renhui

I am so disappointed with my X51V pda, even though it has the best hardware components inside, and I loaded the A12 ROM, it's still pretty slow and crashes very often after gentle use. Believe me, I am not a PDA virgin and know the tricks very well.

At the same time I have decided not to buy any Dell products anymore. To me, Dell is nothing but powerful hardwares with VERY poor software implementation. I more and more realized that software is as important as hardware. And I will have to consider the entire hardware and software solution when I look for another piece of IT product.

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Past Devices and Accessories:

Casio E125 -> Dell Axim X5 -> Palmone Treo 600-> Dell Axim X30 -> Dell Axim X51v ->HP H6315 -> Siemens SX66 -> HP HW6515

5GB Seagate MD, Logitech bluetooth headphone, ThinkOutside BT keyboard, Krussel leather case, 2nd standard battery, "Chris" VGA-out cable, Gum-size SD Reader

Pocketbrain

Well, I don't blame ya, their chief problems are support and consistency. Some people have zero problems with their X51v/A12 machines. And they did so well with all the WM2003se and under machines. Perhaps MicroSoft tried to shoehorn too much into the WM5 operating system. Look to the experienced WM5/X51V users on this board for some answers that may help.

w3iner

I have a x51(low) with A12 and it works great. This is also my first PDA so I will be able to better comment on how good it is after I get my next PDA.

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Rice Lover

I hated my axim x50 with 2003se and wm5, but wm5 was far worse. I love my axim x5, though, it works fine for me

sblive

This is true, Dell can put some really good hardware together at a reasonable price, but they don't know how to put software together to make it run.

Originally Posted by renhui

I am so disappointed with my X51V pda, even though it has the best hardware components inside, and I loaded the A12 ROM, it's still pretty slow and crashes very often after gentle use. Believe me, I am not a PDA virgin and know the tricks very well. At the same time I have decided not to buy any Dell products anymore. To me, Dell is nothing but powerful hardwares with VERY poor software implementation. I more and more realized that software is as important as hardware. And I will have to consider the entire hardware and software solution when I look for another piece of IT product.

star882

Let's call their tech support and request for hardware information to get Linux running! Why complain when you can do something?

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If I was VirtualBox, I could load my virtualization module into Hannah and boot up another kernel in the same address space.

renhui

I patiently waited for A06, then A12. I spent so much time on this damn thing. With A12 everything is better than the old A01, but still far from stable and responsive. I used the x51v for a trip last weekend and it crashed so many times. It would stop responding suddently and I had to do a soft reset.

Dell is nothing but a great marketing and sales company. It is no way a hi-tech company as HP or IBM which spend billions of dollars for R&D.

I feel so regretted about the X51V though. It would make an excellent PDA if there is good software to use with it. But now it's almost like a paperweight for me.

Again, no Dell products anymore!

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Current Device and Accessories:

Imate Jasjar & HP HW6915

BT338 BT GPS, 2GB Transcend MiniSD, 1GB Lexar CF, 1GB ATP SD, Sonorix Bluetooth headphone w/mic and mp3. ThinkOutside BT mouse, Gum-size CF reader

Past Devices and Accessories:

Casio E125 -> Dell Axim X5 -> Palmone Treo 600-> Dell Axim X30 -> Dell Axim X51v ->HP H6315 -> Siemens SX66 -> HP HW6515

5GB Seagate MD, Logitech bluetooth headphone, ThinkOutside BT keyboard, Krussel leather case, 2nd standard battery, "Chris" VGA-out cable, Gum-size SD Reader

gadgetnerd

What you attribute to Dell are almost entirely Microsoft's fault.

So, blame the right donkey before you give up.

Oh, and Dell DOES spend billions on R&D. Hence them having the best gaming laptops for the last, uh, 3 years? And the best PDAs for the last, uh, 4?

And because that sounds mean...

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=DELL&annual

Look at the part that says:

Originally Posted by http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=DELL&annual

(All numbers are in thousands) Research Development 463,000

And...

Originally Posted by http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=HPQ&annual

(All numbers are in thousands) Research Development 3,490,000

No information on Lenovo, though.

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Thanks JMJ!

wmrawls

I think anyone who deals with Tech stuff has made the statement about no more Dell.
But the turth is Dell does some things very well. I still think the computers Dell puts together are about the best offered and the warenty is excellent. Laptops are top notch and the one area ( I think) that they have peed the bed is in the PDA market. Yeah MS has a hand in it but if your going to offer a piece of equipment you owe it to your customer to ensure that the equipment will preform satisfactorily........