The Asus EEE slate w/ i5-470UM&4GB DDR3 1333MHz... seems like a good platform for more intensive touch-based multimedia and creative apps, which the ipad II seems to be touting as a major advantage over any other platform, desktop or tablet ( http://nofilmschool.com/2011/03/apple-brings-video-editing-ipad-2-touch-based/ ) ...
Would an i5 @ 1.33 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 1.86 GHz is faster than the current Atom offerings and would be helpful for such applications in MeeGo? (Can you leave it at 1.86Ghz when it's plugged in?) ........... http://www.techieask.com/2011/01/asus-eee-slate-ep121-1a010m-tablet-pc-review/ Product Features and Technical Details Capacity: 64GB Product Features * 12.1" WSVGA (1280x800) Capacitive LED Touchscreen; Pen or Finger Touch; Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) Operating System * Intel Core i5-470UM CPU; 4GB of DDR3 1333MHz SDRAM, 1x4GB; 1 slot, 4GB Max; Intel HD Graphics * 64GB Solid State Drive; Wireless 802.11bgn; Bluetooth 3.0; 2.0MP Webcam; Internal Speaker; Internal Microphone * Mini HDMI Port; 2 USB 2.0 ports; 2-in-1 Card Reader (SD & MMC); 4 Cell 34W/h Battery (Up to 3 Hours Battery Life) * Includes Digitizer Pen; Folio Case; Bluetooth Keyboard Processor, Memory, and Motherboard * Hardware Platform: PC * Processor: 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 * Number of Processors: 2 * RAM: 4 MB * RAM Type: SDRAM * Memory Slots: 1 Hard Drive * Size: 64 GB * Manufacturer: SSD * Type: Serial ATA Ports and Connectivity * USB Ports: 2 Cases and Expandability * Size (LWH): 12.28 inches, 8.16 inches, 0.67 inches * Weight: 2.56 pounds ......................... Are there working graphics and touchscreen drivers?? (anybody from ASUS want to send me one to find out? :-- and while you're at it redesign it with a pair of 8-16Mp cameras that'll work for 3d HD video or eye-tracking apps : http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/lenovo-experiments-with-an-eye-tracking-laptop-at-cebit-2011031/ :-) ). I bet http://www.openshot.org/ would run fine under Linux on that tablet, and might even be more featureful and useful in the long-run over apple's offerings... Openshot is all in Python and Gtk: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~jonoomph/openshot/main/view/head:/openshot/openshot.py //// whereas http://www.kdenlive.org/ is at least Qt based but w/ KDE dependency. Niels http://nielsmayer.com _______________________________________________ MeeGo-community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-community http://wiki.meego.com/Mailing_list_guidelines
