Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 07:45:53 02/18/02
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On February 17, 2002 at 15:42:57, Marc van Hal wrote:
>On February 15, 2002 at 21:10:25, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On February 15, 2002 at 15:56:25, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>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...
>>
>>
>>
>>And this fall you will be able to find 200MHz Palms running the new PalmOS 5 and
>>compatible with almost all existing apps written for Palms.
>>
>>Who wants a PocketPC after that?
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>What is there against Bil Gates I am curently working on my program Hal2010
>It will be intrigated on a 4gighz Pocket Pc with 1 teraMb hehe.
>
>Regards Marc
But soon you will find Palms running at this speed...
Christophe
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