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Skriven 2005-02-20 15:21:36 av Robert Comer (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 2634 av Thees Peereboom (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: UPS questions
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From: "Robert Comer" <bobcomer@mindspring.com>

True for the typing, but since you had to plug it into a network or use a phone
line to do email anyway, it's just easier to use my laptop.  I have an Thinkpad
X22 that's pretty small. (power usage doesn't compare, of course...)

- Bob Comer



"Thees Peereboom" <theesp@barkto.com> wrote in message
news:opsmih4nq72hvhrx@news.barkto.com...
> Bob,
>
> If you just have to type and some occasional email, it's still a nice
> little machine - to be had for little money.
>
> - Thees Peereboom
>
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:38:18 -0500, Robert Comer
> <bobcomer_removeme@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>>> Workpad z50?
>>
>> I still have one of those -- it never proved to be all that useful to me.
>>
>> - Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> "Randy" <@> wrote in message news:42164fbf$1@w3.nls.net...
>>> Workpad z50?
>>>
>>> "Don Hills" <dmhills@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>> news:UgcFCtgaXK5e092yn@attglobal.net...
>>>> In article <n27b1111hp2kora8lmsmu4cjcf9nrrrbu3@4ax.com>,
>>>> Ellen K. <72322.1016@compuserve.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Last time they did at least give me extra batteries, only because I
>>>>> screamed about all the time I wasted on the plane the time before.
>>>>> The
>>>>> laptop was a little Gateway and the batteries didn't weigh much so it
>>>>> was OK.  The time before it was a   h e a v y   Dell.
>>>>
>>>> It sounds like you'd like a machine with the battery life of a PDA but
>>>> the
>>>> form factor of a small laptop. I have just such a machine. It gets at
>>>> least
>>>> 10 hours on a charge (15 hours on the optional extended battery). It
>>>> only
>>>> weighs 2.5 pounds. It has a 90% size keyboard with a good feel, a
>>>> touchpad
>>>> and a full VGA screen. It has a full set of ports (serial, printer,
>>>> modem,
>>>> VGA, USB, PCMCIA, CF) so you can "plug in" in the office. It runs WinCE
>>>> and
>>>> has built-in Pocket Office (IE, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Access and
>>>> Excel).
>>>>
>>>> There's just one catch: You can't get one. It's an HP Jornada 820
>>>> palmtop,
>>>> a discontinued model. And apparently they didn't sell well, so they
>>>> dropped
>>>> the whole palmtop line in favour of handhelds. Now the only choices are
>>>> an
>>>> ultraportable laptop (heavier, and only 3 to 4 hours battery life) or a
>>>> handheld such as an iPaq with an add-on keyboard (screen too small for
>>>> serious work.)
>>>>
>>>> I can understand why WinCE palmtops weren't popular. They were
>>>> considered
>>>> a
>>>> cross between a PDA and laptop with the disadvantages of both. I used
>>>> to
>>>> think that way too, but when I found one in a scrapyard in perfect
>>>> condition
>>>> for US$7 it was just too good a deal to pass up. Now that I've used it
>>>> for a
>>>> while, I've realised that the right way to look at it is as having the
>>>> advantages of a PDA and laptop, not the disadvantages. I lose
>>>> pocketability
>>>> and the ability to run "standard" Windows apps, but I get PDA-style
>>>> "instant
>>>> on" and long battery life plus laptop ergonomics (keyboard, display,
>>>> ports).
>>>> I'm really going to miss it when it eventually dies (it's almost 8
>>>> years
>>>> old)
>>>> because I don't think there is anything on the market that can replace
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> HP Jornada 820:
>>>> http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/museum/personalsystems/0038/
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand
>>>> It's ironic that people who are too smart to engage in politics
>>>> are governed by people who are not as smart.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

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