Ipaq or Dell

[Greg Newell]

David,
         Sure ... rub my nose in it why don't you. :-)
I did find a small printer that should work with the pocket PC. It's 
thermal so whatever you print has a shelf life. I'm really only exploring 
the idea still. My system board (motherboard) on the laptop has a burnt 
diode or capacitor or some such thing. I took it all apart to see if I 
could see anything and I did. It's back together now and I can still use it 
but I can't charge the battery while simultaneously using the computer. It 
has to be shut off for the charger to charge. Somewhat inconvenient I 
think. :-( I'm exploring the costs involved as I really can't go with these 
newer "portable" printers that are twice as heavy and twice as large. I 
would just about have to with a newer laptop. It seems that infra red is 
not being offered in any of the units anymore. I may have to go back to pen 
and preprinted forms. Right now my options seems to be 1) repair the 
existing unit, 2) replace it with a new laptop wherein I would have to mess 
with cords plugging in to a USB port or, 3) replace both laptop and printer 
with a PDA and preprinted forms and a pen. My handwriting sucks so I think 
I may just have listed these in order of preference. I don't know, however, 
if it's the wisest order for my money. Still just gathering info. I was all 
set to spring for the PDA earlier this evening though. My wife talked me 
out of it, bless her heart.

Greg Newell



At 06:57 PM 1/31/2006, you wrote:
>What about printing your invoices...?
>
>David Ilvedson, RPT
>Pacifica, California
>
>
>
>----- Original message ----------------------------------------
>From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
>To: Pianotech@ptg.org,  Caut@ptg.org
>Received: 1/31/2006 1:45:12 PM
>Subject: Ipaq or Dell
>
>
> >Listees,
> >       I'm contemplating the switch from a laptop to a Pocket PC. Anyone 
> have a
> >strong opinion about Ipaq vs. Dell?
>
> >Greg Newell
>
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