Hello, Jason. On Thu, 31 May 2007 09:35:54 -0400 you said:
> Jeff, you said you don't trust certain laptop makers, like Dell. > Considering Palm's track record on hardware why do you think the Foleo > will be any better? I've now owned three Palm branded items: Palm IIIx, Treo 650 and Treo 680. I've also owned one Dell laptop and I've used several Dell desktop computers. In my personal experience, Dells are made cheap and it shows. My laptop is no longer usable because of that and hasn't been for years (one of these days, I'll probably remove and destroy the hard drive and then pitch the rest into the dumpster, it's no longer worth trying to fix). OTOH, I've never had a serious problem with any of my Palm units, and nothing else that could not be easily fixed, worked around or simply ignored. I've only upgraded my PDA once out of necessity, and that was not due to any problem with the hardware or software, it was a smartphone on Verizon and I no longer had coverage from them so I had to switch to Cingular and therefore upgrade to a new smartphone (Kyocera 7135 to Treo 650). Compare that to my having to upgrade to a new desktop computer twice because of massive system failures. > reliable system. My 680's battery life was miserable (even compared to > a 650) and the system crashed and hung often. When I moved from the 650 The 680 has a smaller battery, and did you ever do a battery calibration? Did you install the camera/battery patch? > to the 680 I did a fresh install and after a month of instability I > tried a hard reset and selective installation of my apps but it didn't > help. My 680 is stabler than my old 650, and I had gotten the 650 very stable. -- Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol Tips for the Innocent Bystander: 18. Don't try to impress your significant other by emulating something that a Hero once did. Doing so usually results in said Hero having to come and save your butt. And you look like a complete loser, too.
