My suggestion is show how to use a Linux system to do really useful things: -Setting up a game server (sounds like you did that already). -Setting up a personal web site -Make a file server that can be accessed by other machines (NFS). -How to store all those MP3s/OGGs/MPEGs/DIVXs for access throughout the house on a wireless LAN. -Show unique software you can't get for Windows.
Please note: the CLI WILL scare off newbies. The CLI is great for professionals who type all day and have memorized all the commands. The rest of us prefer a powerful GUI (and that is not an oxymoron).
and I haven't done much yet, but some early impressions are favorable. I'll check on the Win synch issue but I'll willing to bet the problems people had were OE or the PC config.
What 802.11B CD cards work with it? The myzaurus.com site listed LinkSys, but the linksys site didn't mention SL5500 support.
I have been using Palms since the original U.S Robotics Palm Pilot1000. Yes, PalmOS is simple and easy to use. But I was ready for more power and functionality. The 68K (Dragonball) processor is getting way too old and I wanted to do more and didn't want to wait until next year for the ARM-based PalmOS machine. (But when that OS ships, maybe Sharp will offer a PalmOS conversion?)
The keyboard takes time to adjust to. I tried to use the standard photo viewer, but it barfed because my jpegs were too big. I'll have to try another program. I also find some of the screen buttons (like the "x" close button) too small. I may buy a big fresnel lens for it (Brazil refernce, no extra charge).
Considering all the features, it looks like a powerful, flexible, expandable machine.
I should preface by saying I worked at AMD during the 90's. The K5 was an internal AMD processor design, before the NexGen purchase. The K5 was over a year late and ran too slow and required the infamous P-ratings to keep up with Intel's Pentium. One AMD lead architect used to dis the Pentium as two 486 processors bolted together. Unfortunately the K5 took 1 Million more transistors to keep pace with the "lowly" Pentium because Intel could out-clock the K5 easily.
The K6 was the NexGen design, and it also used an internal RISC design. The K6 keep AMD from having to sell Fab25 and kept it in the business long enough for the K7 (Athlon/Duron) to launch.
K7 was a brute force chip with lots of DEC Alpha DNA infused into it. The hard part was that the EV6 bus was designed for servers, not PCs and it took a while to get it to work in a 4-layer, cheap PC infrastructure.
Jerry is an interesting and charismatic figure. The industry will be duller without him. But AMD will be a better company, more responsive to customer needs, not Jerry's ego.
If you checked it out, you would know that AMD developed the Athlon Chipset (AMD-751 Northbridge and AMD-756 Southbridge). Some motherboards will use a VIA "super-southbridge", but all use the AMD-751 Northbridge (the part that connects the processor to AGP, Memory and PCI). If the BX is what you like - you should like the AMD chipset. And it has UDMA-66 IDE interface which Intel's BX set does not. Later..
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Who annoying is it reaching for both the shift and "2" keys when I'm writing someones e-mail address?
Isn't it time to say to the "@" key: "Come on down" to unshifted status? Dare I even say--the bottom three rows?
My suggestion is show how to use a Linux system to do really useful things:
-Setting up a game server (sounds like you did that already).
-Setting up a personal web site
-Make a file server that can be accessed by other machines (NFS).
-How to store all those MP3s/OGGs/MPEGs/DIVXs for access throughout the house on a wireless LAN.
-Show unique software you can't get for Windows.
Please note: the CLI WILL scare off newbies. The CLI is great for professionals who type all day and have memorized all the commands. The rest of us prefer a powerful GUI (and that is not an oxymoron).
and I haven't done much yet, but some early impressions are favorable. I'll check on the Win synch issue but I'll willing to bet the problems people had were OE or the PC config.
What 802.11B CD cards work with it? The myzaurus.com site listed LinkSys, but the linksys site didn't mention SL5500 support.
I have been using Palms since the original U.S Robotics Palm Pilot1000. Yes, PalmOS is simple and easy to use. But I was ready for more power and functionality. The 68K (Dragonball) processor is getting way too old and I wanted to do more and didn't want to wait until next year for the ARM-based PalmOS machine. (But when that OS ships, maybe Sharp will offer a PalmOS conversion?)
The keyboard takes time to adjust to. I tried to use the standard photo viewer, but it barfed because my jpegs were too big. I'll have to try another program. I also find some of the screen buttons (like the "x" close button) too small. I may buy a big fresnel lens for it (Brazil refernce, no extra charge).
Considering all the features, it looks like a powerful, flexible, expandable machine.
I should preface by saying I worked at AMD during the 90's. The K5 was an internal AMD processor design, before the NexGen purchase. The K5 was over a year late and ran too slow and required the infamous P-ratings to keep up with Intel's Pentium. One AMD lead architect used to dis the Pentium as two 486 processors bolted together. Unfortunately the K5 took 1 Million more transistors to keep pace with the "lowly" Pentium because Intel could out-clock the K5 easily.
The K6 was the NexGen design, and it also used an internal RISC design. The K6 keep AMD from having to sell Fab25 and kept it in the business long enough for the K7 (Athlon/Duron) to launch.
K7 was a brute force chip with lots of DEC Alpha DNA infused into it. The hard part was that the EV6 bus was designed for servers, not PCs and it took a while to get it to work in a 4-layer, cheap PC infrastructure.
Jerry is an interesting and charismatic figure. The industry will be duller without him. But AMD will be a better company, more responsive to customer needs, not Jerry's ego.
If you checked it out, you would know that AMD developed the Athlon Chipset (AMD-751 Northbridge and AMD-756 Southbridge). Some motherboards will use a VIA "super-southbridge", but all use the AMD-751 Northbridge (the part that connects the processor to AGP, Memory and PCI). If the BX is what you like - you should like the AMD chipset. And it has UDMA-66 IDE interface which Intel's BX set does not. Later..