Upgading TO PPC 2003

JUZT · 12-16-04, 07:58 PM

I,VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO UPGRADE MY AXIM 5 FROM PPC 2002 TO 2003,BUT CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ANYTHING. I TRIED DELL BUT EVEN THEY AREN'T ANY HELP. CAN ANYONE HELP?

psydstudent · 12-16-04, 08:11 PM

I dont think you can upgrade the x5 to PPC2003

12-16-04, 08:37 PM

Dell is no longer selling the CD. Sorry.

JUZT · 12-17-04, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Cheryl

Dell is no longer selling the CD. Sorry.

WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT

grapeape · 12-17-04, 12:12 PM

Because Dell is no longer offering the CD on their website. He wasnt being rude...its just not offered anymore.

paulg1957 · 12-28-04, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by psydstudent

I dont think you can upgrade the x5 to PPC2003

You can upgrade to PPC2003 on the X5. I did it, successfully I might add. I'm glad I did. I like the 'zero' configuration part of it. Ii didn't take as much time as I thought.

Howard2k · 12-28-04, 03:16 PM

Right - technically it can be done. But Dell are no longer offering the CD for sale.

deamhan faerie · 12-28-04, 04:32 PM

If Dell no longer has the CD on their site, try calling them. maybe you can finagle a copy out of them.

deskdata · 01-06-05, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by paulg1957

You can upgrade to PPC2003 on the X5. I did it, successfully I might add. I'm glad I did.

I also updated to WM2003 and I'm sorry I did. It is very buggy; WM2002 is far more stable. Why do you think Microsoft rushed out a SE (2nd edition) of it?

WM2003 SE is not available for the X5, so save yourself some heartache and stick with WM2002

paulg1957 · 01-06-05, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by deskdata

I also updated to WM2003 and I'm sorry I did. It is very buggy; WM2002 is far more stable. Why do you think Microsoft rushed out a SE (2nd edition) of it?

WM2003 SE is not available for the X5, so save yourself some heartache and stick with WM2002

Dell did put out ppc2003. i was able to install it and haven't had any problems. I mean the zero configuration feature is great. I have found it to be stable, as stable as any other window product that is.

01-06-05, 09:09 PM

eBay?

Just a thought

as77 · 01-06-05, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by paulg1957

Dell did put out ppc2003. i was able to install it and haven't had any problems. I mean the zero configuration feature is great. I have found it to be stable, as stable as any other window product that is.

Well, I found the zero configuration feature totally confusing and useless...

as77 · 01-06-05, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by deskdata

I also updated to WM2003 and I'm sorry I did. It is very buggy; WM2002 is far more stable. Why do you think Microsoft rushed out a SE (2nd edition) of it?

WM2003 SE is not available for the X5, so save yourself some heartache and stick with WM2002

You can go back to PPC2002. See http://tom61.arcadecontrols.com/axim_bootloader.html

I did the same thing and I don't miss WM2003 at all.

paulg1957 · 01-06-05, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by as77

Well, I found the zero configuration feature totally confusing and useless...

Really. I haven't had any problems at all. the first time i tried it was at bestbuy...they had a couple of hotspots which showed on a pop up screen and i was able to lock onto the one i wanted.

also...the axim found my home network without trouble.

as77 · 01-06-05, 10:36 PM

Originally Posted by paulg1957

Really. I haven't had any problems at all. the first time i tried it was at bestbuy...they had a couple of hotspots which showed on a pop up screen and i was able to lock onto the one i wanted.

also...the axim found my home network without trouble.

I wasn't so lucky... I had serious problems configuring it and I still don't understand what the rather nonstandard terminology in the settings (like "Work", "Internet" and stuff like that) means. Luckily, there are third-party configuration utilities that do a lot better job. Like the free version of PocketWiNc.