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Thoughts on the Palm-Size PC Compaq Aero 2130LA?

Posted by Cliff on from the looking=for-opinions dept.

Hernan Ochoa asks: "Hi. I'm in the process of buying a palm-size computer. I was all set and ready to buy a palm III/IIIx, but I've just seen the Palm-Size PC Aero 2130LA from Compaq. It costs about $400USD and it has a color screen, 16MB RAM, RISC, WinCE (ugh), audio, infrared, serial port, hotsync, voice recording, etc. So any comments about this? I'm very tempted to buy this one!" Looks good. Has anyone taken one of these for a spin yet?

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  1. don't be fooled re: ram on palm computers by mattdm · · Score: 2
    Wince devices may have more ram than their PalmOS equivelents, but then, they need it. I've got a Palm IIIx which I use heavily, and I rarely dip into more than 1.5 of its four megs. Consider what you're getting this for -- if you want a PDA, a PalmOS device is perfect. If you want a tiny PC, look at a Libretto or Sony's supersmall vaio.

    The Wince machines are a compromise which manage to have the flaws of both and not enough of the benefits.

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  2. that's not true. by mattdm · · Score: 2
    They're up to Palm OS version 3.3, and it's far from the same as Palm OS 1.0.

    It's true that the processor is slow, but due to intelligent design, they feel faster than most WinCE devices. And since apps require very little memory to run (40K = a huge program), the small amount of ram isn't a problem either.

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