Notebook computers have been outselling Desktop computers for several years now. I quite like the idea of a Notebook PC, especially since there seems to be so much more choice when it comes to Notebooks. Yet right now I would choose a Desktop computer over a Notebook. It is not just because of my home computer setup - a few Desktop computers, two monitors and two KVM switches. In fact I do a lot of mobile computing, it’s just that I don’t need a laptop to do it.
 
Okay, confession time; I’m a Palm user. Before all the Windows Mobile fans out there protest, yes I also have a trusty Dell Axim X30 Pocket PC which I use for wirelessly browsing the internet. Also, my current smartphone is a T-Mobile Dash which runs Windows Mobile. 

My mobile computing device of choice at the moment is a Palm Tungsten C, first released in 2003. Its main positives are a 64MB memory, a fast processor and a QWERTY keyboard, and the fact that it fits in a pocket. Although it does have wireless, I rarely use it because the Axim is better at browsing the Internet. With the Tungsten C I can jot down notes basically wherever I am (except in the car, that’s to dangerous), and edit Word and Excel documents on the go.
So, I really don’t need a notebook, not quite yet anyway

Posted on January 12th, 2008 by mervyn