My ThinkPad X61 tablet arrived with Vista Business, which I used for a few months before switching to Xubuntu 8.04. Linux definitely kills the battery much faster through general use. I notice that the computer runs warm to the touch all the time under Linux, which leads me to believe that power management isn't having much effect.
I tried making some adjustments that I read about on [url=http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_make_use_of_Power_Management_features]ThinkWiki[/url], but I haven't yet taken the time to quantify any changes. Thanks for the advice concerning powertop. I plan to take a look at it, and hopefully I can squeeze out a little more time from each charge of my ultra-thin battery.
(Always buy the biggest battery available with a laptop, even if you're going for mobility, you won't be mobile long without power!)
I've had an X61 tablet for about a year now and my only regret is choosing the XGA multitouch LCD over the high-res LCD. The ability to use a finger on my screen has never been useful. I tried using it as a giant mp3 player for long road trips, but my 4GB Sansa works much better.
I call straw man. First you describe dressing up specifically for the purpose of looking the part in a photo. Then you defend yourself by stating that we've all dressed up for special occasions.
Photos are often taken at a special occasion, but that's generally not the primary reason for dressing formally or in costume. I mean, c'mon... Halloween? Weddings? Get real!
I maintain a small office network of Vista and XP machines, and I appreciate some of the improvements that come with Vista but you must admit there are more than two "minor" bugs. For instance, try deleting a folder with "a lot" of files (say 20,000, although I've had to do so with hundreds of thousands). How long does Vista take? How long does XP take? Try moving the same folder elsewhere on the same disk.
In both cases XP finishes the job in a matter of seconds while Vista takes many minutes, if not hours, just to "look at" all the files. I don't even know what it's doing, although I'd guess it has something to do with permissions and ACLs.
No matter what the cause is, this is totally unacceptable behavior. I was hoping it would be fixed in SP1 and I was very let down when it wasn't. If anyone can offer some insight, I'm all ears. Just don't act like the Vista bugs are merely superficial "it doesn't scroll vertically" UI complaints.
or maybe just enough people got free merch in exchange for standing in line. Apparently it generated a lot of publicity, and I can only imagine the word on the street...
"did you see the line outside the Apple store?"
"aren't they open 24 hours? I've never seen a line there"
"let's go check it out"
"shiny trinkets! $$$!"
We can only hope. I've held the opinion that people will only start caring about security once it becomes profitable to do so, or at least unprofitable not to do so, as the case may be.
Are you joking? You just made the point that 5% of the people who use the majority of bandwidth are the reason EVERYONE pays $50 per month, which went completely over your head when you say this:
They should be exploring new plans to offer broadband at $5/month for that 95% of people and the same old $50/month for high bandwidth users. Please explain how it's feasible to decrease prices for 95% of the users while maintaining the same level of service for everyone, without increasing the rates to the bandwidth hogs. A more realistic approach is to continue charging the 95% $50/month, since that's what everyone is used to, and jack up the price to something more realistic for the 5% of you greedy pirates out there.
It arrived from the factory with Vista Business, but I became so fed up with issues connecting to wifi that I wiped it and installed XP Pro the same day. After a few weeks of struggling to use my new much-anticipated tablet functionality, and then using a friend's tablet that still had Vista Business, I decided to give Vista another shot. I can't believe I battled XP for so long--maybe the XP drivers are just shoddy for my model, but the tablet was practically unusable (everything else was acceptable, but I could have saved a few hundred dollars, a few ounces of mass, and gotten a more reliable screen hinge if I didn't want the tablet).
Vista has far superior handwriting recognition, and now my multitouch actually works as it should so I can use a fingertip instead of a stylus. After reverting to the Win2k theme, my battery life is about the same as under XP. Hopefully SP1 will improve this even more. I still dual-boot XP to run my VJ software, and I run Xubuntu on my own time, but Vista is my best choice for academics and business. Anyone with a tablet should give it a shot. When decent linux drivers are available then I'll rid my tablet of the MS funk.
System specs: 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo (L7500) 100MB 7200RPM HDD 2GB DDR2 RAM Vista Enterprise / XP Pro / Xubuntu
Couldn't all of these scenarios be solved by public key encryption? A secure signature is used to validate authenticity on the production floor, and the documents are encrypted so that only engineers and CAD designers have the key(s) to decrypt them. Of course there's always the potential for someone sneaking into a room they aren't supposed to, but there will always be a need for security measures on the physical and social layers. Humans will always be the weakest link.
Not to mention that "highly educated" folks typically have more money to throw at something that may or may not work. It seems much more likely for someone to fall for a scam when the money is in-hand instead of saving up for weeks or months to make the miracle investment.
So very true, and I didn't read TFA but many people might think of a single instance (example: downloading a song produced by a friend) and use that as motivation to keep their hand on the armrest.
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I wish I had mod points today. It's funny because you know it might be true...
Speed is the reason I use Xubuntu, even on my relatively new ThinkPad X61 Tablet and 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo workstation. Xfce is definitely faster than XP.
