Author Topic: tc1100 tablet pc dies before i've even set it up (Read 53,976 times)

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #25 on:** September 02, 2010, 06:46 PM »

Quote from: 4wd on September 02, 2010, 12:57 PM

Quote from: Stoic Joker on September 02, 2010, 12:15 PM
<Yoda> Cheaply forth you must go with spares!

I would have thought:

Cheaply forth you go, spares you have!

But that lacks the sense of urgency that the word must adds, and everything Yoda said was incredibly important... (hehe)

4wd · « **Reply #26 on:** September 03, 2010, 02:07 AM »

Got it!

Cheaply forth with spares, must you go?

nudone · « **Reply #27 on:** September 03, 2010, 08:05 AM »

the drama continues...

i'd put in an "offer" on eBay, not realising that if the offer is accepted - i've won the item. i thought it was just an offer - like a suggestion, maybe i'll buy the item, maybe i won't.

so, offer accepted, i've won. i'd changed my mind (a little bit) overnight about whether i wanted to spend £750 on a tablet. but the decision has been made for me; my gmail inbox says so - the tablet is mine. so i've paid.

this is what's on the way: http://www.motioncomputing.co.uk/products/tablet_pc_le17.asp

if it's better than my Wacom Cintiq 12WX then i'll be happy. if it weighs so much i can't hold it or rest it on my knee then it's back to pencil and paper.

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #28 on:** September 03, 2010, 11:31 AM »

I've always been a pencil & paper fan; then I flush out and digitise my notes when I get back to the office. The LE1700 looks cool, but 3.3lbs?

*Shrug* ...Might not be too bad come to think of it. I've got the sales manager's HP Mini netbook sitting on my desk now, and it's ok at 2.4-2.6-ish. The tablet style will have better balance so it could actually be better.

nudone · « **Reply #29 on:** September 03, 2010, 11:44 AM »

Quote from: Stoic Joker on September 03, 2010, 11:31 AM

The tablet style will have better balance so it could actually be better.

I really hope so, otherwise it's a pretty pointless device - something i should have thought more about when i was telling myself i must have it.

wraith808 · « **Reply #30 on:** September 03, 2010, 12:18 PM »

3.3 isn't so bad in a tablet. That's actually a *really* good device from what I've read. My original tablet was a motion, and they do make good tablets. If it wasn't for the fact that my tablet was an interim solution, I might have gone with that.

nudone · « **Reply #31 on:** September 03, 2010, 12:34 PM »

Okay, well, fingers crossed then. i'll let everyone know what it's like when it arrives. it could be the device i'd always dreamed of (i've wanted a tablet for years).

superboyac · « **Reply #32 on:** September 03, 2010, 02:07 PM »

Quote from: nudone on September 03, 2010, 12:34 PM

Okay, well, fingers crossed then. i'll let everyone know what it's like when it arrives. it could be the device i'd always dreamed of (i've wanted a tablet for years).

I'm very interested to hear your thoughts! The motion tablets look pretty awesome to me. Another one I like is the Panasonic toughbook C1, which is a rugged tablet. It's built very well.

wraith808 · « **Reply #33 on:** September 03, 2010, 05:28 PM »

^ That one is a bit on the large side to me. That let's them stuff a *lot* into it in addition to the ruggedness, but it seems like it would quickly become annoying.

superboyac · « **Reply #34 on:** September 03, 2010, 05:34 PM »

Quote from: wraith808 on September 03, 2010, 05:28 PM

^ That one is a bit on the large side to me. That let's them stuff a *lot* into it in addition to the ruggedness, but it seems like it would quickly become annoying.

Yeah, but sometimes I don't mind the extra size if it means i get more flexibility. For example, I LOVE how you can easily slide in an extra battery to get 8-hours on it.

superboyac · « **Reply #35 on:** September 03, 2010, 05:39 PM »

nudone...if i could find a motion tablet like you did for half-price, I'd strongly consider it.

nudone · « **Reply #36 on:** September 03, 2010, 05:49 PM »

Quote from: superboyac on September 03, 2010, 05:39 PM

nudone...if i could find a motion tablet like you did for half-price, I'd strongly consider it.

i think there were two available at the time - but it is the UK eBay; so, it's probably not worth the trouble with the shipping.

here's another - cheaper, less RAM: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Motion-Computing-LE1700-Core2-1-5Ghz-80GB-HDD-1GBRAM-/320584908980?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item4aa45980b4

wraith808 · « **Reply #37 on:** September 03, 2010, 07:38 PM »

I wouldn't do that one... no OS/Restore CD means a lot of trouble to even get started...

4wd · « **Reply #38 on:** September 04, 2010, 02:39 AM »

Quote from: wraith808 on September 03, 2010, 07:38 PM

I wouldn't do that one... no OS/Restore CD means a lot of trouble to even get started...

But it does come with a XP license so a normal XP install CD is OK and the drivers are downloadable.

So not having a recovery CD is no great hardship.

wraith808 · « **Reply #39 on:** September 04, 2010, 03:51 AM »

A normal XP install cd doesn't install tablet edition... and that's the point of getting a tablet, isn't it?

