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Subject: Re: Palm Pilot vs PC

Author: Joseph Merolle

Date: 12:02:08 09/28/03

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THanks , I will save the money then.

Joseph

On September 28, 2003 at 14:42:13, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On September 28, 2003 at 14:10:42, Joseph Merolle wrote:
>
>>Why would it be slower if the MHZ and ram are the same?
>>
>>regards Joseph
>
>
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>Because MHz IS NOT A MEASURE OF THE SPEED OF A COMPUTER.
>
>Exactly like the max RPM of a car's engine is not a measure of the car's max
>speed.
>
>In other words you CANNOT compare the MHz figures of different computers and
>decide which one is faster.
>
>You can SOMETIMES under strict conditions (in particular if the computers are
>using exactly the same processor and the same set of associated chips).
>
>But in general comparing the MHz figures will be totally misleading.
>
>Assuming equal MHz, the processor inside the PocketPC computers is several times
>slower than the ones in the PCs. And there are different kind of processors for
>the PC, so even if you were only talking about PCs you could not compare the MHz
>and decide which one is faster.
>
>
>
>    Christophe
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>>On September 28, 2003 at 13:42:05, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>>On September 28, 2003 at 13:38:47, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 28, 2003 at 13:35:17, Joseph Merolle wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>If pocket Fritz is playing on the same hardware as fritz playing on a PC for ex
>>>>>Fritz 8 on a 400 mhz 32 ram pc vs a 400 mhz 32 ram palm pilot pocket fritz,  can
>>>>>i exspect around the same proformance? Before i invest in a palm i would love to
>>>>>know this answer. Any help would be great.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards Joseph
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>no.  The PDA will be slower - but I'm not sure about how much.  If anybody has a
>>>>400 Mhz and Shredder , we can run some tests and get a quick estimate of what
>>>>that difference might be.
>>>
>>>also , a "Palm" brand PDA will not run run Pocket Fritz  you need need a PDA
>>>that is called a Pocket PC running OS Pocket PC 2000/2002 , for Pocket PC 2003,
>>>you need Pocket Fritz 2 with the upgrade (free download).  Ipaq, Dell and others
>>>run Pocket PC software,



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