To Z or not to Z…
...that is the question. Well, the question of the moment, anyway.
A friend from work has offered me a reasonable deal on his Zaurus SL-C760. I’ve borrowed it for the evening to see how well I like it. Actually, I’m using it right now to write this blog entry.
Although this model is currently using one of the Sharp ROMs, I plan to try out one of the alternative ROMs—which supposedly make the Zaurus into more of a mini-laptop than a PDA—if I do end up getting it. The form factor is perfect for use during my daily commute, and if I can get it to run a decent editor (of which there seem to be plenty) I should be able to get a fair amount of work done during that time. If I can also get it to run Perl or Python, that would be even better! I understand that MySQL has been ported to the Zaurus, which would be handy for the many LAMP projects I keep finding myself involved in.
If nothing else, having a Zaurus would enable me to post to this blog more often, as this entry demonstrates.
So far, I’d say the prospects for this deal look pretty good.
