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The WinBook XL was finally a new laptop with a right to exist - it had new processors and major design differences over the previous 3 WinBooks! It was still a Pentium 1 laptop, but used newer and faster versions of the chip. AMD K6-2 options were also available. The XL's new design could hold a CD-ROM and floppy drive at the same time, a first for WinBook laptops. It also ranged wildly in configuration and price, as it fit both the low end and the high end depending on what options you chose. However, it seems the XL was mostly marketed as a low-cost lower-end laptop, while the true high end title was reserved for the XLi.

Like other WinBook models, the XL was manufactured through an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM). Sources I've heard from say that Twinhead made the XL, and that it may be based on the Twinhead P85 series specifically. I could not find any images of a P85 to back this up though.


Thermal LCD

One specification sheet from WinBook mentions a "12.1 inch Thermal LCD" as an option. I have no idea what this means and no one else seems to either. It also isn't mentioned on other WinBook documentation. Hmm.


Specifications



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