Okay, well the taking on of a potentially huge project has kind of clued me in to the fact that I would probably benefit hugely from a laptop-type aparatus. Problem is (just trust me on this one), carrying around a laptop is less than optimal. Having an additional shoulder bag is at this point not really an option, and I could never, ever, ever leave the thing sitting somewhere, so I'd be basically chained to it if bringing it somewhere...
So the thought occurred to me that I could get a PDA with a stow-away keyoard and basically use that in laptop capacity, as a few of my friends are doing. So here arises my prolem: probably the best deal for me, OS aside, would be a Handspring model PDA because they are highly expandable moreso than Palm PDAs, and if I'm basically utilizing this as a laptop, well, I'm sure there is some kind of module/upgrade thing that I'd want down the line which I wouldn't be able to find for a Palm but the Handspring people have tons of different little gadgets you can get--which is at once evil and yet cool. So, in an ideal world, I would get a Handspring. Of course, in this ideal world, I'd also have to be using Windows, because all of the synching and other packages I am seeing on Debian's servers seem to ME to be specific for Palms. As I am VERY new to this whole idea, I thought that before assuming one or the other way I ought to consult with some people who are more likely than I to know this answer. I.E.: you guys. So-- does anyone here have a PDA and if so what kind and how has your luck been as far as being able to synch it and whatnot? I've looked at the Linux-specific PDAs but they're either too built up (with lots of graphicy-related stuff) or too bare bones. So as much as I'd in theory like to have an open-source PDA or whatnot, well, it's not really going to happen at the moment. Mainly I want a highly portable bit of electronics capable of creating wordprocessing documents,, possibly with the ability to check e-mail, which I wouldn't have to synch by rebooting into Windows all the time. Any help appreciated! Erin
