Comments on: Prices appear for Gigabyte’s M912 psuedo-Tablet PC

By: ak

ak — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:51:18 +0000

It is ashame that some/may are so snowed by MS marketing.

a Tablet, Slate or Convertable Touchscreen or Pen or both, is still a tablet.

Even Before various MS Tablet Editions, there were tablets, things (software) like ritePen, Watcom & Go. That offer various (extra) functionality.

And a touchscreen is not that dissimilar from the more common serial IO devices/interface, like a mouse or touchpad.

As such it is no different for Linux or Mac or others.

Even the extra functionality of the Electro~Static pens (Watcom) are available to other systems.

The M912 is just touchscreen, yet software for Handwriting & drawing etc. are available.

Great form factor for a tablet & netbook
Ashame the dropped the Naked or Linux models. (Any Wonder why?)

I wonder what their MS refund Policy/Protocol is?

By: mw65719

mw65719 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:28:03 +0000

Hopefully, some smart vendors will offer the M912 with XP Tablet Edition or Vista Home Premium for a (small) premium.
And also hopefully: with a 2GB RAM option

By: AllanCJ

AllanCJ — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:25:51 +0000

What about those of us with a spare, unused copy of Vista Business lying around? Could we install it on one of these and have a proper tablet PC?

By: Capri

Capri — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:23:16 +0000

so whats the diff between a non-tablet OS (XP home/pro, Vista Basic) and a tablet OS (XP Tablet, Vista Premium & up)? does a non-tablet just offer touchscreen navigation? so do you just miss out on the HWR?

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:20:57 +0000

I've not been able to confirm whether this comes with XP Tablet Edition or not. If it doesn't then that swivelly screen would largely go to waste, IMHO.