This was one reason I originally decided on my Zaurus. I just haven't purchased the NIC yet. If you look at the specs between my Zaurus (SL-5500), and the Axim X5, they are real close. I think the Axim has more RAM, as my Zaurus only has 64MB. I did by mine because it was Linux based. I didn't want PocketPC. I was looking at the IPAQ's but since I was going to just wipe and install OpenZaurus on the thing, I figured I'd go with the Zaurus. I've been happy with it.
Now as for my main reason for the laptop, my games. Can't play UO/Knight Online/Anarchy Online on my Zaurus, yet! ;)
Thomas Mayfield wrote:
I do the same with my PDA, a Dell Axim X5 Advanced (Pocket PC) with an 802.11b CF card, and an added SD memory card. I have dozens of novels and technical texts on it, short movies, audio, games, etc. I don't sync with anything, though I sometimes have to prep application installs on my desktop when they don't come in .CAB install form. When I was shopping for a PDA a few months ago, I settled on this one because it was a little ways behind the curve (and hence a great deal less expensive), but had the SD and CF slots for future expansion. I think I paid all of $135 for the X5, $40 for the WiFi CF card, and $25 for a 256MB memory card, bringing me up fairly close to the curve for less. My device is only behind on processor (only 400Mhz), and doesn't have any of the new screen innovations that you mentioned (and that I'ma have to go investigate now). Let me know what you find. I'm interested to see what routes people take to do the PDA-as-laptop gig. --Thomas
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