


HP Slate 500  (Source: HP)








HD video is provided via a Broadcom Crystal HD chip.  


The tablet features metal edges and a rubberized back.  





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By DrApop on 10/22/2010 2:31:45 PM , Rating: 0
The article really needs to indicate that the slate has 2 gb of ram because W7 requires it and would not even run on 256MG of ram.

Personally, I just don't see the need for a full fledged W7 tablet. Sure, note taking is a really nice thing on a tablet but I wouldn't be doing my office productivity on that device. Perhaps business specific software that requires W7 might be an inventory program, medical records, etc. But for most standard "in the office" business operations I'm not sure it is a viable product.

For the consumer, the small apps for iPad and android are much more convenient. But that is just my opinion.

RE: Memory
By omnicronx on 10/22/2010 3:07:36 PM , Rating: 4
The bottom line is you will still have a lot more RAM to play with, even if windows apps consume more RAM by nature.

The iPad should have never been shipped with 256M RAM, its just not enough, especially with a screen and resolution that size . Safari struggles to open multi web pages some times that would not be an issue even on a 3GS due to not enough space for caching.

You could for all intents and purposes ship a tablet with 1GB and it would work fine, but for the price you are paying it should be a requirement, and will surely make for a better user experience. (Windows 7 certainly does scale resources depending on how much you have. I have it installed on a 512M netbook and it only consumes 300MB while idle. My 4GB machine is always sitting closer to 700-1GB, even in 32bit)

RE: Memory

RE: Memory

It's actually Apple's to HP's :P

RE: Memory
By rudy on 10/23/2010 2:03:57 AM , Rating: 2
Maybe you would not but others would. Lots of businesses run very customized and advanced exel files. They record information through these. They are willing to pay $2000 for tablets which run all these apps. This will cut the price down and for some that will be good.

