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Subject: Re: Keep your PC and buy a Pocket PC. :)

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 14:18:42 08/15/01

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On August 15, 2001 at 00:35:47, stuart taylor wrote:

Even if a lot of persons consider MS the big bad evil empire, I must say its
great to have a Pocket PC connected to the Outlook on my office PC. I have at
all times all the email, bookings, tasks, spreadsheetfiles, documentation etc.
etc. in my Pocket when I live my office to visit custommers etc. For longer
trips it helps me to keep up with important mails.

...and that ChessGenius plays a mean game of chess when I need a brake is no bad
thing. Now I'm just waiting for PocketTiger and Pocket Fritz!!

Torstein

PS That 32MB of RAM and a fast RISC processor really makes quite a difference
for chess!!


>On August 14, 2001 at 18:35:35, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>...and don't forget to buy Chess Tiger for Palm
>>
>>  http://www.chesstiger.com
>>
>>
>>    Christophe
>
>Christophe, even though it looks very humorous and leading surely enough to a
>rather loud mention of one great thing you can do with a palm computer, perhaps
>you can elaborate even further on the benefits of a Palm, as not all salesmen
>seem to know how to keep my interest in a product. In fact I come, interested,
>and they put me off!
> I've never been attracted to any electronic equipment which can store things
>that could easily be handwritten in a little note book, or remembered (which is
>quicker access by far).
> So exactly how much of desk-top computer things can be done with a Palm?
>
>In the meantime , I've just now purchased (what might be) my (last ever)Athlon
>T-bird 1400 mhz. (266). I don't think I'll need to desperately get greater speed
>before about 6 ghz. comes out. 8.6 ghz in fact maybe a worthy next upgrade i.e.
>well over a ply for chess!(which could be very telling).
>S.Taylor



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