My ThinkPad X61 tablet arrived with Vista Business, which I used for a few months before switching to Xubuntu 8.04. Linux definitely kills the battery much faster through general use. I notice that the computer runs warm to the touch all the time under Linux, which leads me to believe that power management isn't having much effect. I tried making some adjustments that I read about on [url=http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_make_use_of_Power_Management_features]ThinkWiki[/url], but I haven't yet taken the time to quantify any changes. Thanks for the advice concerning powertop. I plan to take a look at it, and hopefully I can squeeze out a little more time from each charge of my ultra-thin battery. (Always buy the biggest battery available with a laptop, even if you're going for mobility, you won't be mobile long without power!)
I've had an X61 tablet for about a year now and my only regret is choosing the XGA multitouch LCD over the high-res LCD. The ability to use a finger on my screen has never been useful. I tried using it as a giant mp3 player for long road trips, but my 4GB Sansa works much better.
I call straw man. First you describe dressing up specifically for the purpose of looking the part in a photo. Then you defend yourself by stating that we've all dressed up for special occasions. Photos are often taken at a special occasion, but that's generally not the primary reason for dressing formally or in costume. I mean, c'mon... Halloween? Weddings? Get real!
Devices that run Android don't even exist yet. How can you possibly claim it will be usable out of the box?
I've held the T-Mobile HTC in my hand, and I assure you that it's very real.
no, they are nuclear powered and there's no way to prevent intense chase scenes
I hope this is all you need for the second episode. The anticipation is killing me!
Someone else thought of this and made a movie about it. It was written and directed by Terry Gilliam and it's called Brazil.
I maintain a small office network of Vista and XP machines, and I appreciate some of the improvements that come with Vista but you must admit there are more than two "minor" bugs. For instance, try deleting a folder with "a lot" of files (say 20,000, although I've had to do so with hundreds of thousands). How long does Vista take? How long does XP take? Try moving the same folder elsewhere on the same disk.
In both cases XP finishes the job in a matter of seconds while Vista takes many minutes, if not hours, just to "look at" all the files. I don't even know what it's doing, although I'd guess it has something to do with permissions and ACLs.
No matter what the cause is, this is totally unacceptable behavior. I was hoping it would be fixed in SP1 and I was very let down when it wasn't. If anyone can offer some insight, I'm all ears. Just don't act like the Vista bugs are merely superficial "it doesn't scroll vertically" UI complaints.
They probably give you $5 to signup or something.
or maybe just enough people got free merch in exchange for standing in line. Apparently it generated a lot of publicity, and I can only imagine the word on the street... "did you see the line outside the Apple store?" "aren't they open 24 hours? I've never seen a line there" "let's go check it out" "shiny trinkets! $$$!"
You raise a very intriguing point, and I think it could help us geeks explain the value of open source to the masses. Thanks!
this looks good, want to send me a copy? ;)
good intelligent humor, you just made my evening
We can only hope. I've held the opinion that people will only start caring about security once it becomes profitable to do so, or at least unprofitable not to do so, as the case may be.
I love my ThinkPad X61 tablet :)
It arrived from the factory with Vista Business, but I became so fed up with issues connecting to wifi that I wiped it and installed XP Pro the same day. After a few weeks of struggling to use my new much-anticipated tablet functionality, and then using a friend's tablet that still had Vista Business, I decided to give Vista another shot. I can't believe I battled XP for so long--maybe the XP drivers are just shoddy for my model, but the tablet was practically unusable (everything else was acceptable, but I could have saved a few hundred dollars, a few ounces of mass, and gotten a more reliable screen hinge if I didn't want the tablet).
Vista has far superior handwriting recognition, and now my multitouch actually works as it should so I can use a fingertip instead of a stylus. After reverting to the Win2k theme, my battery life is about the same as under XP. Hopefully SP1 will improve this even more. I still dual-boot XP to run my VJ software, and I run Xubuntu on my own time, but Vista is my best choice for academics and business. Anyone with a tablet should give it a shot. When decent linux drivers are available then I'll rid my tablet of the MS funk.
System specs:
1.6GHz Core 2 Duo (L7500)
100MB 7200RPM HDD
2GB DDR2 RAM
Vista Enterprise / XP Pro / Xubuntu
that's XMPPPy ;)
Interesting analogy--I haven't considered this point of view before.
Couldn't all of these scenarios be solved by public key encryption? A secure signature is used to validate authenticity on the production floor, and the documents are encrypted so that only engineers and CAD designers have the key(s) to decrypt them. Of course there's always the potential for someone sneaking into a room they aren't supposed to, but there will always be a need for security measures on the physical and social layers. Humans will always be the weakest link.
Not to mention that "highly educated" folks typically have more money to throw at something that may or may not work. It seems much more likely for someone to fall for a scam when the money is in-hand instead of saving up for weeks or months to make the miracle investment.
So very true, and I didn't read TFA but many people might think of a single instance (example: downloading a song produced by a friend) and use that as motivation to keep their hand on the armrest.
finally, a rational response... I CONCUR!
ha thanks for the laugh!