Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 17:40:07 01/03/01
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On January 03, 2001 at 15:48:01, Roy Eassa wrote:
>On January 03, 2001 at 00:20:13, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>Buy a Palm, they are much more useful than WinCE devices.
>
>
>But that Compaq iPaq, at over 200 MHz and 32MB RAM, yet weighing 6 oz., sure
>looks like a winner. (Stereo sound, 320x240 resolution vs. Palm's 160x160, 4096
>colors, and a lot more, for like $500 US.)
>
>Are there ANY strong chess programs for the PocketPC platform? If not, maybe
>it's time for one of you top-notch PC Chess programmers to team with (or hire) a
>WinCE expert to get yours ported and OWN the market!
>
>(I'd buy the device and your program!)
I have heard that next year the PalmOS platform will support the StrongARM
processor, which is also running at 200MHz (maybe it's also inside the iPaq, I
don't remember).
I have Windows on my desktop computer, and I say: enough. One thing for sure: I
certainly don't want Windows on my Palm computer.
I don't want to spend more time configuring, updating and fixing my OS than the
time I am really doing something useful with it.
I don't want an OS that forces me to upgrade to more memory and more processor
speed every year.
I don't want Windows. I want an improved PalmOS. It works, it is very useful, it
does not need a lot of resources. I have a 4Mb PalmIIIx, and only 10% of the
memory is used. I find it fast enough, even if it's only running at 26MHz.
My two rechargeable AAA batteries last for 10 days.
I find the PalmOS computers to be very useful. Not flashy, but I have it with me
all the time and I USE it all the time. It don't have to worry about battery
life. I find thousands of free software on the net.
And I don't have to pay a tax to Microsoft. ;)
Christophe
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