PDA versus laptop

[Liver]

I am thinking about getting a Dell x50v with the Intel arm processor at 624mhz. How does that compare to a Pentium III? Specifically with browsing and simple data entry.

I really would like a large PDA / small tablet, but they are not as small and are quite a bit more expensive (such as the Sony u70 or Compaq TC1100).

What are your thoughts.

Liver

 

[Peter007]

You might as well buy the Laptop, since the price of big PDA cost just as much and do much less

 

[phaxmohdem]

Yes laptops and PDA's are two different animals. The ARM 624 Proc does NOT compare to a desktop/laptop PIII chip at all. (IT may come close in something I don't know about but it is still not even close to a PIII at a similar clock.)

Added to that, data entry on a PDA is a real B*tch! Take it from someone who knows. If you get a flodable keyboard, it is somewhat easier, but I'd just go with a laptop. a PIII laptop is cheaper than the PDA and can do much more.

Perhaps you'd mind elaborating a bit more on the tasks you want your device to perform... but from where I sit. Laptop... hands down, end of story.

 

[vegetation]

PDA = 640x480
Laptop = 1024x768 minimum. Tell me which you rather have for browsing (adjust your viewing screen now to see!). Heck, most sites wont even look right without at least 800x600. Therefore, a PDA is no substitute to a true laptop for this kind of task.

 

[corkyg]

Get both - each has a role to play.

 

[Liver]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Get both - each has a role to play.

That is what I think is going to happen. Toting around a laptop is going to be difficult in my work. I basically need a respository of information that does not need to be accessed immediately (but in a timely fashion).

Need something small like a PDA but with more power like a laptop. Tough choices from google searching.

Liver