Re: "First True Linux x86 and x64 Tablet"
 

Could you please consider not posting anything from now on when you have no clue what you're talking about? Every single time you post you pretend to be superior to everyone and everything, and it's becoming duller by the day.

Re: "First True Linux x86 and x64 Tablet"
 

Whilst I agree that mikecomputing's writing style could be annoying at times, would you care to point out which part of his post do you disagree with? 8 hours battery life is pathetic. A desktop OS on a device without a keyboard is a guaranteed fail. Tablets are toys.

Re: "First True Linux x86 and x64 Tablet"
 

different view, different character, i think mike just try to deliver his idea, nothings wrong with that, and he's speak the truth btw, imho.

Can we expect another maemo family from nokia next year? sorry for oot cause i miss fremantle or harmattan so much, and hey it's linux!

Re: "First True Linux x86 and x64 Tablet"
 

I hope you guys haven't forgotten about UbuTab :rolleyes:

Re: "First True Linux x86 and x64 Tablet"
 

Well, I'll point out the parts that I disagree with if you don't mind. 8 hours of battery life isn't bad when you keep in mind that tablets are NOT a replacement for desktops. Also, you can always buy a bluetooth keyboard to use with the tablet! Tablets are useful if you're on the go. I personally got saved by my tablets many times because I didn't have my laptop or desktop around me and had to SSH into a server and fix something that went terribly wrong (which at one point took me several hours to pin-point the issue and correct it).

Again, that's just a small example. But enough to point out that the statement "Tablets are toys" is false.

Re: "First True Linux x86 and x64 Tablet"
 

No, tablets are toys, you cannot get around that.
However I consider toys good and useful things. :D

Re: "First True Linux x86 and x64 Tablet"
 

It might be pointed out that Maemo devices were initally "Nokia Internet Tablets".

Re: "First True Linux x86 and x64 Tablet"
 

Definition of toy:

: something a child plays with
: something that an adult buys or uses for enjoyment or entertainment

Although the tablet can be used as a toy.. There are many other examples of uses (like the one I mentioned above) that does not make it a toy exclusively. ;)

Re: "First True Linux x86 and x64 Tablet"
 

I agree. Tablets are toys. So are smart phones and pcs...

Re: "First True Linux x86 and x64 Tablet"
 

I do not quite follow that line of reasoning. If you had said that 8 hours is fine for a desktop replacement then I would understand. That is pretty much where laptops fit. But 8 hours for something that, by your own emphasis, is NOT aiming to replace a desktop? For something that, by its very nature, is meant to be mobile? :confused:

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the portable counterparts of the desktop computers of the same era had a battery life counted in weeks or months (Sharp PC 1500, HP 95LX...). Similar counterparts in 2010s barely manage through the day. What went wrong?