Wrong and right I guess. I got to see these and they are as Ben
described them. They stand upright/on their side. Theses are 450Mhz
Celerons with 20Gb drives (DoD Wiped), 128 Mb RAM, Win98 certificates and no
software. The only other concern I would have then is about heat as the
intent is to send them to family in the Philippines where they will be used
in a hot and damp climate for a goodly portion of each year they last. At
$45.00 a piece they seem like a good idea to me.


"NoNoBadDog!" wrote in message
news:0boqe.99$lb5.83@trnddc04...
Not sure where the connection was broken, but iPAQs are handled devices
running Windows Mobile. They do not have nay of the things you describe.
They are self contained and do not have any architectural similarities to
desktop computers.

Bobby

ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote in message
...
I've serviced several IPaqs lately, upgrading the memory and doing
housecleaning
on the windows files. They have a smallish chassis which stands upright
on the
desktop. Nice computer if space is limited.

The motherboard is smaller than microATX. It has an Intel 810 chipset
and
2
DIMM sockets handling up to 512MB PC100 or PC133 memory. Built-in
Ethernet,
parallel, serial, USB 1.1. Standard 3.5" hard drive. Notebook style
CD-ROM
drive. Depending on the CPU speed and the amount of main memory, $45
apiece may
be a very good deal... Ben Myers

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Anyone got the skinny on Ipaqs. I admit I've pretty much ignored
them.
however a friend has a deal for several at $45.00 a piece and wants to
hook
his family in the Philippines up with them. Worth the trouble or just a
waste of time?

KC