Just ordered the EXOPC Slate

[wodin]

Originally Posted by harryE123

Sorry I really do not mean to be sarcastic

Then why are you?

Why don't you go hang out in the Apple devices forum, this thread is about a Win7 device, and trolls are not welcome.

[harryE123]

Originally Posted by wodin

Then why are you?

Why don't you go hang out in the Apple devices forum, this thread is about a Win7 device, and trolls are not welcome.

I wasn't, I made that clear, I was being sharp on the comment itself, not the poster, nor his other views.

Like I said if the op or yourself wants to promote a product that's not even available to him yet and create hype around it while ditching the competition they should do so in a blog (or cough up some money and advertise on google) and censor comments they don't like. If they keep hammering one inaccuracy after the other (or more accurately blatant lies) about said product and apple's "obvious failings" (and then to add insult to injury they also prohibit any reply with this is "an exo pc thread") and they do so in this forum I am going to reply to that.

Sorry if democracy is problematic for you. Whether you welcome me or not is irrelevant to me.

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[volwrath]

Originally Posted by harryE123

I wasn't, I made that clear, I was being sharp on the comment itself, not the poster, nor his other views.

Like I said if the op or yourself wants to promote a product that's not even available to him yet and create hype around it while ditching the competition they should do so in a blog (or cough up some money and advertise on google) and censor comments they don't like. If they keep hammering one inaccuracy after the other (or more accurately blatant lies) about said product and apple's "obvious failings" (and then to add insult to injury they also prohibit any reply with this is "an exo pc thread") and they do so in this forum I am going to reply to that.

Sorry if democracy is problematic for you. Whether you welcome me or not is irrelevant to me.

Monday was awesome for my froyo based handset, as i wanted to stream a press conference live via a custom website. Html5 wasn't an option. Flash in my android browser was awesome. I mean AWESOME It was so wonderful to even have the option to have flash. That is definitely one of the ipads failings, and a plus in the exo court.

I wouldn't say the onscreen keyboard is a failing, but i guarantee i would rather type on my net book than the onscreen ipad keyboard. Btw net book would be one word if my ipad would stop sticking the space in between hehe. To argue for the ipad keyboard is just wroong. Hey i admit ipad is a great device, but im one to call it the way i see it regardless of brand. Apple will cave with flash if it starts costing them sales.

[hrosvit]

You guys are killing me. This thread is going to end up costing me $800.

My iPod touch disappeared about a week ago (I suspect my two year-old). I had almost talked myself into an iPad, despite very serious reservations. I won't say that the iPad isn't appealing, it just has shortcomings that I can't make myself feel good about. Why can't I just have a tablet that runs Windows, that I can install specialized software packages on, and plug thumb drives and external hard drives into?

Then along comes this thread. Now, three days later, I have devoured everything I can find about the ExoPC, and joined the forum. I have filled out the pre-order form, and am just trying to get up the nerve to transmit. Spending this amount of money on a product I've never laid hands on makes me nervous. But I will be going out of town in early November, and would really like to have it in my hands before then. Besides, I'm just not a patient kind of guy.

So, thanks, guys. You're wreaking havoc on my discretionary funds.

[PKFFW]

Does anyone think harry and terrazoids are related?

[volwrath]

Originally Posted by hrosvit

You guys are killing me. This thread is going to end up costing me $800.

My iPod touch disappeared about a week ago (I suspect my two year-old). I had almost talked myself into an iPad, despite very serious reservations. I won't say that the iPad isn't appealing, it just has shortcomings that I can't make myself feel good about. Why can't I just have a tablet that runs Windows, that I can install specialized software packages on, and plug thumb drives and external hard drives into?

Then along comes this thread. Now, three days later, I have devoured everything I can find about the ExoPC, and joined the forum. I have filled out the pre-order form, and am just trying to get up the nerve to transmit. Spending this amount of money on a product I've never laid hands on makes me nervous. But I will be going out of town in early November, and would really like to have it in my hands before then. Besides, I'm just not a patient kind of guy.

So, thanks, guys. You're wreaking havoc on my discretionary funds.

Heh Ipad is very nice. Buy it initially and then ebay it and get the exo once the review are in and they are sufficiently positive

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by hrosvit

You guys are killing me. This thread is going to end up costing me $800.

