The Windows 7 testing continues, with Gigabyte’s M912 convertible touchscreen netbook the latest to have some playtime with Microsoft’s new pre-beta OS. Actual test results are pretty sparse right now, but UMPC Fever have been recording start-up and shut-down times which give a good indication of how usable the OS might be on the tablet. Booting into Windows 7 on the M912 takes roughly 1 minute 11 seconds, while shutdown is around 32 seconds.
Video demos after the cut
Notebooks, MacBooks, netbooks, now tablets: Microsoft’s new Windows 7 pre-beta has had another chance to do its thing, this time on Motion Computing’s diminutive LS800 Tablet PC. GottaBeMobile dug out the 8.4-inch touchscreen slate and, paying no heed to its “CPU challenged” 1.2GHz Pentium M processor, did a fresh Windows 7 install. Considering this computer would choke with Vista, to say Windows 7 was a success is an understatement.
Check out the demo video after the cut
Looks like Motion Computing got a little fed up of Samsung catching all the headlines with the launch of their Q1 Ultra UMPC, and have decided to hit back with an upgrade to their compact LS800 Tablet PC. Already straddling the line between full-sized Tablet and cut-down ultra-portable, the LS800 has been available with a choice of pen or touch screens, and now Motion are expanding the range with a solid-state hard-drive.
The boys over at GottaBeMobile have certainly scored a great prize for their latest competition – a Motion LS800 Tablet PC worth $2,200! A giveaway this big doesn’t come easy, though; here’s what they want:
“Put together a creative 800-1000 word essay for us on how adding a Motion LS800 to your life will make you more mobile and enhance your personal and/or professional life. Better yet, you ought to include BOTH aspects of life. When we say be creative, we mean VERY creative. For an LS800 prize valued at almost $2,200, you should be willing to work for it! Besides the essay, the use of creative art, video, pictures, whatever you can come up with will be considered within reason, but remember the main concern will be on how this device would influence your life in a positive way”
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