Hewlett-Packard’s imminent launch of an 80386 model in the Vectra Personalike line (CI No 748) turned out to be premature, and that machine is not expected for a month or two now, but in the meantime, the enhanced lap-top is now expected from Hewlett next week, probably appearing as the Vectra CS. Expected to use a NEC V30 8086-compatible microprocessor – a move that is likely to generate more Intel flak (see this page) – the 17 lbs 10 oz machine is said to have a 12 full screen LCD, and full-size keyboard, and to run eight hours between battery charges. With 640Kb, two 3.5 1.44Mb floppies and four slots, it is tipped to cost $2,500, rising to $3,600 with 20Mb hard disk. Expected soon after is a version of the 80286 Vectra with 3.5 drives; the 80386-based machine is expected to come in a tower housing and to run the HP-UX Unix V as well as PC-DOS.
