[muglo] Re: palm pilot

Jim,

I set people up with this kind of stuff all the time. My suggestion for=20=

you is to try out the Palm Zire (the USD$99 model) and see if you find=20=

it usable. If you don't mind the screen, it is a nice handheld, easy to=20=

use, Mac compatible out of the box and probably the ideal thing for=20
someone like you. Next up would be some of the other Palm offerings -=20
the m5xx series (m500, 505, 515) is especially nice. I know they lack=20
the multimedia features of the Sony Cli=E9, but as VP, I doubt she'll=20
ever use all those extras (MP3 playback, etc) and won't appreciate the=20=

complexity, third party software and (sometimes) instability those=20
models bring.

Two big suggestions for you:
1) Hotsync (it's easy) every day to backup your data
2) Don't go crazy installing special software (applications are OK, but=20=

other stuff that changes how the whole system works - "extensions" -=20
can conflict if too many are installed)

Galen P. Zink
Computer Consultant
Mac Specialist - Clark County, WA
(360) 687-9680 - main
(360) 601-2198 - cell



On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 09:11 AM, Jim Taylor wrote:

> Garth I'm going to have to do some palm 101 here. hell, I don't know=20=

> what
> PDA stands for. I'm going to pin her down on just what she wants to=20
> use it
> for. I'm not even sure how they work, but I'm told  her laptop (work
> supplied) is not up to much, and at home, of course, we have a G4.=20
> Noted on
> a net review page Sonys scored well. But they talk about digital=20
> cameras and
> MP3s, etc. as part of the package. I think she just wants to keep=20
> track of
> all the tasks she keeps losing track of . . . if you know what I mean.=20=

> I was
> just going to drop into Future Shop, or whatever, and buy her one. But=20=

> I
> didn't know where to start or how much I should pay. Will pin down the=20=

> tasks
> and look at a Sony. thnx. jim
>
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