I'm basically trying to decide between a palm 500m or a compaq ipac 3635 for
a few reasons which don't pertain to vnc. But if I understand you correctly
it seems like the palmvnc might be a little faster or dealable if I decide
to use vnc.
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From: "Mac Reiter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: Palmtop or Palmpilot
> At 09:59 PM 4/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >This is one palmtop I'm possibly looking at, seems to come with an
802.11b
> >card.
> >
>
>http://home.intermec.com/eprise/main/Intermec/Content/Products/Products_Sho
w
> >Detail?section=Products&Product=CMPTR6651&Category=CMPTR&Family=CMPTR2#
>
> 1. PalmOS / PalmVNC - viewer assumes you do not have memory to store
entire
> screen, so it requests partial screen updates whenever you scroll. For
> best results, you need to use special patches to support server side
> scaling (a feature that I think would be nice to have in the main code
> base, but I have odd needs...)
>
> 2. Windows CE units - every CE unit I have tested with, from ARM based
> Jornada HPC Pros (640x480) to new generation PocketPC MIPS 209MHz
> processors, is incredibly slow. Think seconds/frame instead of
> frames/second. From personal programming experience, a large portion of
> this problem is the pathetic graphics and memory I/O systems in CE units.
> Attempting to do full Win32 level graphics routines over such slow
hardware
> is painful. I am currently doing mods to accelerate the graphics on
> PocketPCs (needs GAPI), but the solution is not of general use (I cannot
> scroll around on a virtual desktop, so everything on the desktop must fit
> on the screen of the PDA -- really only useful for UNIX based servers
where
> you can create a desktop of the desired resolution)
>
> 3. Any kind of real computer with real graphics and memory bus support
will
> be an order of magnitude or more faster than any device from category 1 or
> 2 that I have been able to work with. Toshiba and Sony both make
> exceedingly small Intel machines capable of running Windows 98/ME, Linux,
> BeOS, or whatever feels good. If you can afford them, you will get a much
> more flexible solution that feels a *lot* better to use. On the downside,
> your battery life won't be as good, either...
>
> My view from the trenches,
> Mac
>
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