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DrWowe

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« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2004, 09:57:10 pm »
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The box will clearly tell you if it has the PXA255 processor.  Did it ship from Amazon\'s warehouse in Kentucky?

I also got the PXA255 edition, and mine came from Kentucky as well.  That\'s interesting...

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« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2004, 10:01:34 pm »
It looks like mine shipped from Seattle. Any suggestions on what I can do? I should have called them to confirm which one I was being sent.

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« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2004, 10:08:37 pm »
AFAIK, Amazon has multiple fulfillment centers that store inventory to cut down on cost and shipping times.  Midwestern customers are usually served from the Kentucky site, west coast customers from Seattle, etc.

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« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2004, 02:11:15 am »
What are the issues with the PA 250 anyways? Is it really that big a deal? Should I just return it (will Amazon let me?) and get a 5500 (if I can find one- looks like Tigerdirect isnt selling them anymore)? Thanks.

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« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2004, 12:54:44 am »
Getting the 5600 is the better choice.  The battery lasts MUCH MUCH longer and makes networking with the Zaurus a lot more practical.  Plus the screen is brighter in its higher setting.  The memory issue can be handled by a SD or MMC card (that\'s what they are for after all).

Don\'t panic.  The 5600 is stable and a good choice.

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« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2004, 04:17:08 am »
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The memory issue can be handled by a SD or MMC card (that\'s what they are for after all).

Guest,

I agree with your other arguments, but this one isn\'t quite so simple.  The 32 meg RAM limit on the 5600 isn\'t so easily overcome by memory cards.  They will extend the storage space available for programs and data, but will not extends the amount of working RAM, unless you set up a swap partition (which is a bad idea unless you have a Microdrive, and even then it will hurt performance greatly).   In this respect the 64 megs RAM on the 5500 is superior,  (but only if you use a non-Sharp ROM, by default only 32 megs are available for working memory).  The 16 meg flash limitation on that model that is most easily improved with the SD card.

Sadly, I find that having several Opera windows open can easily chew up the memory on the 5600, and I will often see the dialog that forces me to close some other applications.

However, due to the extra large large battery, I still think the 5600 is a better general purpose machine.

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« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2004, 04:17:47 am »
Last message there was from me.  I forgot to log in.