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No, he didn't. The original IBM PC had as little as 64K of memory, and a whopping 4.77 MHz processor. Whilst the Palm IIIxe (the model that I have) weighs in at 8 MB of Ram/storage, and an 8 MHz processor (though I don't know how to compare the dragonball to the 8088 in terms of megahertz).

Not to mention that the newest palms (like the 505) can display thousands of colors, and have slots to put extra memory/storage (up to 64 MB). Plus, I can play Bejeweled with my palm, can you do that with your 8088? :)

Unless your PC came with a monitor and keyboard, you got took.

I don't know about you, but me, after 6 or 8 hours with a tiny stylus and wince-hole "screen" Vs. a monitor and keyboard, well, let's just say that there's a reason for the existance of the phrase "no brainer".

But don't mind me, I'm an old fossil. Go ahead, issue Palms to your secretaries, data entry clerks, and just for s&ggls, your programmers. Oh, and none of that "develop on the desktop and port to the palm" stuff, that's for sissies. Since the Palm is so far superior to a KB/Display machine, I'm sure they won't mind coding on one, right?

OBTW, that "as little as" jibe WRT RAM -- poor form, tsk tsk. Are you a Palm salesman?