lien_meat

January 28, 2010 at 4:49pm

So, these are the Windows OS's I can think of that I believe can run on ARM CPU's:
OLD NT kernels, windows CE, windows mobile?, anything else?
Does win xp embedded run on arm?

I'm asking cause the picture distinctly shows winxp on the thing.
So either it's photoshopped, or...winxp embedded runs on arm...

All the press releases for tegra 2 indicate nvidia is targeting Adroid based tablets and phones for the platform, and choosing ARM processors definately supports that assumption, since windows OSes don't really do well in that market.

I want one, but I like linux.  Most people dont.
I find it funny that people are asking if windows 7 will run on it well. (try not at all unless they hack the kernel to work on ARM...)

Anyway, I'd much rather have this than the ipad for quite a few reasons:
It will likely be cheaper/performance, which is always good.
On a tegra2 platform running linux it would be possible to have flash and Java support, the ipad doesn't.
Hdmi out is a nice touch...
And lastly, I won't have to worry about apple's custom crazy CPU not being supported on any OS but their likely abandoned, non-upgradable OS in 2 years. (meaning I don't want to be stuck running a ipad/iphone only nitch OS that I may not be able to update in a couple years...that proposition scares the living hell out of me.)

JohnP

January 28, 2010 at 4:10pm

 All I am looking for is a tablet that has a screen the size of a piece of paper that can show magazines and textbooks in full size and full color that I can read in a chair somewhere. Not 9.7 inches, not black a white, not DRMed to death, just PDF and ePub is good enough for me. Under a grand.

 Is this too much to ask?

Pentium 0

January 28, 2010 at 1:47pm

Tegra 2 already has 2 cortex A9s in it.  And i'm pretty sure this thing wont have an extra 2 stuffed in it. 

Keith E. Whisman

January 28, 2010 at 12:46pm

 this is what i was ranting about when netbooks started out. netbooks are just too little and underpowered and just not very usable for much more than browsing the web. now tablets with the guts of a netbook with a multitouch display now that is worth something. on screen keyboard leaves room for an optical drive and large hard ddrive or even a couple large ssd's. finally apple has something i want just missing some storage and optical drive.

1337Goose

January 28, 2010 at 12:08pm

I have a feeling... that Asus can get it right... 

~Goose

emzfrendcrisis

January 28, 2010 at 11:52am

Assuming that this thing is even powerfull enough to run Windows 7 (dont even think about Vista's fat a$$). XP might not be a bad choice, cuz its still better than what the i(Maxi)Pad can do because it would be a full OS not just a little application platform.

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NAYRhyno

January 28, 2010 at 10:09am

My ideal portable would be an ASUS UL30Vt-A1 (which is an amazing laptop on its own) with perhaps more speed but at least the same battery life (I can dream right) in a convertible form with a multi-touch wacom(multi-touch capacative with traditional wacom for more detail oriented work like drawing). Do it ASUS, and you will rule the world.

Running a full fledged OS, this could have all the usability of the Apple slate in software. I still think Apple shoudl sell their software. Imagine how well an iPhone/iPad/iPod touch emulation software would do. You could let other companies build the hardware, and still have you locked down app store if people WANTED to use it. I have been saying for years that Apple should sell OS X also, but alas, nothing.

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ThunderBolt

January 28, 2010 at 9:53am

just use a netbook?

microsoft
*tbags*
apple

snapple00

January 28, 2010 at 9:44am

Hopefully it won't have Windows XP on it?! 

dracx619

January 28, 2010 at 9:37am

mm-hmm

 

let the imaxipad slaying continue