Re: OQO
From: Barbara Carlson (bbcarlson_at_snappydsl.net)
Date: 06/22/04
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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 10:12:32 -0400
Eliyahu--I don't agree with you about speed. My new computer has 1 Gig of
RAM and I will never own another working computer with less. I can switch
programs without slow-down and everything just works better.. As far as
speed in concerned, when I call up my address book when I am working I would
hate to be doing it slower than it is now--which I have to wait for. Bad
design on WP with their address book--WP8 was instant with a much slower
computer. WP11 you have to wait, with my old computer it would have
virtually made the address book unusable. So yes, I do need speed to input
my data, and I wouldn't even look twice at something with only 256 RAM. My
laptop has 512 and it is not enough!
Barb C.
"Eliyahu Rooff" <lrooff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "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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