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aximbigfan · 10-28-09, 07:03 PM

Wow, this is an old thread...

I think right now the main issue with pen computing is that the dirvers arn't standard, and often require weird sidesteps to install them. It took me 16 hours to reinstall the drivers on my Dell XT, because I kept running into issues. Not to mention that there are often TONs of drivers for tablets. I think I counted ~60 for my Tosh M400.

Both my XT and M400 suffer from performance problems. The drivers don't seem to be very well written, and as a result crashes and the like can be common. The Dell XT has had problems with the digitizer software ever since it came out. Altough it never gets nearly as bad as a BSOD, it wasn't uncommon for me to have to restart due to the digitizer driver crashing. Now that I run Win7, I do not have these issues.... because I never reinstalled the Ntrig driver.

I'm [s]not even[/s] going to get into the M400's problems. What a $2,000 piece of crap. Toshiba laptops have the worst build quality I have ever seen. I have never taken my M400 out of the house and woudl use it for light web browsing, and it is falling apart! I had to slice ope the connector on the AC adapter and resolder a connection because one day one of the wires simply came unsoldered from the connector. I'm not even going to go into the fact that it will not boot off any optical drives except for "Toshiba" branded (read: $$$$), and about how the screen bezel has a flaw where dust can get inside easily.

tl;dr: Although the concept is nice, tablets have a long way to go. For those who notice that these tablets are a few generations back, I also have heard of similar experiences with current generation tablets (XT2).

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aximbigfan Aximsite Hall of Fame Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 9,197 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Wow, this is an old thread... I think right now the main issue with pen computing is that the dirvers arn't standard, and often require weird sidesteps to install them. It took me 16 hours to reinstall the drivers on my Dell XT, because I kept running into issues. Not to mention that there are often TONs of drivers for tablets. I think I counted ~60 for my Tosh M400. Both my XT and M400 suffer from performance problems. The drivers don't seem to be very well written, and as a result crashes and the like can be common. The Dell XT has had problems with the digitizer software ever since it came out. Altough it never gets nearly as bad as a BSOD, it wasn't uncommon for me to have to restart due to the digitizer driver crashing. Now that I run Win7, I do not have these issues.... because I never reinstalled the Ntrig driver. I'm [s]not even[/s] going to get into the M400's problems. What a $2,000 piece of crap. Toshiba laptops have the worst build quality I have ever seen. I have never taken my M400 out of the house and woudl use it for light web browsing, and it is falling apart! I had to slice ope the connector on the AC adapter and resolder a connection because one day one of the wires simply came unsoldered from the connector. I'm not even going to go into the fact that it will not boot off any optical drives except for "Toshiba" branded (read: $$$$), and about how the screen bezel has a flaw where dust can get inside easily. tl;dr: Although the concept is nice, tablets have a long way to go. For those who notice that these tablets are a few generations back, I also have heard of similar experiences with current generation tablets (XT2).