Re: Pilot: Pilot?

[Daniel Beckham <danbeck@xxxxxxxxx>]

>>1. I heard that the Pilot5000 has better screen than Pilot1000.. Is this
true?
>
>Nope. Same screen, same body, same everything.

Some have reported that the newer models "seem" to have a better screen.
This has not been confirmed in any way, just rumor.  You might go to your
local CompUSA or Circuit City and compare the two, just for the heck of it.

>>2. Should I buy the P1000 with 1MB upgrade or should I go for the P5000
directly?
>
>Perhaps you're not aware that the 5000 has 512K of RAM. The 1000 with the 
>upgrade has 1MB of RAM and the 5000 with the upgrade has 1MB of RAM. It 
>all depends on what you're going to use the Pilot for. If you don't need 
>the full 1MB right now (this is probably 90% of the Pilot owners), you 
>could just get the 5000 and perhaps upgrade to the 1000 when the new 
>version of the OS comes out (no idea when that is).

Well, to upgrade to the 1MB for either of the two models you have to take
out the existing memory module and replace it with the 1MB memory module.
This means that if you pay $299 for the 1000 model with 128K and upgrade to
1MB it will be the exact same thing if you pay $369 for the 5000 model with
512K and upgrade to 1MB.  You might be able to sell the 512K memory module,
but wouldn't it be easier just to buy the 1MB upgrade for the 1000 module?
You would save $69 dollars right off the bat.  It's not like you will fill
the 128K up before the week it takes you to buy the 1MB memory module anyway.


>>     3. I heard a new version of Pilot is coming out... is this true?
>
>Someday. I don't think anyone knows dates, but one might guess that 
>something will be out first quarter next year.

Companies usually announce that stuff at Comdex.  There is one coming up
pretty soon this fall.



-DB

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