VIDEO: HP's Windows 7 Slate Gets Reviewed
At this stage, it feels like a launch for HP's Windows 7 slate might never come. We've heard plenty of talk about WebOS devices since HP purchased Palm earlier this year but we've heard very little about the company's plans for Windows devices. Back in July the company said the Windows tablet was still alive but as an enterprise product that could possibly launch in the fall.
Keeping the hope alive is this video from a YouTube user who claims to have an early HP Slate model. He's posted a review of the device to the video-sharing site and though it's a little on the short side (four minutes), he's pretty thorough and gives us a decent look at the ever so elusive Windows tablet.
Check it out and let us know what you think! Will you consider buying one if/when HP releases it?
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Too slow to boot but seemed ok once it got going.
good stuff, too bad at them moment i cant hear the person. Is this thing running on atom N450?
It seemed pretty responsive. With a good docking station setup Hp might be able to convince some business's to upgrade their tired old p4 xp towers.
It looks ok. Nothing revolutionary though. It needs a little speed-up. Also maybe a Tiny7? 14 Gb of hdd space lost only for windows is too much. Especially if they will sell them in 32 Gb versions.
To be honest, I am not impressed at all. Windows 7 is not designed to be a tablet OS. I would prefer it to be Ubuntu-like or maybe Android based.
For now I will stick with my iPad, but I look forward to more Windows offerings.
When do they ever learn to design a completely new OS for touch interface instead of porting the desktop version of the OS? I don't know how much R&D it's going to take, but if they continue like this all they're going to get is following behind Apple's footstep, and way behind.
I'm not an Apple's fan, but I'm yet to see a decent tablet (in terms of user interface, not features) that can rival Apple's.
The back looks good, and the overall look is good, but we might need upgraded hardware.
Windows 7 is designed to run with touch. You only have to use the touch pack software to know that. Its the software that runs on Windows that has to be built for touch. I wish people would stop talking about what they have no clue about.
The iPad, while great, (I own one too) is not a real computer. In the moments I attempt to be productive on my iPad, I spend literally hours looking for Apps and work a rounds to do what I want it to do. It seems we are becoming a nation that wants dumb down Apps over real, well done software.
That is some really buggy scrolling.
Slow bootup, slow and laggy response, and buggy scrolling.
Ugh oh... This will never sell... No wonder HP pulled the Win 7 Slate off the market.
HP is going for it's own OS for the web not for windows or ubunto.
OMG speed things up dude, it should not take you more then 10 seconds to show of the exterior.
Here's this, this, and this... done.
Anyone catch that he's using an iPhone to record this? A bit ironic.
Anyway, no thanks. Didn't care for the iPad, either so I didn't buy that. I wouldn't mind a cell phone w/ that size screen though. Would make texting a HELL of a lot easier for me.
Lol ya the Iphone. It would be nice if he showed like skype or something to where u can talk and multi task on it like a phone. A cool feature for it to have would be like it can blue tooth with your phone so u can use the tablet and not have to pull your phone out and try to juggle both.
Flash?
this is by far the worse attempt to compete against the Ipad that ive seen so far lol
and im not a Apple fan...
not impressed at all... since when is win 7 optimized for such devices ? seems slow ,and buggy, and OMG that manual activation of the keyboard sucks so much, can't believe these guys came up with that and think they gonna grab some market shares... unbelievable ! Seems to get out of an obscure cheap asian competitor factory, i can't believe this is what HP can do... Either this particular Business unit sucks very much or dont have budgets... either the guys that work in it are just dumb asses...
A UI has to be designed for desktop or touchscreen and windows is for desktop. Oh and by the way I rhink it's dead slow. Boot up was OK but see that scrolling I don't know but I think it's worse than android. Windows isn't the Os to make a tablet on. Neither is android or iOS as they are designed for 3"-4" screens
Stop. Please, just stop.
Tablets have been out there for years and if it's one thing I know, it's that hardly no-one has even seen one let alone tapped a screen. Of course, most of us have now seen and used an iPad and seem to think that anything else isn't quite there and thus repeat what they've read on forums.
I've owned over 13 tablets so I know their shortcomings and problems but I'm glad Windows 7 arrived. Latitude XT and XT2, Acer 1820ptz, HP TC1100 amongst a few and I'm sitting next to an Asus R2h and Sony UX right now. (Also owned an Archos 9)
1 - Change the DPI (If res over 1024x600) to 125%.
2 - Fit an SSD. Mechanical drives are SLOW.
Without much difficulty, my Acer 1820ptz booted to the desktop in 15 seconds. Is that fast enough for you? I prefer to have complete control of what I want to do. Does Windows 7 offer you that? Yes.
One more thing, how many of you commenting here have actually 'used' a Windows 7 tablet of some form? How many have enabled 'Gestures' or multi-touch scrolling? (Yes, two fingers on the screen to scroll or one finger swipe). As for the keyboard, the choice of a button to launch is odd as it appears whenever there's a text entry box or available from the side of the screen where you've docked it. But, of course, you already knew that.
"To be honest, I am not impressed at all. Windows 7 is not designed to be a tablet OS" Don't make me laugh. Tell that to my Sony UX that has a 4.5" screen and windows 7. Or a HP tc4400. etc etc etc
Sorry but a full OS just does not work on these tablets. I like the way Apple has approached the iPad. Applications designed for Touch screen. A specifically designed OS works much better. I just do not think even Windows 7 can handle tablets.
Sorry but a full OS just does not work on these tablets. I like the way Apple has approached the iPad. Applications designed for Touch screen. A specifically designed OS works much better. I just do not think even Windows 7 can handle tablets.
