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Originally posted by Jwilker Except that to a user who has never had a PPC device and has no frame of reference 5 seconds is the norm. One thing we forget is that we are the minority of users. Most will never change themes or overclock or do anything more than surf handango on occassion. So for us 5 seconds is the end of the world, enthusiasts are always hardest hit by problems, becase we are more involved.
I agree that this whole problem is being made out to be the end of the Pocket PC world. 5 seconds to load an app, while slow and I would not be thrilled, isn't the death of me. THe app loads doesn't it? Wouldn't a real problem be that the app doesn't load?
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Do you have an Axim Advanced loaded with PPC2003? Do you know firsthand the symptoms of the problems? It's not just 5 seconds for the Start Menu to appear. It isn't just 10-40 seconds for programs to load.
The overall abysmal performance prevents ActiveSync from functioning. It causes a death spiral of increasingly slower performance until the device locks up (usually within 10-15 minutes) requiring a reset.
Not everyone is experiencing all symptoms.
Unless you have an Axim Advanced w/2003 then you are NOT in a position to gauge the impact this problem has.
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Originally posted by Jwilker Of course there isn't a guarantee that Dell will fix the problem, there aren't guarantees when M$ releases a jacked up OS, but sure enough a service pack surfaces sooner or later and patches in the meantime.
Don't for a second assume this will be left alone, way too much noise over it.
If you can't live with a slow ax for a while go get an ipaq for pete's sake. Pray HP never stumbles cuz then you'll be back here.
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People are overlooking one critical fact... those of us experiencing these problems are more concerned with Dell's lack of "stepping up to the plate" than the actual problem itself!
Sure we're ticked that we have a doorstop PDA... but we're MORE steamed that Dell is playing word games in an attempt to hide the fact that there are problems.