geeky joy

[lagilman]

Many years ago, I caved and bought my first Palm, a Vx. I named him Bunter, because what else would you call something that was going to gently take over and organize your life?

Bunter 1.2 came about when Bunter had to be replaced -- same model, same software, same everything. And he performed beautifully for many years of meetings, commuting, plane-reading, and generally acting as my brain (and far more dependable than the meat one, sadly).

But thing started to slow down, and the screen was getting scratched, and it became time to retire him to easier pastures (i.e. my mom, who will use him as an address and date book only).

And so, today, I put hands on Bunter 2.0. A Tungsten E, silvery and shiny and while I'll miss my faithful Vx, I can't wait to start putting him through his paces...

Now to see if my old software will translate without making me froth and stress. Wheeee!

Comments

[stratfordbabe.livejournal.com]

Oh, my boss has an E and I absolutely drool over it every time I have to update it for him.

Please, let me know how the transfer goes, okay? (Although I probably don't want to know. I keep telling myself I don't want a new one because I don't want the hassle of moving the copious stuff I have on the current one to the new one.) But tell me anyway, okay? :-)

[lagilman]

If I had set everything up originally on the desktop, where my old Palm software was, I think the upgrade would have been a breeze (sorry, I know you don't wnat to hear that). But since I'm making my laptop my primary these days, it didn't go quite so smoothly (the handheld won't recognize the desktop's main user, and so will only do a local sync).

But since I can just beam most of the enedful stuff (note files, address categories) it's not too horrible a deal. It's just the calender that's being a pain.

Sorry. I know you wanted to hear that it was a grumpy bear and a half. But it wasn't. And the setup on my laptop was the quintessential breeze.

[caulay.livejournal.com]

I also went from a Vx to an E and it was a breeze. I just synced the Vx one last time, then installed the new software from the E and synced that. No hassle at all.

Finally, enough memory to carry around my Readerware databases.