Which means that you've not used one, thus have no idea what you're talking about of even the start of the Touch functions within Windows 7. Did you read any of the comments?
wow no usb? Maybe i'm missing the point of the tablet pc niche but i would expect to see just some kind of way to expand the functionality. After all, I think of tablets as big smart phones with extra functionality (however you want to define that)
wow no usb? Maybe i'm missing the point of the tablet pc niche but i would expect to see just some kind of way to expand the functionality. After all, I think of tablets as big smart phones with extra functionality (however you want to define that)
It has an USB port on the top of the device and the video mentions it.
30 seconds to boot - small price to pay for being able to actually install my home printer, play flash videos/games and attach USB devices.
SD card port, looks full sized, so micro will go in an adapter, but full sized as well so i can use the ones from my digital camera.
Only complaint is the size of the on-screen keyboard, they could have a more compact version - even the built-in on-screen keyboard in the Ease Of Access folder would be preferable, hopefully other keyboards will be available as add-on apps.
OK, how much?
This is what I hope:
1) HP decides to integrated SSD to the system.
2) The Win7 platform will be cleaned up and made much easier to use and start.
3) The screen is easy to clean,( I hate the look of smudges from fingers).
4) HP will sell it cheaper than their Apple counterpart.
5) There will be a sol kit and a Full kit to each system.
6) The battery is most powerful and can last for HOURS w/o charging up.
7) To see different storage measurements: 32,50,64,90,128 GB. Hek a 1TB would be awesome.
8) HP doesn't screw things up!
This is what I hope:1) HP decides to integrated SSD to the system.2) The Win7 platform will be cleaned up and made much easier to use and start.3) The screen is easy to clean,( I hate the look of smudges from fingers).4) HP will sell it cheaper than their Apple counterpart.5) There will be a sol kit and a Full kit to each system.6) The battery is most powerful and can last for HOURS w/o charging up.7) To see different storage measurements: 32,50,64,90,128 GB. Hek a 1TB would be awesome.8) HP doesn't screw things up!
Add to that
9) non-3G/wifi-only version so I can use a cheaper Mifi
10) removable/replacable/upgradable battery
11) removable/replacable/upgradable RAM
12) removable/replacable/upgradable HDD/SSD
Windows 7 touchscreen support is totally crap
3Only complaint is the size of the on-screen keyboard, they could have a more compact version
You can re-size the keyboard. WIth the mouse, or finger
Windows 7 touchscreen support is totally crap
WHat do you base your comments on, this video? Baa haa haa!
Something tells me that the only Tablet you've EVER used us the iPad.
Keep in mind that this is at best a beta sample.
Where this could excel that the iPad fails is in the workplace. Sure, the iPad is a great little lounge around the house tablet and is pretty user friendly, but you can't do a lot of the things that you need to do in the typical office. For that, a device like this could be great. As someone who has had to use Symbol / Motorola MC 50 / 55 handheld mobile computers for years, I have to say that the idea of a Windows 7 tablet sounds like a Godsend!
That being said, if they actually were to tighten up the controls for the touchscreen then I would probably pick one of these up for the home as well. The only reason I haven't picked up an iPad is because of no flash support. It would be a nice little doodad to play with while watching TV.
There seem to be a lot of naysayers. To address their issues:
-Hardware
Of course it's hardware is a little underpowered. That's how it gets to be that tiny. If you want better hardware, buy something bigger. There are many options available to you. Yes, an SSD, more storage space and a faster processor would be nice, but the ones included are reasonable for the form factor.
-Windows 7 won't work right
Of course it will. Tablet features are included with the operating system, and there have been dozens of tablets sold with Windows 7 included. The only difference is that this is smaller than most. Windows 7 was indeed designed to function as a tablet OS.
-Slow boot-up
Of course it's not an unreasonable boot time. I ask you now to turn off your computer (if running Windows 7), and time how long it takes to boot to the desktop. Now compare to this time to the time it takes a device just bigger than a DVD case to boot. For being off to start, this is a perfectly reasonable boot time. Note that this is not restoring from sleep mode, but booting up the computer.
-It's slow
Of course it is. See "Hardware" section.
-No USB
Of course there's USB. Try watching the video before you make a fool out of yourself next time.
-I don't understand tablets
Of course you don't. Those kids weren't even on your lawn.
-I don't like Windows 7
Of course you don't, you Linux fanboy/Apple fanboi. Some people like it. Some people just prefer to use it to other OSes. The fact is most computers run Windows in some form. Also, the only thing more intuitive for a Windows user than an iPad is another computer running Windows.
Fit an SSD. Mechanical drives are SLOW. Without much difficulty, my Acer 1820ptz booted to the desktop in 15 seconds. Is that fast enough for you? I prefer to have complete control of what I want to do. Does Windows 7 offer you that? Yes.One more thing, how many of you commenting here have actually 'used' a Windows 7 tablet of some form?
While I do agree on some of your points, but as a tablet user for more than 6 years and recentely just upgraded to HP tm2t (i5 6G ram and ATI GPU)... as a tablet, win7 has done a better job than winxp tablet edit. But the touch control is still very slushing and unresponsive. I wont say it is unuseable... but it definitely have a great room to improve.
More importantly, this is already happening on an i5 system, I don't know what kind of performance we will have on HP slate.. what do they on the slate? ATOM?...
Anyway, on a full touchscreen laptop w/ higher end spec, the benefit of win7 is out run the short coming. However, for a touchscreen netbook (that is basically what the Slate is), the benefit of win7 is just not worth... for a touchscreen netbook an Android/WebOS/iOS or even Win Phone 7 will be much better.
I can understand peopl want to do eveything they want on their laptop/desktop.... but on a netbook?.... hmm...