> I think tablets can target more than one space. Have you used the
> new Windows 8 tablets, yet? They are much closer to a real PC than
> Android or iOS. In fact, you can attach a keyboard and very nearly
> replace your laptop completely. I'll go ahead and let the cat out of
> the bag, since I was saving it for another post - but I just bought
> a Samsung ATIV tablet, and it's incredible. But it's also slow in
> some more intensive tasks. For simple tasks, Microsoft did an
> amazing job optimizing for Atom architecture. But even task
> switching between the music app, downloading Windows updates, and
> checking out some of the other apps, it slows down to a crawl. I
> feel like I'm getting so much more than a "tablet" experience like I
> did with my iPad, but I could use the extra performance that
> Silvermont is expected to deliver.
I hope for a full review soon.
I was using a Merom 13.3 inch laptop last night and needed to do
Windows Updates and malware scans on it because I haven't used it
since last spring. The malware scans had run for two hours and they
were nowhere near being finished. I looked at the files being scanned
and most of them were Windows Update files. There aren't a lot of
files or applications on this system so I expected the scans to run a
lot faster. It does have a 5400 RPM disk so that could contribute to
the problem but one thing that annoys me is that Windows Updates don't
seem to clean up after themselves making malware scans longer and
longer over time.
Two things that you can't get away from with Windows devices are
malware scans and Windows Updates and those are one of the nuisance
factors of Windows devices - if you have a slow disk or a slow
processor those mainteance items can be really annoying.
I wouldn't mind an Atom-based 7-inch tablet for watching some things
that aren't available on Android and iOS but it would have to be a
cheap and light device.
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