On Thursday 05 April 2007 08:28, Adi Smith wrote: > UMPCs are horribly underpowered and clumsy to use. Usually I would > recommend holding off till second generation before investing in a new > technology but at this rate I wouldn't expect a usable UMPC till at > least 4 gen.
My Sharp Zaurus SL800 is neither underpowered nor clumsy to use. It has a crisp 640x480 VGA display, runs about 10 hours on a single battery charge (and I can carry several spare batteries, they are half matchbox size only). It is not clumsy to use - the built-in keyboard is reaonsable for brief typing, for longer typing I use a half-size foladable infrared keyboard that fits into a shirt pocket (the Zaurus weighs 280 grams and fits into the back pocket of my jeans) Horribly underpowered is an entirely unfunded statement too - in fact, it's 400MHz XScale processor is more than fast enough for ANYTHING I want to do with a compiuter at present: I can use it as VoIP terminal, I can browse the web, do email, use an Office software suite, remotely connect to my server (via ssh, even forwarding X sessions), run Python scripts, Java programs etc. And yes, I can access my EHR system, and the only thing that restricts it's use is it's screen size (being used to a 1920x1200 screen at my main work place) Had this gadget for about 5 years now, still serving me well. Runs Linux, of course - if it would run some inefficient bloatware, then it would of course be underpowered, and if it would depend on inefficient user interaction paradigms, it would be clumsy too. Horst _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