My iPod touch disappeared about a week ago (I suspect my two year-old). I had almost talked myself into an iPad, despite very serious reservations. I won't say that the iPad isn't appealing, it just has shortcomings that I can't make myself feel good about. Why can't I just have a tablet that runs Windows, that I can install specialized software packages on, and plug thumb drives and external hard drives into?

Then along comes this thread. Now, three days later, I have devoured everything I can find about the ExoPC, and joined the forum. I have filled out the pre-order form, and am just trying to get up the nerve to transmit. Spending this amount of money on a product I've never laid hands on makes me nervous. But I will be going out of town in early November, and would really like to have it in my hands before then. Besides, I'm just not a patient kind of guy.

So, thanks, guys. You're wreaking havoc on my discretionary funds.

You know, I'm in the same boat as you. Except I wouldn't think of buying an Ipad (the missing points are too important for me to have). But so far, I've managed to keep myself out of it

[Graham]

On HTML5 using significant CPU resources.

Originally Posted by harryE123

You have to be the only person in the world to believe this. I guess you might know better than chrome, firefox and safari developers as well as all the open source community developers who think otherwise.

Harry, did you take a look at the link I posted earlier?

It's a pretty reasonable attempt at benchmarking HTML5 performance against Flash across the various browsers and operating systems. It certainly doesn't indicate that HTML5 performance is better than Flash performance for anything except text display (which HTML is optimised for, of course).

Graham

[GreenMonkey]

Originally Posted by PKFFW

Does anyone think harry and terrazoids are related?

LOL

Appleism is a different kind of fundamentalism

I think you'll enjoy your win7 slate. Like I posted before, I run my convertible HP TX2 in tablet mode often enough, and at 125% DPI, win7 is very manageable.

I mainly bought it because it was perfect for me - a laptop with a big-enough screen (12.1") and keyboard, a decent processor (2ghz dual core Turion), and not-total-suck graphics (ATI HD3200 onboard). The touch screen / tablet stuff was a bonus.

I'd love a true tablet with android, or win7 and a nice extra GUI layer on top of it for use around the house / on the go. But it needs HDMI, an SDHC slot, and USB at a minimum.

[hrosvit]

Originally Posted by GreenMonkey

I'd love a true tablet with android, or win7 and a nice extra GUI layer on top of it for use around the house / on the go. But it needs HDMI, an SDHC slot, and USB at a minimum.

Those are the things I wanted, too, which is why the Exopc would seem to fit the bill (for me).

[wodin]

Originally Posted by GreenMonkey

Appleism is a different kind of fundamentalism

Oh? How?

[eswarjj]

Originally Posted by harryE123

I like how you keep blindly perpetuating your ludicrous perceived failings of the ipad, which is even more laughable in that you 've opened a thread with nothing really to show so far than vaporware. If you do decide to open a thread about a product you will have to accept that people who like competing ones will pinpoint the failings of said product. That's what the forums are for. If you 'd like to write adulatory posts on some win 7 tablet, write them on a blog or something, this really isn't a place for free promo and banishing of opposing views.

And of course like others have said, you can hardly sustain interest with no actual product at hand...

Fact remains Apple themselves (known for last minute revelations) have opted to show off a product almost 2-3 months ahead of available date. And, this (Slate) is not vapourware. I just came back here to say I am unsubscribing from this thread as all I have happening here are pro/against iOS comments.... BUT HERE'S MY FINAL RANT ... Mobile OSs in general have their place (regardless of it is android, iOS or WM7 or Meego or WebOS). Paranoia and business protectionism can only go on for so long before people get tired. The more welcoming and less restrictive you get, the more profits and market share you see longer term. Mobile OSs have a lifetime of about 5 yrs right now. Beyond that there is no prediction. Nor is there a guarantee that you will sell any devices unless your OS has changed dramatically. The iPad can't play HD videos (720p on VLC app throws a warning and if you ignore that, you get close to 1 frame per 8 seconds or so). If you value sleekness, battery life and are fine with workarounds, suck it up and live with the iPad. If not, adjust to the Slate. EXOPC UI will take care of your "windows7 not made for touch" worries. Sayonara.

[krighton]

first batch of 32gb exopc's ships in about 3 weeks (too bad i ordered the 64gb, the ssd drives haven't arrived from the manufacturer yet so we're looking at end of October to 1st week of November for early adopters).