Re: Re: Cheap 10.4" pen tablet

["Andy Laurence" <andylaurence@xxxxxxx>]

> One thing I would bear in mind regarding the usability of these
> devices is boot up time.
>
> The epod is brilliant in this regard as it is WinCE so you get
> instant on. In my experience you are inclined to use it more
> frequently, rather than wait for a PC to boot up. This is particulary
> true for X10 control. Running terminal services on the epod you can
> be up and running in under 10 secs.
>
> Anybody used one of these before, what's the likely boot up time?

As a reference, my Stylistics 1000 takes a few minutes to boot into Suse
2.4
on a 100MHz processor and 40MB RAM.  I've not used it with Win95, but I'd
expect it to be slightly quicker.  Should boot in under a minute with a bit
of hacking.

> At this price however, I'm game for a couple!

he he he...

Andy
--
PC-Based Multimedia System
http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms


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