Re: [NTLK] OT: PalmOS-based AlphaSmart Dana

From: Stephanie Maks (newton_at_maksystems.com)
Date: Thu Nov 28 2002 - 13:12:28 EST


>
>
> Not likely. First, you'll get a lot more battery time out of a Dana or
> an
> eMate, they're instant-on unlike the Libretto and the Libretto, IMNHO,
> was
> junk. I should know I worked on a product that had an OEM version of
> the
> libretto in it. Those things we *not* all that terrific.
>

I couldn't pass that up. I love my Libretto 110CT. I've had it for
about 3 years or so. For a while it was my main computer (till I
Switched). I have the dock for it, which I kept at work hooked up to a
big monitor and keyboard and trackball and 100BaseT ethernet card all in
the dock, so when I got to work I just dropped in the Libretto and had a
'desktop' system. It fits perfectly into my purse, is light,
convenient. I have RedHat 7.1 on it, and Windoze 95. For a year I did
all my software development on it in Linux. Granted it's not
instant-on, but big deal. With 64MB of ram and a 6GB hard drive, it
rocked. I was very upset when it's battery pack finaly died, till I
managed to get a new pack on eBay and once more I use my Libretto all
the time. It's way lighter and more portable than my iBook and with the
Wavelan card, I can work or surf from the backyard; laying in bed, or
wherever.

About the only way I can think of to make the Libretto even better,
would be if it ran Mac OS 9 or X.

-Stephanie

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