Comments on: Coffee break: An old friend makes an appearance at Panera Bread

By: Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:33:57 +0000

What did you just say? Aero worked with the generic drivers??? o_o”

By: ltgatty

ltgatty — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:56:57 +0000

Copying my entry from the other post on the TC1100:

I’ve installed Windows 7 Ultimate beta on a TC1000 (not a typo) and it runs quite well — as a laptop. I can’t get the Finepoint driver to work, so no tablet use, yet (Every so often I try to find a work around). The performance is decent, I’ve turned off all the aero stuff (which did work with the default VGA Win7 driver, not with the TC1000’s NVidia driver), to improve performance. If I can’t get the tablet functionality by the time the beta expires — I’ll probably replace with Ubuntu.

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:39:25 +0000

Just last month I upgraded my TC1100 to a 120GB HDD. I stayed with Windows XP, but would love to get Windows 7 running on it.

To answer someone’s question, I the TC1100 can support 2GB of RAM, BUT you have to open the case and upgrade the internal 512MB. Otherwise, its the 512MB internal and 1GB in the easy to get to external memory slot for 1.5GB RAM.

Check out http://www.memorystock.com/memory/HewlettPackardTabletPCTC1100.html
and http://81.5.185.34/tc-one-thousand/upgrades.html.

By: Brick ONeil

Brick ONeil — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:38:47 +0000

The TC1100 I have has been going great since I got it in 2007 on ebay. It’s been my main business computer and personal computer. Just bought a dock and wireless keyboard to extend it’s functionality. Would love to get another off of ebay.

By: Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:12:18 +0000

Try to go online using LAN, then start windows update. It should install the proper drivers automatically!

By: Heavyharmonies

Heavyharmonies — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:58:04 +0000

I had a TC1000 when I went back to college to complete my degree in 2003. Sold the tablet afterwards, and have always regretted it (although I got a good price for it).

I’ve seen various and sundry TC1100 packages on the Bay for $250-450 with varying levels of accessories, and have frequently thought about getting one again to play with.

A few questions before I potentially send good money down the drain though:

1. Isn’t the processor pretty anemic by today’s standards?

2. What is maximum RAM on the 1100?

3. I remember my TC1000 having absolutely HORRIBLE hard drive performance, using a slow 4200rpm drive. What swap-in options are there? Is SSD doable (presumably PATA)?

4. What kind of battery life can one expect?

(sorry to hijack the discussion, but the article is right: it really is a unique form factor.)

P.S. My laptop/netbook of choice for primary usage right now is also a Vaio TZ. For a while there, Sony had some upper-end configurations at blow-out clearance prices. I picked up a TZ290 (U7700, 64GB SSD + 250GB HDD) with external DVDRW and extended battery for $1,400 (as compared to an original price of $3,600). I swapped out the 250GB HDD and put in a SATA 64GB SLC SSD and made it the boot drive. Nice little speed demon that is as silent as the grave. ;)

By: Virgilio

Virgilio — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:51:16 +0000

I’ve instaled windows 7 in my tc1100, but I can not make the wiereless work, aside of that it works fine. Anyone could give a hint of how to get the wireless work? I have try to instal the xp drives in xp compatibility mode but it did not worked out.
The tc1100 is an excelent notepad, and in most of the cases, the guys that ask me about it, think that the device is a very advanced model of a computer. Sadly, very few people knows about the tablet pc form factor.

By: Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:10:18 +0000

I still use a TC1100 as my main pc in my work environment, installed windows 7 and It’s going great since then, even if I’m experiencing some CPU related issues with the -ahem- latest release. Then there’s mr X61 waiting at home.

By: cybertactix

cybertactix — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:32:01 +0000

I picked up a TC1100 off e-bay to supplement my X61 tablet. It is an integral part of my day and is actually used as a tablet far more often than my X61 due to its superior slate form factor. I’ve loaded the public beta of Windows 7 and aside from the lack of a functioning driver for the SD slot it works perfectly. With its 10″ screen and its low (second hand) price its the perfect “netbook”.

By: Chris Davies

Chris Davies — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:34:47 +0000

How weird, that was my upgrade path too: tc1100 to VAIO TZ. My switch was prompted by the graphics card in the tc1100 failing: it would overheat, I think, and then I’d get odd glitches or colored patches all over the display.

I still miss it though, and was only tweeting the other day about looking at eBay for them.