PDA or Laptop?

[crisscross]

Hi guys,

I have a lot of contacts and I usually make all my phone calls from home... all my emails are on my work computer, so I currently take printouts or notes to help me when i call from home..

I basically need something which can easily synchronize all my emails and maybe even have internet access...

What would you guys suggest?

Thanks in advance

 

[Wuzup101]

Find an used but in nice condition Powerbook Prismo with something like a 500mhz G3. That should be plenty of power for what you need to do and will still let you surf the net on a nice large screen. You could also hut for a used iBook. You can get a new 1ghz G4 iBook 12" for under $1000 with the edu discount now... I would think you could find a g3/900mhz for a decent price on ebay.

 

[cy7878]

you sound like a guy on the move a lot. I would suggest a PDA with bluetooth. Simple to keep contact info. You can setup bluetooth to dial out of a cell phone to get email off POP3 servers, and light internet access -- all wireless. Laptop is okay, but you don't get the instant on/off that a PDA gets, and you risk dropping the thing on the go.

 

[jkresh]

do you have a pc/mac at home? If so you can use something like gotomypc or pcanywhere or even windows built in remote desktop to synchronize files between the two. Cheaper then either a notebook or even a good pda. If not, how much are you willing to spend? Do you realy want internet acess? If internet acess is important then a laptop is much better then a pda (even with a vga screen pda's arent that great for internet use), if you realy just want acess to contacts then pda is fine.

 

[crisscross]

Thanks ppl.. I will check out go to mypc and pcanywhere for sure.. I am not too sure about Apple as i need Office/Outlook compatability... I am not on the move much.. just home and work.. but I make quite a few phone calls till late in the night and I need to have my emails to do that...