell most of its crude Oil at spot Market which currently Are about a barrel below Britain official Price of a which is still buying Oil from North sea producers at the official has been studying a change to a pricing formula More closely tied to spot markets but has so far put off a on the new York mercantile sex where West Texas intermediate tumbled for a second straight session the drop in prices was attributed to the open reports and to a break in a severe cold which had increased use of heating two saudi arabian the English language Arab Hen and the arabic language also urn said the open committee had proposed reducing the Price Gap Between arabian Light and arabian heavy oils to under from the current differential of that led to reports of a Cut in the Benchmark Price to the cur rent Price of arabian heavy but Fadhil the Deputy Secretary general of open and a participant at the committee meet Ings on sunday and was quoted by specs official news Agency As describing reports of a reduction in arabian Light As totally the Price has been in effect since the Benchmark blend was Cut a barrel in March in specs first Cut to defend its open agreed in october to Cut production by nearly nine per in december it realigned prices of Lowe Quality heavy oils and higher Quality Light oils in relation to arabian raising heavy oils by 50 cents a medium grades by 25 cents and reducing extra Light crude by 25 Algeria and two producers of Light refused to go Ian Brussels Asp Montreal based Bombardier is close to agreement with the belgian de Fence department on a contract to build four wheel drive vehicles for the belgian sources said Bombardier Vic president Paul Leboeuf has been in Brussels for the last few Days to put the finish ing touches on subcontracts concerning the share of production or equivalent offsets on the iltis order that would go to Bel Gian until the Canadian govern ment has been the Only buyer of the iltis since Bombardier acquired the licence for the jeep like Light truck in March 1982 from Volkswagen Canada has ordered of the vehicles which can carry 500 climb 60degree grades and operate in water up to two thirds of a metre sources close to the company say that contrary to published talks Between Bombardier and the belgian government had not been broken the reports surfaced after the announcement last week that be Terin Bombardier belgian had withdrawn from negotiations because it did not have the expertise to pursue talks under the mandate Given it by the Montreal a Bombardier spokesman Here said we understand the position of our which has re Vised its offers several but Bombardier has a different strategy aimed at an International mar Ket in which Belgium is Only one of the the belgian contract is consid ered a springboard to other con tracts with other nato last Bombardier was Cho sen Over two other companies including Mercedes Benz to provide the but it was reported last week that the belgian govern ment had brought Mercedes Back into the a source close to the Canadian company that the belgian defence department had reassured Bombardier last week of its continued wish to sign an agree the Canadian government is working with Bombardier on an attractive financial package for the Bombardier plan is to have the iltis assembled by Vok Wagens belgian other belgian firms would land the two sides have apparently agreed in principle on the Overall still under intense discus Sion Are problems related to offsets to Van Hool a belgian bus the belgian defence depart ment decided in 1980 that it needed jeep Type vehicles and said in 1982 that the need was but tenders were delayed be cause of bitter debates on the Choice of supplier and payments for local Law local votes against breakaway a t t a a i up a United Auto workers local in this southwestern Ontario town has be come the first local to vote against the Canadian unions plan to break away from its International we see no reason to pull no one has Given us any reason Why we said Len president of local according to the we already have a great Deal of Auton i think we have a Good Union and a Good the membership voted 284 to take Steps to remain within the International Bedell said Low turnout is Normal for regular Union meetings but he believes the vote represents majority Bedell said it will be up to local members to decide if Legal action should be instituted to Back their he will ask Law leaders at the unions Detroit head quarters for the question of seceding from the International to form an Independent Canadian Union should be put to a vote by the Canadian Law Bedell the split was endorsed in Decem Ber by the unions Canadian composed of about 350 Union 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