Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 12:56:25 02/15/02
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On February 15, 2002 at 09:57:34, Torstein Hall wrote: >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. And Palms are smaller, less expensive, and have many more apps (including innumerable freeware apps in every category). And Palms are for ordinary people who don't want to see directory structures or open-file dialog boxes. And apps for the Palm take up a small fraction as much memory as equivalent apps for the PPC. And common tasks take far fewer steps on the Palm. And...
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