Prism Rack shelf (ventilated)

Advantages: Faster processor, 16-bit colour, Springboard expansion slot, nice casing colour
Disadvantages: Screen flickers occasionally, fatter and heavier than the Visor Deluxe

...WOO-HOO! I've finally got my hands on the new Handspring Visor Prism! Luckily, Handspring has learned from its past mistakes and ordering a Visor is now quick and painless. ----------- Blue devil ----------- The first thing that hit me when I opened the Prism box was that the machine looks COOL. The Prism comes in only one colour -- Handspring calls it ``cobalt blue''. What the pictures on the Handspring website don't show clearly is that the Prism is actually a very nice dark metallic blue. The Prism also comes with a new cradle to accommodate the increased thickness. Like the Palm IIIc, the Prism's lithium ion battery is charged up when you put it on the cradle. What is interesting is that the cradle can also charge the new VisorPhone (a module that turns the Prism into a handphone) at the same time, if you have that Springboard... Read review

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Advantages: power,redundancy,expandibility
Disadvantages: Price

...The configuration I use is : 2x Xeon 3.6GHz/800MHz (1MB L2 Cache), 4x 512MB ECC 133MHz SDRAM,48x-20x IDE CD-ROM drive, Dual Broadcom 5721 Gigabit Ethernet, ATI Radeon 7000M, IBM 5U x 24in Tower To Rack Conversion Kit ,5x146.4 GB 10 000 rpm Ultra320 80-pin hard drive,Serveraid 7k SCSI raid card, Remote supervisor Adapter II card. Operating System provided by IBM as well ( part number 90P0221) Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Standard Edition. Packaging and manuals: Server is very well packaged,rack conversion comes with explanation for conversion, but the whole conversion is not intuitive at all.Picture provided in installation instructions not very helpful. Bit and pieces included in the packages ,as keyboard and mouse for Server.IBM Director and Serveraid manager CD, plus OS CDin the box, OS pre-installed. Set-Up. Set up is quite easy... Read review

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Advantages: Fast processor, Vibrant colour TFT screen displaying over 65,000 colours
Disadvantages: Costly, Paint known to occassionally peel off casing

...Do the specs of the Prism justify a near 400 pound price tag? Equipped with a TFT screen displaying over 65,000 colours and a 33 Mhz Motorola Dragonball VZ processor, the Prism is currently the most powerful Palm OS PDA on the market. Use the following steps to find out if this is the right machine for you. [If you just want the review, please scroll down to the last section] 1) Palm OS vs Pocket PC Pocket PC (1st generation OS) PROS - Windows based OS (more familiarity) - Good quality inbuilt speaker(s)usually with headphone output (mp3s!!) - Wider range of Colour models CONS - crashes frequently - less available software - higher price tags (generally) Palm OS (v3.5.2) PROS - Models generally cheaper than Pocket PCs - Tons of software available on the internet, loads of it free - More stable operating system CONS - OS takes time... Read review

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