Re: [NTLK] IBM Metapad ==> XP or CE?

From: Oliver Brose (oliver.brose_at_t-online.de)
Date: Sat Feb 09 2002 - 15:12:40 EST


> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 18:43:31 +0100
> From: "Alain.Fernandez" <Alain.Fernandez_at_univ-orleans.fr>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] IBM Metapad =3D=3D> XP or CE?
>
>>you can actually see pictures of IBM's MetaPad,
>>According to t-online the thing RUNS WINDOWS XP.
>
> XP or CE ?
>
>>http://computer-electronics.t-online.de/comp/hard/sons/ar/CP/ar-ibm-meta-=
pad.h
tml
> wrote
>>Das 250 Gramm schwere Gehirn des Meta Pads ist ein
>>800-Megahertz-Prozessor, AUF DEM WINDOWS XP L=E4UFT. Im PDA-gro=DFen
>>Geh=E4use sitzt au=DFerdem eine zehn Gigabyte Festplatte, 128 Megabyte
>>Arbeitsspeicher und eine 3D-Grafikkarte. Alle g=E4ngigen
>>Windows-Anwendungen k=F6nnen auf dem Mini-Rechner installiert werden.

It sais XP, but I really wonder how that is supposed to work in a usable wa=
y
with only 128MB... I also have no idea how long the thing is supposed to ru=
n
with all that stuff inside... 800Mhz CPU, 3D graphics, 10GB HD... i give it
four hours maximum.
It really looks like a big hoax to me, especially the case "design".

Oliver :)

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