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Originally Posted by athlonkmf
Well, I have a T91 too, but it's no match to my ipad. Sure, it has the "advantage" of a full OS, but it doesn't have the power to support that full OS.
When I try to open more than 2 tabs in firefox or chrome, the new tabs will cause the machine to hang for a minute.
1GB standard was not enough for windows 7, but even 2GB won't release the T91 from it's sluggishness.
And the screen... the 600px height screen just isn't good for 90% of all the websites. And if you try to rotate it to portrait, you'd have to wait a minute or two before you can scroll again.
Of course, the resolution is too small for a website. But don't try to zoom in, or... yes, you have to wait...
In short, the ipad with it's responsiveness is just a dream come true.
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Thanks for the info. That sounds pretty disappointing. I've not used a T91, and my knowledge of it comes from Jack Swinden's quite extensive thread about his, which is elsewhere at this site. He does mention that he bumped the Ram up to 2gigs and stripped out all the unnecessary services and start-ups, but seemed content with the results. Perhaps, as the primary focus at this site seems to be reading books, he felt the performance was then good enough for novels and general on-line reading?
Using the T91 as a reader
I'm unlikely to buy a T91 now, but if I had it would have been used for reading books and web-sites such as news and forums. I would not be needing multi-tasking, just the ability to instal a range of different book reading software, and do relatively undemanding work. Jack's solution would seem to cover that, but it's certainly useful to get your perspective as well, for those who might expect more. Thanks for posting it.
My own HP tablet has a similar processor speed but switchable graphics and 4 gigs of Ram, so I'm not having the same problems that you are. I'm even able to play a current game on it, which I didn't expect.
My only point is that there are a number of tablet style computers already available, and that the iPad doesn't really have the field to itself. Which one we prefer is of course, as always, a matter of personal needs and preferences.
Cheers,
Chris