Same here. In the days of pre-OS X I talked my wife into using a PC. Meanwhile my lifestyle has changed and I no longer have time to admin Linux. Now OS X gives me the power of Unix plus many useful applications with sophisticated GUIs. Consequently I have bought an iBook; I'll have to talk my wife into going back to the Mac;)
When is Sharp going to provide a firmware upgrade for the 5500? The latest firmware still has bugs. Here are a couple of examples:
Although you can configure multiple SMTP accounts, the mail client only uses the one configured first
Every now and then the soft eject for a CF card doesn't work and you have to physically take it out
In addition, since Sharp has already worked on a new kernel, PIM, etc., it would be great if existing 5500 owners could benefit from what their software group has done since the latest firmware upgrade came out.
The hardware changes on the 5600 are not a radical shift from the 5500 (unless, of course, you buy into the MHz hype). I bet that not many people will ditch their 5500s and invest in 5600s primarily to fix problems that could be resolved through a firmware upgrade.
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Same here. In the days of pre-OS X I talked my wife into using a PC. Meanwhile my lifestyle has changed and I no longer have time to admin Linux. Now OS X gives me the power of Unix plus many useful applications with sophisticated GUIs. Consequently I have bought an iBook; I'll have to talk my wife into going back to the Mac ;)
It has been a component of VisualWorks Smalltalk 5i from late 1999. http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/WebServices/
- Although you can configure multiple SMTP accounts, the mail client only uses the one configured first
- Every now and then the soft eject for a CF card doesn't work and you have to physically take it out
In addition, since Sharp has already worked on a new kernel, PIM, etc., it would be great if existing 5500 owners could benefit from what their software group has done since the latest firmware upgrade came out.The hardware changes on the 5600 are not a radical shift from the 5500 (unless, of course, you buy into the MHz hype). I bet that not many people will ditch their 5500s and invest in 5600s primarily to fix problems that could be resolved through a firmware upgrade.