GWeb opened this issue on Sep 12, 2005 · 13 posts
GWeb posted Mon, 12 September 2005 at 5:30 PM
Attached Link: http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2503&p=2
GWeb posted Mon, 12 September 2005 at 5:35 PM
I am sure Palm and Tablet will be more popular when it is out becayse manufacturers will make smaller and lightweight battery that can last more than a day. Be sure that Eovia is aware of it so they can make Carrara to support TabletPC. No more SHIFT key, please!!
Miss Nancy posted Mon, 12 September 2005 at 9:26 PM
Apple tried this many years ago. It was called "Newton", and it was one of their biggest failures.
ShawnDriscoll posted Mon, 12 September 2005 at 9:35 PM
Anyone own a TabletPC yet? Microsoft, Compaq, Toshiba, Sharp, Acer, HP have been pushing them on an off since before WindowsXP (aka Windows 2002) was released.
GWeb posted Tue, 13 September 2005 at 12:28 AM
Microsoft dont make TabletPC. HP purchased Compaq. I own HP TabletPC because it have Nvidia built in. I used ZBrush with it all the time in 3D mode. I had no problem with Poser and Carrara functions. Carrara have problem with TabletPC screen size, it thought that it was a dual display because it was little off than normal screen size. Vue is not compatiable with TabletPC.
ShawnDriscoll posted Tue, 13 September 2005 at 3:51 AM
Microsoft makes the OS for them. Otherwise, no TabletPC period. But if you have one, that explains the train wreck. Move on folks. There is nothing to see here.
ewinemiller posted Tue, 13 September 2005 at 6:27 AM
One of my coworkers has a tablet, he seldom uses it in that mode, but it seems to work well when he does. 90% of time he uses it just like any other laptop. I saw the same slide and I'm curious whether the 5 watts is typical or max consumption. Currently while doing light stuff and the LCD kicked down a couple of steps my 1.6 Pentium M only takes about 12 watts for the entire system so I suspect it's not pulling much more that right now. Now if I kick off a render that jumps to about 18 watts, so if the 5 watts is max consumption that will be a very nice boost for battery life.
Eric Winemiller
Digital Carvers Guild
Carrara and LightWave
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InfoCentral posted Tue, 13 September 2005 at 7:34 AM
I've been looking at getting a PDA after seeing my friend show off his videos on it. The first thing you have to decide on is what OS you want to run; Palm or Microsoft. I was opting for the Pocket PC (Microsoft) from Dell because it has built in video microprocessor and a vga screen 640x480. But of course just when I am ready to jump in I read an article in a magazine at Boarders about the new Palm that has a build in 4 GB harddrive. Oh well, back to drawing board...
GWeb posted Tue, 13 September 2005 at 10:13 AM
Attached Link: http://www.mini-itx.com
Shonner, I have been stuck with my desktop for long time because of powerful machine I can use for 3D. But now you don't have to be stuck with desktop. TabletPC or Cintiq allows you to work directly on screen. TabletPC is a good stuff and you should try to own it. There are alot of good stuff with this low power consumption. I have been planning to buy render farm for awhile, 25 mini-itx that supports this new Intel chip. I hope that the house power wiring can handle 25 mainboards. www.mini-itx.com
GWeb posted Tue, 13 September 2005 at 10:20 AM
Eric Winemiller, Intel chip for handheld is .5 watt not 5 watt. I am sure alot of other manufacturers will follow Intel's footprints and work their way to low power on other parts. LCD manufacturers is working on LED for the backlight. :)
GWeb posted Tue, 13 September 2005 at 10:26 AM
Shonner, Microsoft dont make OS for TabletPC, they made TabletPC edition for it. I have the exact same OS and verions as any WinXP Pro. Microsoft only implement Tablet features in original WinXP OS. What I got from Microsoft Tablet Edition: Journal Handwriting Recognition
Pinklet posted Tue, 13 September 2005 at 12:05 PM
Their is the reason my Apple is moving to Intel.
GWeb posted Tue, 13 September 2005 at 2:57 PM
Attached Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt#Definition
WATT Asking what does watt stand for in electronic industry? It is time to find out. Source http://cc.msnscache.com/cache.aspx?q=2191477080608〈=en-US&FORM=CVRE3 Watt Watt is a unit of power. One watt is equal to one ampere of current under the pressure of one volt; therefore, it is obvious to the most casual observer that YOUR computer needs at least a 150 watt power supply! Right. (What?) For those that want to know, the formula for power is Power=IxE. In corporate America, it is become the President or it is "Who has the fastest computer? Another definition of watt: An amount of energy used to continuously supply power to an electric circuit for one hour. For example, a lamp rated at 100 watts that was on for 3 hours would consume 300 watts of power. If you must know more about Watt for your future computer shopping. It can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt#Definition Intel cut down watt and made smaller parts in CPU to decrease watt demand to make some reinforcements to other parts such as electronic components, USB or other devices attached to it. Other manufacturers will follow Intel's footsteps to meet low power demand. GWeb