Pocket HomeGuage

[relliott]

Originally Posted by rbuchanan1

For those that don't mind the small screen, HG pocket HG works great and for under $500 you can be more mobile than the smaller full computers that goes for $1000. This set up allows you to use your old big bulky laptop and the mobile PPC so you come out with less cost and more mobility.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/store/pro...B041AA%2523ABA

Pocket PC is great if going that route.
I do it even easier with a program called Remember the milk which sycs up to my Blackberry for easy transfer of comments.

Program is only $25

Main reason for comment though is that someone needs to mention the new line of Netbooks coming out such as the eee which will have full touch screen and at least 160 MB of hard drive.

One can convert these to touch screen right now for $40.

[Russell Buchanan]

Hi Bob,
can you paste a link here of it and how much? I haven't heard of them but haven't been looking around much lately either.

Thanks

[Brian E. Kelly]

Originally Posted by rbuchanan1

Hi Bob,
can you paste a link here of it and how much? I haven't heard of them but haven't been looking around much lately either.

Thanks

http://www.pcworld.com/article/15298..._netbooks.html

http://www.tigerdirect.com/email/wem...wyKbywgfCjCmH4

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Cheap place to buy them. Down to $299. http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCateg...&name=Netbooks

[relliott]

Originally Posted by rbuchanan1

Hi Bob,
can you paste a link here of it and how much? I haven't heard of them but haven't been looking around much lately either.

Thanks

Look up eee as they are the start of this Netbook age.

They have long battery life, and are shockproof with small to 10 inch screens that are perfect for travel at a 15 second boot time , though I have timed a few at 30 seconds.

[Darren Spencer]

I looked at them and they seem cheaply made, wouldn't last on my inspections. Palms and be thrown in tool bag and brought into crawlspace with ease. And as battery goes..last all day!

[relliott]

Originally Posted by dspencer1

I looked at them and they seem cheaply made, wouldn't last on my inspections. Palms and be thrown in tool bag and brought into crawlspace with ease. And as battery goes..last all day!

Darren many people have dropped them and they keep working.

What do you mean look cheaply made?

The atom processor is new tech.

They cost less than Palm , which is a dying brand.

However you should stick with what makes you comfortable.

[Darren Spencer]

They cost $249.00 in store down from $499. The battery doesn't even make it 3hrs unless you spend another 149 on the 6 cell. Also some ver. are Linux OS. As for why I say cheap is cause the return center had a pile of them returned, that is always a bad sign in my eyes.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Originally Posted by dspencer1

They cost $249.00 in store down from $499. The battery doesn't even make it 3hrs unless you spend another 149 on the 6 cell. Also some ver. are Linux OS. As for why I say cheap is cause the return center had a pile of them returned, that is always a bad sign in my eyes.

Actually they all run XP & Linux (which some HI software runs on). The newer 900 & 1000 series have no price difference between the two. They have more processing power than a PDA, much larger hard drives and you can finish your report and print on them. I've been using one for over a year, taking it with me when I travel and they hold up well. I also know quite a few home inspectors using the EEE 700 series. The newer versions just came out. The new series batteries on the 900 series are over 5 hours (see http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220441 ).

They are a little larger than a PDA so it's really up to you on what you like personally. But if the deciding factor is just price, you have more options now.

[relliott]

Originally Posted by dspencer1

They cost $249.00 in store down from $499. The battery doesn't even make it 3hrs unless you spend another 149 on the 6 cell. Also some ver. are Linux OS. As for why I say cheap is cause the return center had a pile of them returned, that is always a bad sign in my eyes.

Just bought the Acer with 8 hour battery and fast boot for $399 at microcenter .
Taking it out of the box now.

[ROBERT W. NEWLAND, JR.]

http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop...ourceID=k54384

[George E. Russell]

I also just bought the acer 8.9 inch screen with 6 cell (5.5 hr) batt. for $349 plus shipping. Nice little padded case for $15. Comes with an optional mouse even. They go up and down....three days after I bought mine they went up to $379 and a few days after that they were $329.....
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Amazon.com: Acer Aspire One AOA150-1359 8.9-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, XP Home, 6 Cell Battery) Copper: Computers & PC Hardware

[ROBERT W. NEWLAND, JR.]

I just decided this week to go with a PPC and Pocket HG. I'll set it up tomorrow and try it out on Thursday.

[Charles L. Harper]

I bought the Dell mini. It was okay, had no optical drive. Could only add software using a media stick. Only 16g hard drive. Kept it for 2 weeks and sent it back.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Originally Posted by charper

I bought the Dell mini. It was okay, had no optical drive. Could only add software using a media stick. Only 16g hard drive. Kept it for 2 weeks and sent it back.

That's the whole point of the mini and other netbooks! They have solid state hard drives which means no moving parts. So you can shake them and knock them around a lot more than a device that has a real hard drive in it (which consists of platters and needles like a record player). If you add a optical drive you're making it a lot thicker and heavier. If that's what you're looking for get a tablet pc that has a removable optical drive.