Electronic book questions

Originally Posted by handyman

Or you could ditch xp 64bit then most things will work.

I was thinking that, but then the twin core cpu, sata raid type stuff would be slower - can he cope?

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by Druchii

Correct, absolutely lovely... When i win the lottery... haha...

But you need one for buisness use, don't you and of course at that price it would be crazy not to make use of it for pleasure as well

Buy and be damned, argue with the tax man at year end

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by bopdude

But you need one for buisness use, don't you and of course at that price it would be crazy not to make use of it for pleasure as well

Buy and be damned, argue with the tax man at year end

The tax man wouldn't have a problem with it......it's Mandy who has a problem with it!

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Originally Posted by handyman

What about one of these .

Simply use 2 gig sd cards with it. It has wireless and probably better chance of xp64bit drivers.

Or you could ditch xp 64bit then most things will work.

Thats a nice bit of kit but my requirements have been upgraded.....I'd like it to have 802.11g wi-fi
.........and I really can't be ars*d to reformat my PC back to 32bit now

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

The tax man wouldn't have a problem with it......it's Mandy who has a problem with it!

Thats what I mean, surely if it was bought for buisness it wouldn't be a problem

Originally Posted by handyman

What about one of these .

Simply use 2 gig sd cards with it. It has wireless and probably better chance of xp64bit drivers.

Or you could ditch xp 64bit then most things will work.

pocket pcs use microsoft active sync to connect not a driver per say ,however my smart phone does sync but I cant browse. But im happy dual booting anyway

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

pocket pcs use microsoft active sync to connect not a driver per say ,however my smart phone does sync but I cant browse. But im happy dual booting anyway

Will 'active sync' run on 64bit?

well it does for the most part but not fully

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

well it does for the most part but not fully

What will/won't it do?

[KingPhoenix]

Activesync 4.1 seems to work ok on my smartphone and PDA's on 64 bit (havent booted into it for a while mind)

Its also listed as a supported OS on the activesync download site...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by KingPhoenix

Activesync 4.1 seems to work ok on my smartphone and PDA's on 64 bit (havent booted into it for a while mind)

Its also listed as a supported OS on the activesync download site...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Kewl.... ......thats also what Dells indian tech support said
I'm considering the Dell axim X51v as it's got a good processor and a big screen. Shame it's only got 802.11b wifi but I suppose you can't have everything in one package.....what do you think?

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.....btw.........anyone got any suggestions for good, quick 2gig flash cards for this thing.........or any ideas for storage options?

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

.....btw.........anyone got any suggestions for good, quick 2gig flash cards for this thing.........or any ideas for storage options?

Scratch that.....crucial do 4gig compact flash cards that look like they fit the bill.....