pilgrim
06-18-2003, 12:34 AM
I will be the first to admit that I have my first pair of bifocals this year, and am strongly considering Lasik surgery very very soon. Having wore glasses all my life has been not exactly fun. But, I am nearsighted, and I can read my PPC easily without glasses. Anything past arm distance, however, the glasses are necessary.
Part of the Lasik byproducts, in people over the age of 40, is that we lose the ability to focus our eyes closer. The doc said, after Lasik, I would need reading glasses to read both a book or a PPC.
So, my question to y'all out there, if there are any other old farts who have contemplated this, have you considered going to a Tablet PC or what? The screen size of the PPC will be ok if I read glasses, but I could possibly use larger print on a tablet thingie.
Actually, a device somewhere in between a PPC and tablet would also be nice. About the size of the DVD players we can rent in the airport.
Wearing glasses to read a PPC is ok, I suppose, just another step before hitting the "On" button. Still, larger print, or larger screens, would be nice as well.
Right now, I would pay a price premium for a device with larger screens, and up-to-date technology. A 5" x 7" tablet would be very nice, or a thin Tablet probably better. I lose the pocket size, which is unfortunate, but I usually carry a notepad around anyway.
Or, perhaps a very very small Palm / PDA / Appointment reminder unit for the pocket, and a Tablet for Pocket PC tasks.
Is there a forum on these somewhere, in depth, and using current technology? I would prefer the newer stuff, as opposed to getting set up with an Amiga equivalent (a great machine for its time, but no longer made).
A pocket sized device for simply calendar use (such as a Palm), coordinated with my desktop AND tablet PC, would be fine. I would carry the Palm or Ipaq 2xxx series with me all the time, and then use the Tablet for writing or viewing stuff such as documents and performing word processing.
While I have a keyboard for my Ipaq, I will say that the screen real estate is smaller than I desire. Yes, a Tablet is bigger, and more difficult to carry around. But, if in business one carries around a binder or a pad of paper anyway, it is ok.
Lighter than a Laptop, I would be looking for something with some expandibility, but mostly screen size and memory. And, Pocket 2003 (or equivalent for a tablet...)
Any thoughts, comments, or (constructive) Rude remarks to an old fart?
Part of the Lasik byproducts, in people over the age of 40, is that we lose the ability to focus our eyes closer. The doc said, after Lasik, I would need reading glasses to read both a book or a PPC.
So, my question to y'all out there, if there are any other old farts who have contemplated this, have you considered going to a Tablet PC or what? The screen size of the PPC will be ok if I read glasses, but I could possibly use larger print on a tablet thingie.
Actually, a device somewhere in between a PPC and tablet would also be nice. About the size of the DVD players we can rent in the airport.
Wearing glasses to read a PPC is ok, I suppose, just another step before hitting the "On" button. Still, larger print, or larger screens, would be nice as well.
Right now, I would pay a price premium for a device with larger screens, and up-to-date technology. A 5" x 7" tablet would be very nice, or a thin Tablet probably better. I lose the pocket size, which is unfortunate, but I usually carry a notepad around anyway.
Or, perhaps a very very small Palm / PDA / Appointment reminder unit for the pocket, and a Tablet for Pocket PC tasks.
Is there a forum on these somewhere, in depth, and using current technology? I would prefer the newer stuff, as opposed to getting set up with an Amiga equivalent (a great machine for its time, but no longer made).
A pocket sized device for simply calendar use (such as a Palm), coordinated with my desktop AND tablet PC, would be fine. I would carry the Palm or Ipaq 2xxx series with me all the time, and then use the Tablet for writing or viewing stuff such as documents and performing word processing.
While I have a keyboard for my Ipaq, I will say that the screen real estate is smaller than I desire. Yes, a Tablet is bigger, and more difficult to carry around. But, if in business one carries around a binder or a pad of paper anyway, it is ok.
Lighter than a Laptop, I would be looking for something with some expandibility, but mostly screen size and memory. And, Pocket 2003 (or equivalent for a tablet...)
Any thoughts, comments, or (constructive) Rude remarks to an old fart?