I will have a setup very similar to yours. I now have a 2.16 ghz core duo 15 inch macbook pro. And I can’t wait to take the p1610 that is under my tree out, which I plan using with my tmobile umts card. I’m in Europe btw. Also Paralels rox! Especially with the new coherence mode.

What about: My TC1100 workhorse, my LS800 at my side always along with my Mio A701 WM5 Pocket PC phone (with GPS)

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Well, just getting my Asus R2H, I can't really say that I have much of a setup yet. Being a Tablet user since day 1 I am really excited to have the new addition to the family. I got it last weekend and so far, I really like it! I installed Vista RTM on it for a few days and it worked much better than XP, however I could not get Live Messenger working with the camera on it, so I had to go back to XP, it still rocks!! So now I have the R2H and the TC4200, not to mention my Desktop/File Server and my mac laptop. I have to admit that the Asus and the 4200 are my primary machines, and it looks like they will be for quite some time. I use Groove to sync files between all of my machines and keep everything in sync. For those looking for a good UMPC Carrying case, I recommend going to Best Buy and checking out their portable DVD player messenger bags, they are almost perfect! Or check out Oakleys Toiletry bag, that is what I am currently using.
I love the GPS and Biometric functionality! That is what sold me on the Asus! With office 2007 enterprise and the Asus, I always have everything I need with me, and bluetoothing it to my Moto Q I am always connected!

Great article. Have a safe trip.

I am using a similar setup. I really like foldershare for synching files. It beats the laplink solution I had used for years. I am very interested in your other synching solutions. I have not used Live messenger and am looking for an exchange hosting service for outlook. Can you offer more information on each. I am especially interested in a calendar solution that will allow the office to update my calendar and check my additions while on the road. Thank you.

As a consultant I have my Booq bag always packed and ready to go. When I travel I take with me my Electrovaya SC-3000 Tablet PC with docking station, my Treo 700p and sync cable (which via the PDANet software acts as an EV-DO modem for my Tablet), a PS/2 keyboard-mouse to USB adapter (enabling me to use a full-sized keyboard, mouse, and even a monitor, which are often available to me at client sites), a DiskGo 80GB portable USB disk drive (for backups), a Norton Ghost bootable CD-ROM (for restoring from backup in case of disaster!), a 1GB USB flash drive, a Bluetooth USB dongle (so that I can use my Bluetooth headset with Skype), a Logitech Web cam (for video Skype calls home), and a 60GB video iPod (audio and video entertainment during travels).

Dell Inspiron 710m with Verizon Wireless Kyocera KPC650 EV-DO card. Firefox brower; Delicious for bookmarks; Google: Reader RSS & Docs and Spreadsheets; Windows Live Mail; Yahoo: Mail, Calendar, Messenger; Meetro; Plazer; Twitter; Dodgeball; ok ok- myspace; Windows Media Player; Intervideo WinDVD. Verizon Wireless Motorola RAZR V3m with Navigator. works for me

My main system is an HP TC4200. When I acquired it I retired my HP iPAQ 5555, passing it on to my wife who primarily uses it to play games on. My main phone is Cingular's 3125 Windows Mobile 5 SmartPhone. Backing it all up is a Dell PowerEdge 830 (3ghz Pentium D, 2gb RAM, 4 80gb SATA drives in a RAID5 array, and a DDS5 Tape Drive) running Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition. SBS provides me with Exchange Server among other things, which as you mentioned makes keeping mail in sync a dream. The PowerEdge 830 is a pretty quiet system. It's fans are controlled by temperature so the only time I really hear their "roar" is during the initial boot, then they immediately quiet down.

I found that once I started working with the TC4200 while not as portable as my iPAQ, it's flexability and the fact that I could have a full XP system with me changed my outlook on mobility completely. The iPAQ was nice but far to often I always felt like I was making a compromise because it couldn't do something an XP system could. So that's when I passed the iPAQ on to my wife. I generally get between 3.5 and 4 hours out of my battery on the TC4200 with my Cingular Broadband card on and I bought a spare battery so I can switch out as needed, so I can pretty much get through a whole day going from client to client. My 3125 does the trick for those quick checks of my E-mail and calendar, not to mention the occassional game of Solitaire and/or Bubble Breaker ;-) It's also a pretty decent MP3 player.

As it turns out I don't miss my PocketPC as much as I thought I would, and I definitely don't miss the frustration of dealing with having a perfectly good unit in the 5555 and not being able to upgrade to Windows Mobile 5, or even Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, because HP decided not to release it. I think that was the final reason I pulled the plug on my PocketPC. At least with my Tablet I'll know when I can't upgrade to a new release of it's O/S it will be because my hardware just doesn't have the power to run it any more, and not because the vendor may have decided they didn't want to release a version for it. After all, you can't tell me that the 5555 with 128mb of memory and a 400mhz processor wouldn't have been able to run WM2003 Second Edition and probably could have done a decent job with WM5 too.

Oh, and Rob, Dell has replaced the PowerEdge 830 with a PowerEdge 840. I haven't worked with one so I don't know if it's as quiet as my 830 is, but the changes look very promising from a system standpoint. It now has an option for "Hot Swappable Drives" as well as Xeon processors. They've also had some pretty good deals on the 830's on their refurb site, http://www.dell.com/content/default.aspx?c=us&cs=28&l=en&s=dfb, because of the 840's release. About the only thing I've found limiting with my 830 is the number of PCI slots available. With the SATA RAID card, SCSI card for the Tape Drive, and a second NIC, that only leaves me with 2 PCI Express slots for future expansion.

I am currently using a tablet kiosk eo i7210 for taking notes. when i am on a client site. I carry a mac book core 2 duo with me for connecting and programming routers. I also use foldershare for syncing a folder between my eo, macbook and workstation at work. I also use the Google sync for Firefox to keep all my history and book marks the same on all 3 machines. I also have a ppc 6700 for a smart phone, it sync my email with my exchange server at work. In my bag with my macbook, i carry a number accessories, a asus travel access point and a folding keyboard for my eo. This setup is currently working quite well i carry my eo with me pretty much everywhere and have been suprised at how useful it has become, i rarely have to use my notebook anymore.