Definitely. Processor speed is not necessarily a good indicator of the
overall system speed. If I use a SPT1740 (Palm OS 3.2 @ 16MHz) and a SPT
2740(CE 2.1 @75MHz), its no contest. The Palm OS device will get the same
job done faster and not confuse the user (plus the Palm hardware is less
expensive, and the battery charge last longer, and doesn't need to be reset
twice a day).
Also, a Visor out of the box at 16MHz seems to run as fast as Vx at 20MHz
out of the box (but run nowaitz and the Vx becomes the fastest)
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: Processor Speeds
>>I recall postings by David Fedor that the cpu speeds are generally not
>>advertised and that we shouldn't assume certain models will always have
the
>>same cpu or run at the same speed. Unlike desktop PCs, It isn't a selling
>>point.
>
>Actually it's an ANTI-selling point for Palm, since WINCE devices run at
>MUCH higher speeds. Palm is obviously (and quite rightly) trying to
>deemphasize processor speed since the real measure on any computer (and
>especially on a handheld) is USER speed, that is, how long it takes to
>accomplish a certain task (just like the real measure of memory is not
>how much you have, but how much data or how many programs you can store
>in that memory with a given OS).
>
>
>Steve Patt
>President, Stevens Creek Software
> http://www.stevenscreek.com/palm
> Best PQA ("ePQA"), PalmSource 99
> Best Application ("PizzaScan"), Palm Developer's Conference 1998
> First printing software for the Palm - September, 1997
>
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