laptop or PDA?

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by bkelly2

PDA's still suck....

Where have I heard that before?

[relliott]

How is that q1 doing Mike?
Are you using it all inspections? and are you delivering on site or later?

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by relliott

How is that q1 doing Mike?
Are you using it all inspections? and are you delivering on site or later?

Q1 is great. Dom is making some changes this weekend to impove it.

I made the decision 3 years ago to NOT do onsite reports.

Works well for me I do electronic delivery within 24 hours. Haven't heard a complaint yet. YMMV

[relliott]

Yeah 24 here too

Maybe the model I looked at was bad, as it was hard to see (dim ).

It also had Vista and took forever to boot

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Floor models are often crappy as they get beaten down. Mike would be able to tell your better about it's visibility. Boot time doesn't really matter. You turn it on when you get there and you only put it to sleep (not off) when you aren't using it. It will awake instantly.

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by dmaricic

Floor models are often crappy as they get beaten down. Mike would be able to tell your better about it's visibility. Boot time doesn't really matter. You turn it on when you get there and you only put it to sleep (not off) when you aren't using it. It will awake instantly.

My better is my wife. You'd better learn that quick before your fiance explains it to you.

Bob, Dominic is right I almost never turn it off. When you hit the "power switch" on top it goes to hibernate and comes back on very quickly when needed. If you leave it in that state it senses when the battery is to low and does an orderly shut down.

Screen brightness is good expect in extreme sunshine where you have to get out of direct sunlight to see it well. BTW-maybe the one you looked at didn't have the brightness turn up. There is no direct control. You push a button on the side right and a side bar pops onto the screen.

[relliott]

I can see where it might be good and I have been looking hard at the Fujitsu lifebook ub810 however neither stisfies me as hving good enough of a processor, now that Dom has taught me what that is.

The life book has 5 hour battery.
The q 1 lack of keyboard bothers me as it would not handle a Dragon program.

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by relliott

I can see where it might be good and I have been looking hard at the Fujitsu lifebook ub810 however neither stisfies me as hving good enough of a processor, now that Dom has taught me what that is.

The life book has 5 hour battery.
The q 1 lack of keyboard bothers me as it would not handle a Dragon program.

Why wouldn't it handle the Dragon program?

The life books are great but I like the smaller size of the Q1.
I have an enclosed clip board from rubbermaid that it fits in very nicely.

The lack of a keyboard hasn't bothered me much. the test recognition is good and the on screen keyboard is good too. You can buy an external USB keyboard for the Q1 or any wireless keyboard with a USB dongle.

[relliott]

The life book I am talking about is smaller than the q1.(5 1/2 screen)

http://www.clearanceclub.com/product...-LifeBook-U810

400 MGHZ would not handle Dragon.

Lifebook is the same problem, which is why I am waiting.

I may just get the new Sprint Instinct for my other chores, as I am needing something in the field for these Bank and Insurance photo jobs I am getting everyday.I need to upload from the field and check e-mail all day.

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by relliott

The life book I am talking about is smaller than the q1.(5 1/2 screen)

http://www.clearanceclub.com/product...-LifeBook-U810

400 MGHZ would not handle Dragon.

Lifebook is the same problem, which is why I am waiting.

I may just get the new Sprint Instinct for my other chores, as I am needing something in the field for these Bank and Insurance photo jobs I am getting everyday.I need to upload from the field and check e-mail all day.

My Q1 is 1G Hz

[relliott]

Hmmm,
I need to recheck as it may have been the Vista thing then.
All the reviews said it was slow.

Not to knock it though as all the small tablets have problems I did not like as I have been hunting for something in that size for a while.

eee would be perfect with bigger res and touch screen.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

EEE is 900mhz = .9ghz. Technicall the Q1 is faster. I'm sure you could remove a lot of the extra crap they put on the Vista version. One of these times I'll catch it when it' on woot.com. Mike has emailed me twice about it but it's been gone by the time I check it a litle while laer.