MacBook Pro and Palm Vx

I got my MacBook Pro 3 weeks ago. I work in IT and use PCs all the time. I was told before I bought it that it would sync with my dinosaur Palm Vx with no problem. Wrong! I'm not mad, I just want to share my experience so others will know. I bought an IOGear serial to USB cable, which turns out won't work with 10.4.6. Many of these adapters won't. I found one by Sewell Direct that said it would work. I have tried to locate Palm USB Connect and its not even on their website. I consulted a Mac Genius who couldn't figure it out. He thought maybe the adapter driver wasn't configured to work with an Intel Mac. Its almost there, but won't sync. So, I decided I don't need all this technology. I put my calendar and to dos into iCal and downloaded to my iPod so I can read them on the run. I exported a .csv from my old Outlook on my PC and a Genius helped me reformat it, through Entourage I think, and imported it to Address Book. I need to do a bunch of clean up but I downloaded that onto my iPod too. This way I can see my important stuff when I'm not with my computer, and listen to music, and not carry an extra gadget. I'm good with this. But if anyone has tips on getting the Palm to sync with this configuration, please let me know. Do the newer Palms and Blackberries sync ok with an Intel Mac using 10.4.6? I'm not rushing out to buy anything new until they've worked out the kinks. Or maybe I won't. Maybe I'm a complete convert to Apple. I love my new MacBook and iPods are really cool.