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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Can this slate (tablet) get Microsoft back in the game?

 

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To me, just the fact that it has a pen included for use a ‘wacom’ tablet is Uber cool…  This will be a boon for artists and with an i5 processor should compete with a regular laptop all day long. 

 

Reviewers:

-12.1 inch backlit LED screen 1280x800 display

-Intel Dual-Core 15 470um processor

-2GB/4GB DDR3 memory

-ALSO 32GB/64GB SSD storage (that’s better)

-BlueTooth v3.0

-USB (finally) 2.0 – 2 of em…

-2mp camera (no front-facing camera???)

-Wi-Fi WLAN 802.11 b/g/n @ 2.4 GHz

-Stereo speakers

-speakerphone array mic

-4.5 hour battery (video for 2.4 hours)

-BUT can be charged via USB

-BlueTooth keyboard included

- no mouse???

- includes a cool pen for wacom tablet-like use

Other reviews:

>Incredible specification

>Windows 7 compatibility

>Excellent 12.1-inch screen

>Wacom digitizer

Against

>Woeful battery life

>Weighty companion

>Windows 7 isn't great on tablets

>Not the cheapest option

Like most portable operating systems Microsoft has taken a desktop OS and shoehorned it into a portable device.  Usually it takes several generations of these machines to get the OS right and the hardware up to the task of handling Windows OS. 

Windows CE is used worldwide on portable handheld devices to support field operations in warehouses and maintenance operations.

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