DualCor will ship its dual-CPU PDA-PC combo in March, the privately held start-up revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today. The company’s cPC combines a Windows Mobile 5.0 system running on a 400MHz Intel PXA263 with Windows XP Tablet PC Edition running on a 1.5GHz VIA C7-M processor. Both processors take separate partitions of the machine’s 1GB of DDR 2 SDRAM and 1GB of NAND Flash but share the 40GB hard drive, allowing documents created by one OS to be accessed by the other.
DualCor = twice the cost? Good PDA still sell for 300$ and up… Add a VIA C7-M, more memory, 40GB HDD… very small.. It will cost the same as a basic laptop.
Why not get the OQO instead? Only 1 CPU, only 1 licence for the OS and more feature.
Who would want to maintain two separate environments, on the same computer? Two sets of applications, settings?
Who would want to maintain two separate environments, on the same computer? Two sets of applications, settings?
I’d guess for failsafe options. If Windows XP on a handheld like this dies, it would be near impossible to easily get the data back. With Windows Mobile as backup, you can always get it back.
Another thing is battery life. Windows Mobile is less-full-featured than XP, but does save on battery life. So when on the go, you can use Mobile, and then switch to all the features XP has to offer when you find juice.
I, for one, really like the idea behind this thing. Too bad it comes with Windows (no zealotry intended, I just don’t like Windows).
I’d guess for failsafe options. If Windows XP on a handheld like this dies, it would be near impossible to easily get the data back. With Windows Mobile as backup, you can always get it back.
And having a 2nd OS on your system is a more viable option than just backing up your data to your desktop? Not only do you get better data security in the event the handheld gets totalled, or stolen (what good is the 2nd OS then, eh?), it’s cheaper and your PDA ends up being smaller.
This is honestly a niche product.
and I could dream up uses. But $1500 is steep for something that would essentially be a toy. How long until it runs Linux?
How long before it runs linux on both of its cpu’s in the same time, that is the question
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I know it says there is a usb2.0 port, but does it’s bios allow one to boot from a usb cdrom?
what happens if xp dies (not that this would ever happen;) and it can only be reinstalled by the manufacturer, or you have to pull the harddrive and install it in another computer, install windows then put it back?
of course, none of this is concrete, but just questions I have
oh yeah, 1500 bucks seems a bit expensive to
And i need this because????? So I can sync windows mobile on my smartphone/pocketpc, with my handheld pc with my other mobile os, with my laptop and than my desktop??
This is another money grabbing object. A stupid idea made to look attracktive.
I`de rather just buy a meager laptop and pda-cellphone and use that if you really have to sync everything you get your hands on.