I've been debating between wanting either a laptop or a pda. Now, there is an obvious price tag difference on these objects, which makes the debate rather tough. When I start fretting over the cost of a laptop, a pda sounds like a much better choice. But, what I really want more is a laptop.

I've been looking over several different models of pdas and laptops.

Laptops:

Buisness Model Laptop:

• Dell Latitude C400
  • ooh! aah!
  • small
  • light weight
  • built in wireless
  • $1,848 with the dvd player, all other perks minimal.
  • might be too much laptop, but it's soooo small (and cute!)
• Dell Latitude X200
  • take all the wonderful things from above, multiply by 2
  • only difference is that the C400 is a cuter silver
  • super sweet
• Dell Latitude C510
  • Good price
  • Good options
  • Not as cute or small
  • Still a good choice

Personal Model Laptop:

• Dell Inspiron 4150
  • I actually don't like this as much as anything, but it compares to others with decent prices.
• Inspiron 2650
  • Good Price
  • Nice Options
  • Good Price
  • Tolerable
  • Good Price
• Powerbook
  • geek appeal
  • it also tops all laptops out there

PDAs:

Sony Clie SJ30

• pretty nice.
• lower model would prolly work too

Palm m515

• Color
• Size
• Cute

Handspring Treo 90

• Size
• 16MB memory
• color
• built-in keyboard
• cute

Update: February 8, 2003
I finally bought a pda: Handspring Treo 90. I found a good deal on pricewatch.com and ordered it today. It showed up a few days later, I'm not that impressed with it function-wise. For me, it's just a slimmer, cuter, color version of the Handspring Visor that I had. Of course, that is all I need too, so I'm happy with it.

Update: February 17, 2003
I now have a 12 inch Powerbook G4. I'm a switched over mac fan; OS X is rocking my world.

Update: November 4, 2003
I still love my mac and just wanted to share.

laptop vs pda

written on December 26, 2002; modified on November 4, 2003.