A fact from PB286LP appeared on Wikipedia's
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Did you know... that a reviewer noted that the LCD of Packard Bell's first laptop suffered from "an occasional case of the shakes"?
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... that a reviewer noted that the LCD of Packard Bell's first laptop suffered from "an occasional case of the shakes"? Source: "Unfortunately, the PB286LP lapses into mediocrity when it comes to display technology. Its backlit LCD screen is big enough and bright enough, but its clarity is marred by persistent ghosting (streaking) and an occasional case of the shakes" (O'Malley 1989, p. 194,
ProQuest199377704).
ALT1: ... that roughly 3.5 lb (1.6 kg) of the PB286LP laptop's 16 lb (7.3 kg) weight is taken up by the battery? Source: "Packard Bell's laptop weighs in at a hefty 16-plus pounds, including its 3.5-pound removable, rechargable nickel cadmium battery" (
Miller 1990, p. 250).
QPQ: - pending Overall: A good, snappy little article. I think that the InfoWorld citation should mention that the mention of the laptop is on page 14, not 10. I don't know about "dinged it one star" either. However, this is not a GA review, it's a DYK, and these things are fine. Ping me when the QPQ is done and I'll pass it. jp×g 04:32, 13 November 2021 (UTC)reply
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JPxG: QPQ done and rephrased "dinged" :) (the article is a two-pager; I cited p. 14 in the shortened footnote). Thanks for the review!
DigitalIceAge (
talk) 21:02, 13 November 2021 (UTC)reply
Looks good to me. jp×g 20:33, 15 November 2021 (UTC)reply
A fact from PB286LP appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 December 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that a reviewer noted that the LCD of Packard Bell's first laptop suffered from "an occasional case of the shakes"?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Computing, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
computers,
computing, and
information technology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ComputingWikipedia:WikiProject ComputingTemplate:WikiProject ComputingComputing articles
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that a reviewer noted that the LCD of Packard Bell's first laptop suffered from "an occasional case of the shakes"? Source: "Unfortunately, the PB286LP lapses into mediocrity when it comes to display technology. Its backlit LCD screen is big enough and bright enough, but its clarity is marred by persistent ghosting (streaking) and an occasional case of the shakes" (O'Malley 1989, p. 194,
ProQuest199377704).
ALT1: ... that roughly 3.5 lb (1.6 kg) of the PB286LP laptop's 16 lb (7.3 kg) weight is taken up by the battery? Source: "Packard Bell's laptop weighs in at a hefty 16-plus pounds, including its 3.5-pound removable, rechargable nickel cadmium battery" (
Miller 1990, p. 250).
QPQ: - pending Overall: A good, snappy little article. I think that the InfoWorld citation should mention that the mention of the laptop is on page 14, not 10. I don't know about "dinged it one star" either. However, this is not a GA review, it's a DYK, and these things are fine. Ping me when the QPQ is done and I'll pass it. jp×g 04:32, 13 November 2021 (UTC)reply
@
JPxG: QPQ done and rephrased "dinged" :) (the article is a two-pager; I cited p. 14 in the shortened footnote). Thanks for the review!
DigitalIceAge (
talk) 21:02, 13 November 2021 (UTC)reply
Looks good to me. jp×g 20:33, 15 November 2021 (UTC)reply