4wd · « **Reply #40 on:** September 04, 2010, 06:48 AM »

My bad - I noticed XP had 'Tablet PC' support and didn't realise that there was other tablet apps that were installed.

I did find this however and XP Tablet PC Edition isn't that hard to find on the net since you still get a license for it.

wraith808 · « **Reply #41 on:** September 04, 2010, 02:52 PM »

But does a normal XP license (which seems to be what is included) work for tablet edition? From other tablet sites I've frequented, I seem to remember that it doesn't... and if you install standard XP, you don't get tablet functionality.

Update: That link is pretty cool! However, you can get a tablet for a little more (from what I found when I was looking) with tablet already installed, making initial setup a bit less intensive. I think that the older models of motion pcs have reached the wholesale market and you see a lot of these on there stripped down.. many with no HD.

Here's one on eBay that's a *slight* bit more after conversion...

http://cgi.ebay.com/MOTION-COMPUTING-LE1700-TABLET-PC-VIEW-ANYWHERE-XGA-/270628900810

4wd · « **Reply #42 on:** September 04, 2010, 06:51 PM »

Quote from: wraith808 on September 04, 2010, 02:52 PM

But does a normal XP license (which seems to be what is included) work for tablet edition? From other tablet sites I've frequented, I seem to remember that it doesn't... and if you install standard XP, you don't get tablet functionality.

According to the User Manual it came standard with XP Tablet PC Edition - so that is what the COA sticker should be for.

wraith808 · « **Reply #43 on:** September 05, 2010, 08:59 PM »

Quote from: 4wd on September 04, 2010, 06:51 PM

Quote from: wraith808 on September 04, 2010, 02:52 PM
But does a normal XP license (which seems to be what is included) work for tablet edition? From other tablet sites I've frequented, I seem to remember that it doesn't... and if you install standard XP, you don't get tablet functionality.

According to the User Manual it came standard with XP Tablet PC Edition - so that is what the COA sticker should be for.

According to the *listing* it comes with a COA for XP Professional. Again, with those warehouse specials, in a lot of cases they don't have the original license... so they also get a stack of XP COAs to include... that might not be the case with this one, but... (given, it does say that it still has it's COA sticker attached, but I wouldn't assume...)

Renegade · « **Reply #44 on:** September 06, 2010, 01:38 AM »

Quote from: nudone on September 02, 2010, 12:24 PM

aaaaaaaaargh.

someone has just bought it before me. i give up.

Sorry to hear that. I know how you feel. I always lose on bids at eBay. I've tried to get some new camera lenses... No luck. I don't want to pay 75% of the price of a new lense for a used one, so I lose. Maybe it's time to try my luck again...

wraith808 · « **Reply #45 on:** September 06, 2010, 03:46 AM »

http://www.auctionsniper.com

It's worked miracles for my percentage of bids won, and also, though I pay for the bid, I end up getting it for a lot less than I would have if I'd ended up in a bidding war. And you only pay if you win... and it's a small amount. I sound like a paid endorsement, but I'm not LOL

Renegade · « **Reply #46 on:** September 06, 2010, 04:03 AM »

Quote from: wraith808 on September 06, 2010, 03:46 AM

http://www.auctionsniper.com

It's worked miracles for my percentage of bids won, and also, though I pay for the bid, I end up getting it for a lot less than I would have if I'd ended up in a bidding war. And you only pay if you win... and it's a small amount. I sound like a paid endorsement, but I'm not LOL

Hmmm... Might be an idea.

A fellow I know wrote this one:

http://www.auctionsentry.com/

He sold it a while back, but he was the first in the market. Do you know how it compares?

wraith808 · « **Reply #47 on:** September 06, 2010, 04:20 AM »

I used to use auction sentry, but I jumped ship a little before he did. The major advantage of AuctionSniper over AuctionSentry is that you don't have to depend on your own hardware/connection. It also has several tools to allow you to do nifty things like place snipes on a group of auctions and stop after you've won a certain amount, so if you want an item you can find all of the auctions and group them and stop after you've won one or something like that. Also, it's easier to add auctions in my opinion. Of course, the downside is that you pay when you win using AuctionSniper, but I've even done such things as bid normally on an item, then snipe it... if I win with my bid, I don't get charged. I really like it.

4wd · « **Reply #48 on:** September 06, 2010, 07:23 AM »

I use Gixen because they have both a paid and free service, (which is what I use).

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Quote from: wraith808 on September 05, 2010, 08:59 PM

According to the *listing* it comes with a COA for XP Professional. Again, with those warehouse specials, in a lot of cases they don't have the original license... so they also get a stack of XP COAs to include... that might not be the case with this one, but... (given, it does say that it still has it's COA sticker attached, but I wouldn't assume...)

It's quite obvious you're going to have to buy it to put this speculation at an end.....I'd offer to do it but my wife would kill me

wraith808 · « **Reply #49 on:** September 06, 2010, 03:50 PM »

Hey... I just got an iPad! My gadget budget is blown for a while...

As for Gixen, thanks for putting me on the track of this. It looks like a pretty cool site!