{"id":11422,"date":"2011-07-28T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11422"},"modified":"2011-07-28T17:44:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T17:44:00","slug":"thinking-about-buying-a-windows-7-slate-pc-check-the-screen-resolution-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11422","title":{"rendered":"Thinking About Buying a Windows 7 Slate PC? Check the Screen Resolution First"},"content":{"rendered":"

Then make sure you read this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cTo take advantage of the Windows 8\u2019s side-by-side window view, that requirement rises to 1366×768\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Windows 8 will run on Windows Vista\/7 hardware but you need to be aware of that graphics requirement for side-by-side.\u00a0 Check the screen resolution of any slate PC you were considering to ensure that you will be able to upgrade to Windows 8 next year.<\/p>\n

For example, have a look at these current machines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Machine<\/td>\nMaximum Screen Resolution<\/td>\nWindows 8 Side-by-Side?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Asus Eee Slate EP121<\/a><\/td>\n1280 x 800<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toshiba WT310<\/a><\/td>\n1366 x 768<\/td>\nYes, but \u2026 *1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gigabye S1080<\/a><\/td>\n1024 x 600<\/td>\nNot a chance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HP Slate 500<\/a><\/td>\n1024 x 600 or 1024 x 768<\/td>\nYou must be kidding?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acer Iconia Tab W500<\/a><\/td>\n1280 x 800<\/td>\nSnowball\u2019s chance in hell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lenovo IdeaPad P1<\/a><\/td>\n1280 x 800<\/a> (not RTM yet)<\/td>\nThe computer says \u201cno\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q550<\/a><\/td>\n1920 x 1080<\/a><\/td>\n480p, 720 p and 1080i \u2013 Impressive! *2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

That Acer is nearly \u20ac500 from a UK online reseller, and is around $549 in the USA.\u00a0 I\u2019d sure want to know that I could install Windows 8 on it next year if I spent money on it now.\u00a0 I\u2019m actually quite stunned that of the big names I found with Windows 7 slates, only Toshiba and Fujitsu have one with the graphics requirement for Windows 8 side-by-side.\u00a0<\/p>\n

*1 It\u2019s been rumoured that since the announcement the device, Toshiba did a 180 and cancelled their slate PC plans.\u00a0 Oh well!\u00a0 Kinda makes sense considering the hardware would have limited sales with anticipation of true Windows 8 tablets in 2012 and more suitable hardware with alternative OS\u2019s right now.<\/p>\n

My advice:<\/p>\n

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  1. If you can wait, then wait until Windows 8 is released and ARM<\/a> (system on a chip) tablets are released.\u00a0 You\u2019ll get great battery life, a lighter machine, Windows 8 support, and your lap won\u2019t be burned by a flat PC.<\/li>\n
  2. If you want the true tablet experience now then compare the iPad2<\/a> (I have the iPad 1 and love it, watching movies on the go, or reading from Kindle) with one of the many Android devices such as the Motorola Xoom<\/a> (my cousin bought one recently and he raves about it, including the ability to insert and use an SD card with media on it).\u00a0 The expected Amazon Android device will also be rather interesting (October allegedly<\/a>).<\/li>\n
  3. If you really want to buy a Windows 7 slate PC (not a true tablet IMO) then check the screen resolution first and make sure it supports 1366 x 768.\u00a0 That\u2019s not looking so good.\u00a0 If you\u2019re using it for business and want to enable BitLocker then you\u2019ll really want a TPM 1.2<\/a> (or later) chip.\u00a0 But that\u2019s a whole other conversation \u2026 *2 By the way, Fujitsu\u2019s machine also has a TPM chip option.\u00a0 I guess that makes the Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q550<\/a> the best option as an enterprise slate PC if you really must buy one now.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Then make sure you read this: \u201cTo take advantage of the Windows 8\u2019s side-by-side window view, that requirement rises to 1366×768\u201d Windows 8 will run on Windows Vista\/7 hardware but you need to be aware of that graphics requirement for side-by-side.\u00a0 Check the screen resolution of any slate PC you were considering to ensure that … Continue reading “Thinking About Buying a Windows 7 Slate PC? Check the Screen Resolution First”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[180,109],"class_list":["post-11422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-desktop","tag-hardware","tag-windows-8"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}