Finally, MS tablet PC under 1k.

[jimmyhaha]

The V800XPT is a lightweight, 8.4-inch LCD tablet PC priced at $899 and the VS1200XP is a full-featured 14-inch, 2-in-one convertible swivel tablet PC priced at $999. Products in the Visonary line are believed to be the first tablet PCs on the market for under $1,000.

Press release

http://www.tdvvison.com/Press.aspx?NewsID=7

Product link

http://www.tdvvison.com/DispCatProdList.aspx?CategoryID=25

P.S. I am NOT affiliated with the company, just read it on ITX.com and think u guys may interested.

the 8.4" one looks pefect for car pc, it requires almost no mod and have touch screen.

http://www.tdvvison.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=121

Perfect portable design

? -8.4 inch SVGA Digitizer display

? -Processor: Transmeta Course? 800MHz

? -O/S: Powered by Windows XP Tablet Edition

? -Stylus included

? -Memory: 128 DDR RAM

? -Battery: up to 3 hours battery life

? -PC camera: bulit-in CCD camera 800x600 for video conferencing

? -Internal 802.11b Wirless Lan

 

[Kelvrick]

How much is it to upgrade that thing to 256 mb? Damn, xp on 128?

 

[fr]

VIA Antar 1.2GHz CPU?

 

[Mutilator]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
How much is it to upgrade that thing to 256 mb? Damn, xp on 128?

Most likely it uses standard SODIMMs (laptop memory)... that's what the one's I looked at several months ago were using.

Also is it Transmeta Course or Transmeta Crusoe?

 

[cliftonite]

Originally posted by: fr
VIA Antar 1.2GHz CPU?

Any benchmarks on this CPU?

 

[chin311]

thats a good price, i think the other tablets are retardly priced...but ive never heard of this cpu either :confused, and it needs some mo' ram!

 

[AbsolutDealage]

The tablet sounds like a good idea in theory, but in practice it sucks. I am an IS guy, and we recently setup a tablet for one of our users (we had a compaq, but it is the same processor and same specs, basically).

Anyway, the thing runs so slow that by the end of the installs I wanted to chuck it down the stairs. When you hit the start button, it takes like 2 seconds (literally) for the menu to pop up. If you look at the task manager, it maxes out the processor just to open the start menu. At idle with 5 or 6 IE windows open, you end up eating 50-60% of resources just to sit there and do nothing.

Like I said, the tablets sound like a good idea, but I wouldn't touch one with a 20 foot pole until they put better processors in them and the price comes down. The only way I would even consider this thing is for a car pc, and only if I wanted to run one thing at a time. Even then, for $1k, you could build yourself a nicer car PC IMHO.

 

[kranky]

I have the Toshiba Tablet PC, and I have tried the Compaq. I agree that the Compaq, with its Transmeta CPU, is really a dog. The Toshiba has a 1.2Ghz P4 and it's snappy enough. TPCs aren't for everyone, but in certain applications it's exactly the right tool for the job.

 

[OulOat]

Has any of you other tablet users been able to get firebird working correctly on the tablets?