HP Slate leaked into the wild...

[TheWart]

...and the first impression leaves something to be desired.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/hp-slate-leaks-its-way-into-the-wild-meh/

Apparently the Slate's biggest strength is also its greatest weakness -- it's essentially a touchscreen netbook, and that means that while it can run everything including Flash, it can be "slow and annoying."

 

[Pliablemoose]

LOL

I liked the rendered vaporware version quite a bit more

 

[Pliablemoose]

LOL

I liked the rendered vaporware version quite a bit more

 

[theeedude]

IGP, meh indeed.

 

[QueBert]

Doesn't matter if it ends up running half the speed of an iPad, since it runs a real OS there are a shit ton of people who will foam at the mouth and holler about how much better it is.

I guess to each his own.

 

[rudeguy]

I just want my android powered tablet style netbook to use as a remote and stream movies

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Windows 7, is yes a better low powered OS. But mobile devices cannot run desktop oses.

 

[IamDavid]

The MS version is going to own all others.... They finally did something right the first time around..

 

[Narmer]

I would rather have this than something I would have to work around. Then again, I have zero interest in a slate or an iPad. Larry Ellison was right all this time. The future is the networked computer. So, it's either a low budget computer or a fancy phone. Either way, they'll be priced the same.

 

[speg]

LOL... I LOVE it! Where all the Slate Lovers / iPad haters?

 

[Tristicus]

LOL... I LOVE it! Where all the Slate Lovers / iPad haters?

iPad blows and apparently the Slate does too.

Happy?

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

The MS version is going to own all others.... They finally did something right the first time around..

What MS version?

 

[Gooberlx2]

What MS version?

I think he means the Courier. I agree it looks awesome...but I'm interested to see how it's implemented apart from drawing fancy things.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Courier is vaporware. No real model has been made. Even the video stuff is all computer generated.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Courier is vaporware. No real model has been made. Even the video stuff is all computer generated.

I know, how flipping stupid are people to get that excited over a computer rendering?

Knowing MS, the first 2 generations will be god awful.

 

[rudeguy]

I know, how flipping stupid are people to get that excited over a computer rendering?

Knowing MS, the first 2 generations will be god awful.

you are giving them way too much credit. How many versions of Windows (including SP's) did it take for them to come up with 7?

 

[0roo0roo]

Doesn't matter if it ends up running half the speed of an iPad, since it runs a real OS there are a shit ton of people who will foam at the mouth and holler about how much better it is.

I guess to each his own.

well it has no point, you might just as well have just bought the netbook instead if you need a "real os", its just all negatives.
the shit ton of people turned out well for windows tablet pc last time talk is cheap