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06-04-2010, 08:57 AM | #32 |
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06-04-2010, 08:58 AM | #33 |
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and an excellent place for peace to break out ....
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06-04-2010, 09:01 AM | #34 | |
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06-04-2010, 09:10 AM | #35 |
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Windows applications doesn't work on ARM (even in WINE). And using Intel in tablet devices is not that easy because of battery life and heat. Also the requirements of Windows are quite high for a tablet device (especially taking into account that Intel Atom processor are not speed demons).
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06-04-2010, 12:24 PM | #37 | |
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06-04-2010, 12:44 PM | #38 |
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Looks just the right size to me. Exactly what I've been looking for in one. Size wise, I mean.
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06-06-2010, 02:15 AM | #39 | |
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http://www.engadget.com/photos/kno-press-pics/#3036342 Are those guys all in underwear? It looks to me like some sort of spoof. Here are all these guys running around in their underwear, but the girls don't notice because they are all engrossed by their over-sized Knol? [Grin] |
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06-06-2010, 09:51 AM | #42 |
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I would have thought that was more a pair of iPads .....
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06-06-2010, 11:00 AM | #43 | |
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06-12-2010, 10:02 PM | #44 |
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Every one that wants to read for recreation, please step to the back of the room. This is NOT for reading the latest best seller.
"Is that for real? Way too big with the silly (IMO) double screen design." I'm using 2 screens. One 22 inch and one 19 inch. When I'm studying I use every inch, and sometimes wish I had a third! I also will use a (paper) notebook as well. "--just saying that it wasn't something I'd want. Even being a professor who still deals with textbooks for classes I'm teaching etc." Just as a professor - Do students need only one text book? No need to highlight or mark up text? No need of looking up outside references? No need to take notes? No need to look up definitions? In one MR section I saw a book mentioned - "Die a Dry Death". It mentioned the name of a ship (Batavia) that rang a bell, but one that I couldn't pin down. So a side trip to Google brought me this (among much else): It's not the ship that matters, but that with internet access you can gain a better grasp of whatever you're studying. I was recently in an office supply store and saw a netbook computer with a 10 inch screen. I turned it so the screen was vertical. Ignoring everything else, my impression was that the screen was ok to read on, but was too small for me to use with schematics. Two 10 inch screens would not be much better for a student. Watch the video to see how something like this could be used to study. Don't forget to check out the students responses. The Kno is in line with the Entourage Edge, HP Slate, & Microsoft Courier Tablets. Not an ebook reader. Does it have problems? Probably. Give up a small reader? No. Last edited by SameOldStory; 06-12-2010 at 10:05 PM. |
06-12-2010, 11:12 PM | #45 | |
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I'm looking at that 17-inch MacBook Pro the girls are holding. Did you Kno that it weighs 6.6 pounds? And it only gets a max of 10 hours? Ooops,. My mistake. That’s a 5.5 pound, dual touch screen reader. But even with 2 large screens it can get a max of eight hours. All this bickering over OS, weight, and size is like kids arguing about cars. DIFFERENT SIZES ARE BETTER SUITED FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES. I'm not going to lean back and read "War and Peace" with this monster. Nor would I swap back and forth between 2 or 3 books on a 6 inch reader to study chemistry. |
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