Re: OQO

From: Eliyahu Rooff (lrooff_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:49:31 -0700

"14tonks" <mail.2.14tonks@recursor.net> wrote in message
news:2jpeu2F14badbU1@uni-berlin.de...
> I went to take a look at the updated web site and, predictably, it's
not
> quite the wunderkind the prototype suggested it would be. It still
has only
> a 1 GHz processor, a 20 GB drive, 256 MB of RAM, 8 MB of video RAM,
slow USB
> 1.1 ports, and is running the old 802.11b insecure wireless. In
addition,
> it's battery life is only 2-6 hours. A couple of years ago, those
specs
> were very impressive, and they were talking about 8 to 12 hour battery
life.
> Now the specs are a couple of years behind the technology curve, and
the
> battery life is no better than that of a typical notebook.
>
> With those specs, it is going to be an interesting niche product,
giving
> handheld portability for applications not available on the CE/Palm
> platforms, if final price allows, but I'm not sure I would buy it as a
> desktop replacement. Remember none of those specs are likely to be
> upgradeable in this kind of specialty package. Even as a handheld
version
> of a tablet computer, that limited battery life is going to restrict
its
> usefulness. You could not, for instance, carry it with you through a
day of
> seeing patients and entering data into your EMR without having to dock
it
> for recharge.
> --
Battery life is a problem, but the speed shouldn't be. How fast a CPU do
we really need to enter and process data? As I once asked my wife when
she wanted a faster computer, how many megahertz can we type? I can see
a lot of places where it would be an excellent tool.

Eliyahu

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