Current Usage
Although this product line was discontinued by HP in order to introduce their Windows CE product line (starting with the HP 300LX), a strong interest in this hardware continued. It was the last palmtop from HP which ran the MS-DOS operating system, for which there is much software from desktop PCs, and it came with a useful bundle of software including 1-2-3 and Quicken. Compared to machines with Windows-based operating systems such as CE, DOS programs are more compact and efficient and, with programs such as Software Carousel, many applications programs could be loaded at once.
Third-party upgrades, repairs and renovations are available to maintain and extend the device. The supply of spares and new machines is limited as there is no new production so there is a second-hand market, with prices, in some cases, exceeding the original list prices.
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