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4/24/2010 11:12:48 PM

Those are all ways to save a text file.

[Edited on April 24, 2010 at 11:13 PM. Reason : .]

4/24/2010 11:13:14 PM

http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=1397&news=HP+Slate+Tablet+Review+Touchscreen+Microsoft+Windows+7

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"The reviewer summed up his thoughts with "The official verdict is meh." This HP model is going to run Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium on a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom (Menlow) processor with 1 GB of RAM, a combination that will allegedly be "slow and annoying.""

oops

4/24/2010 11:15:51 PM

I have an HP-41 calculator that is almost 30 years old and still working fine. I have an HP-48 calculator that is 15 years old and works well as long as it has a fresh batteries in it. I have an HP-50 calculator that is 5 years old and doesn't read button presses half the time. I've had good luck with their printers, but I've heard plenty of horror stories about their laptops.

4/24/2010 11:18:30 PM

k, now run two apps at the same time

4/25/2010 3:39:19 AM

apparently apple's releasing a multitasking patch sometime in the summer

4/25/2010 3:40:47 AM

iphone os 4 has multitasking

it will go into the ipad in short order

btw, no one has addressed the fact that this HP is advertised as getting ~5 hours of battery life

when the ipad gets 12 in real world use

4/25/2010 4:27:20 AM

I just don't understand the lengths that some people will go to to hate on something just because it's the cool thing to do. You say you can't print or download a file? (There are ways to do both, btw) If those are the things you're really looking to do then maybe you should be looking at a different type of product. The iPad doesn't make coffee either, but my $20 coffee maker from walmart does. OMG! Apple pwnt by Hamilton Beach!!!111

4/25/2010 4:31:25 AM

eh I just don't see the point in the iPad, though it'd be cool if you could basically use it like a Wacom tablet with Photoshop.

4/25/2010 4:55:34 AM

^ Not quite there, but there's an Adobe Ideas app, which basically lets you sketch with your fingers. And there's still the PS Lite app for iPhone, which works on the iPad.

4/25/2010 7:48:11 AM

Yeah neither of those will do you any good if you want to do actual graphic design

4/25/2010 8:11:34 AM

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"Handheld/portable computers should be application consoles, not running something"

Ok grandpa- is cable tv offering too many channels for you too? And should i only be using my cell phone only for emergencies?


Seriously, stop being a xenophobe and accept the fact that technology keeps getting smaller, faster, and more interconnected

4/25/2010 8:40:14 AM

... i think you meant technophobe

4/25/2010 8:57:16 AM

basically what El Nachó said. i'm not trying to be the great Apple crusader or something, but i think the iPad has a cool utility to it for me. on a regular basis i'm lugging my laptop around my apartment just so i can tool around with e-mail, twitter, this forsaken site and other web stuff. at this point i see it as the best thing out there for that purpose (the battery life, decent screen size and it does perform all your basic needs for the actions i mentioned.. except Flash). the Flash stuff is for another 50+ page thread in tech talk, but i'm not too worried about it.

4/25/2010 9:33:27 AM

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"HP printers are fine. HP computers are not"

I run a fleet HPs - no issues.The line of Hp Proliant servers are the bomb. Any HP from 2008 on is gold.

4/25/2010 9:46:36 AM

The ipad is lame. The HP Slate is also pretty lame. To quote myself from the thread in tech talk:

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"I had hoped this thing would be more, but wasn't really expecting it. I don't want a netbook with no keyboard (which this looks to be) and I certainly don't want a big ass ipod, so I'll wait another few years on tablet technology."

4/25/2010 10:27:34 AM

Okay, Chet.

4/25/2010 10:31:05 AM

As much as I want there to be an iPad beater, I'll admit the HP slate isn't it.

The only device that could possibly beat the iPad in it's own niche is an identical device, made and marketed by Google. It would run android and possibly have a few more features like a true USB port and a camera.

[Edited on April 25, 2010 at 10:46 . Reason : .]

4/25/2010 10:42:18 AM

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"... i think you meant technophobe"

Nope- pretty sure i meant exactly what i said...

4/25/2010 11:08:33 AM

Tablet technology is pretty exciting because it brings us closer to an all-purpose portable computer that even old people could use effectively (assuming people take the "application" approach Apple has as opposed to running some full-fledged OS)

4/25/2010 11:20:15 AM

Joojoo was the ipad killer, came out, and it sucks balls. Slate was the ipad killer, reviews came out, and it sucks balls.

On to the courier!

Bold assertion: Appealing to Apple-hating nerds does not create a good device or lead to success.

[Edited on April 25, 2010 at 12:02 PM. Reason : hahaha, this shit takes 1 minute to boot because its running windows 7. fucking fail]

4/25/2010 12:00:56 PM

So basically, every tablet sucks balls

4/25/2010 12:33:05 PM

Basically get a ASUS 1005 netbook.

4/25/2010 12:35:29 PM

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"^now try to print something--o' wait..."

print. ROFLOLMAO

I had a friend come over yesterday before beerfest without his ticket because he said he'd print it at my house...little did he know I don't own a printer...WTF would I need one for?


p.s. there are a dozen or more iPhone/iPad apps that print for those users who still believe in printing out emails, documents, etc because its easier for them to read on paper.

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"The only device that could possibly beat the iPad in it's own niche is an identical device, made and marketed by Google. It would run android and possibly have a few more features like a true USB port and a camera."

I lol at shit like that. 1 thing worse than Apple fanboys are Google fanboys.

Explain to me what you would use a USB port for on a tablet? I have yet to find a reason to use my USB ports on my MBP for things other than shit I can't use with my iPad (mouse, iPad Sync, iPhone sync). And that CAN'T be connected to the iPad (Camera).

[Edited on April 25, 2010 at 2:42 PM. Reason : .]

4/25/2010 2:38:51 PM

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"So basically, every tablet sucks balls"

Wrong.



Infinite battery life, multitasking capability, and the hands-down best reboot procedure of all time.

4/25/2010 2:54:18 PM