>> OK. I just purchased a Windows CE handheld. I realized that:
>> 1) It represents MS's rebirth. That, along with cross-platform apps, means
>> that MS isn't going to be doing to much with Windows 9x/NT after a couple
>> years...
> Thanks for the tip, Tim. I'll dump all of my intel stock now. :-)
But buy what ? DEC ?
>> 2) It's lighting fast, and covers all kinds of processors.
> The H/PC was a bit of a flop. For some reason, not many people wanted to
> buy a machine that looked like Windows95, but ran on slower hardware with
> no application compatibility.
> However, I like the new Pilot rip-off, the Palm-sized PC, better. And if
> you've never seen their Auto PC for cars, brace yourself for some drooling
> (guaranteed to flop at the current $2K price though). They're also making
> inroads into embedded systems with CE.
Here you have only one solution: Buy a Newton - the MP2x00
is _WAY_ cool, neat and just great AND best of all thanks
to Apple it's a brand new out of production classic.
>> 2) With a MIPS-based handheld, could I get stuff moving between this and my
>> N64?
> Sure, just as easily as you can move stuff between the 6502 based Nintendo
> and an AIM-65 (i.e., no way dOOd -- even if the CPU is the same, nothing
> else is). However, I seem to recall that Microsoft recently signed-up a
> game machine manufacturer for CE, and it was either Nintendo or Sega.
Sega - and I bet they anounce 'General Failure' as the
commander of the first shut-em-up game :)
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Wed Jun 17 1998 - 11:19:27 BST