It uses only the flash and main memory. However, you have to replace Wince (or linux) to use it. That makes it more of a commitment than on a PC. We're not putting it out there till we find out why its having problems with the last batch of ipaq's we got. We use the linux flash bootldr. Before you even think about it, look at the 'installing linux' for it under www.handhelds.org.