Re: [NTLK] Just tried a Visor Edge and have Newton questions

From: hellsop_at_ninehells.com
Date: Fri Jul 29 2005 - 10:52:16 PDT


On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 11:09:08AM -0500, Thoma Mattox wrote:
> I just bought my wife a Visor Edge (she wants small cute things) and I
> have Newton questions, after using it. The Visor operates on a 33mhz
> platform, my Newton 130 operates on a 33mhz platform. Why does the
> Visor seem so much faster (specifically in regards to calendar and
> address book functions)?

DRAM instead of flash perhaps? If you let the battery die and all the
data goes away, that's why it's faster.

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