Steve B
02-04-2011, 10:52 AM
So,
I've been running Win7 Pro 32 bit on my 1700. Handwriting recog is much much better of course, but battery life sucks. 1.5 hrs with a newly purchased new battery.
I had XP Tablet on a 1600. Clearly handwriting recog was not as good. But battery life on my 1600 was much much better than my 1700 which came running Win7. Almost double the life.
So, I've been pondering running XP on my 1700. I mean, they advertised this thing as getting 3 hrs on the standard battery, so that makes me think it must actually get that on XP Tablet. Right????? I'd lose the impressive handwriting recog improvements, but I find input with the pen, even on Win7, still a chore. I'm actually thinking about getting the snap on keyboard just for when I'm using it to browse at a desk. As for areoglass, I've been stripping down Win7 to get some sort of battery life, so I'm not using any of those nice new details.
If I'm disregarding handwriting recog, and I'm turning off areoglass and whatnot, then what am I getting with Win7 that I didn't have with XP? Would XP serve me just as well? I'm doing some surfing, and mostly art stuff- Sketchbook Pro, Artrage, maybe Painter, etc. And, of course, the million dollar question- do you actually get more battery life running XP on the le1700?
I've been running Win7 Pro 32 bit on my 1700. Handwriting recog is much much better of course, but battery life sucks. 1.5 hrs with a newly purchased new battery.
I had XP Tablet on a 1600. Clearly handwriting recog was not as good. But battery life on my 1600 was much much better than my 1700 which came running Win7. Almost double the life.
So, I've been pondering running XP on my 1700. I mean, they advertised this thing as getting 3 hrs on the standard battery, so that makes me think it must actually get that on XP Tablet. Right????? I'd lose the impressive handwriting recog improvements, but I find input with the pen, even on Win7, still a chore. I'm actually thinking about getting the snap on keyboard just for when I'm using it to browse at a desk. As for areoglass, I've been stripping down Win7 to get some sort of battery life, so I'm not using any of those nice new details.
If I'm disregarding handwriting recog, and I'm turning off areoglass and whatnot, then what am I getting with Win7 that I didn't have with XP? Would XP serve me just as well? I'm doing some surfing, and mostly art stuff- Sketchbook Pro, Artrage, maybe Painter, etc. And, of course, the million dollar question- do you actually get more battery life running XP on the le1700?