Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 06:57:34 02/15/02
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On February 14, 2002 at 18:13:47, Roy Eassa wrote: >On February 14, 2002 at 17:49:12, stuart taylor wrote: > >>I'm still in America not having seen an interenet for the past 3 months, and I'm >>just on my way to buy a Palm or Pocket computer, with Palm/?/Tiger very much in >>mind. >>Can someone try and quickly advise me in the next few munutes whilst I'm still >>in this internet booth. >>I'd guess Pocket computer would provide a much stronger Tiger, if it is coming >>out, for sure, and soon. >>Otherwise I must get Palm. >>S.Taylor > > >I don't know whether Tiger for PPC is coming soon or not. I DO know that Genius >running on a 206 MHz PPC is stronger than any chess program running on a current >Palm. But if you use the device for anything other than chess, your choice may >still be Palm... (sound of can of worms opening). HeHe. In my view the only reason for using a Palm instead of a Pocket PC is if you want it to be a power supply for other gadgets you carry around as the battery lasts longer. The other tasks the Pocket PC do better! Torstein PS: The other bad ting with a Pocket PC is that you fill the Bill Gates wallet.
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