hello... I am new to posting however I have b

[ckimtwo]

hello...

I am new to posting however I have been following the forum for some time now. I am making my final decision on purchasing an M1400-- still not convinced about VA feature. I was wondering if anyone is using their Motion tablet similar to what Michael Linenberger describes in his book, "Seize the Work Day Using a Tablet PC."

Three questions:
1) when booting up from hibernate/standby mode does it take as long as a laptop or does Windows XP tablet have some sort of RAM dump for quicker startup/recovery (sorry if I am using the incorrect terminology).

2) when switching to standby do you leave all you programs open, Outlook, etc., without any hang-ups or lost data.

3) I have a very long commute via train, does reading pages of documents and taking notes on the document work well in portrait mode?

Thanks for your help and insight.

Charlie

[JCP777]

Charlie,
1 & 2
Standby shuts the screen and hard drive off but leaves everything in memory powered. Hibernate saves programs that are open, rtcl to the hard drive and then shuts the computer down, so to speak. I have only used hibernate just a couple of times mainly to see how it works and to see how long it takes for the computer to resume.
Standby isdefinitly the wayto go unless you know you will leave your tpc unpowered for a few days.
Portrait mode is great for taking notes and reading.
I read Business Week this way.
Hope this info helps.

[SeanWest]

Here's my take on your questions...

1) Hibernate and standby are quite different modes. In standby, the computer is still drawing power to maintain everything in memory; in hibernate, the memory is saved to your hard disk and the computer is powered down. Standby will let you recover faster but will continue to drain your battery.

I typically use hibernate when I am moving between classes and know I'll be using the computer again soon. I don't usually use standby except as part of the screen saver/power save when it switches automatically.

I've never really used a laptop the same way I use the tablet but I would guess that startup times are about the same. The tablet version of Windows XP is the same as XP Pro with handwriting recognition enabled. As far as I know, there aren't really any other differences so I doubt you'll notice much difference in the startup times.

2) When switching to hibernate I do leave everything open. That's pretty much the advantage to those modes... you save power but don't have to close everything and re-open it.

3) I take notes and read documents almost exclusively in prortrait mode. It just feels more natural and seems to work well. The only time I switch to landscape is when I'm using the keyboard and proping up the tablet as the display... which isn't often.

And in response to the heading "PDA + laptop = tablet"... a tablet is really nothing at all like a PDA. It really *IS* a laptop, but with handwriting recognition and usually smaller in size. Those two things may make it SOUND like it's got PDA features but in practice that's where the similarities end and even those things are very different from what you'd be used to on a PDA.

[WNewquay]

Charlie,

From what I recall the M1400 with 768 megs of ram would restore from standby in under 15 seconds. (probably less). Not as fast as a PDA - but so much more in so many ways. Well worth the wait.

[Trev]

The drain on standby is very small. Perhaps 1 to 2% per hour. Hibernate has no drain, but it takes longer to resume.

M1400VA with a gig of ram takes 3 seconds to enter standby and 4 seconds to exit standby (just checked and counted)

I typically leave everything open when entering standby, sometimes I don't even save my work. I also use standby to swtich batteries. Outlook does an automatic send and receive whe returning from standby by the way.

I use portrait mode for lots of reading.

[dsincic]

Charlie,
my M1300 with 512Mb hibernates in 25 secs and recovers in less than 20. I use portrait mode 90% time, 100% on the train.

[Trev]

Oh I guess you want some hibernate numbers.

15 seconds into hibernation - with no swap file 1 gig ram and 7200RPM hdd.

15 seconds out of hibernation.

Not too shabby.

[peachy]

quote:The drain on standby is very small. Perhaps 1 to 2% per hour. Hibernate has no drain, but it takes longer to resume.

The reason I use Hibernate instead of Standby is because I'm worried about heat damage to the computer if I leave it in its case in my backpack in Standby mode (normally for a few hours, but might happent to be a day or two occasionally). Is this fear warranted?

[Trev]

I can't say for sure but I leave my tablet in my bag on standby. The tablet doer cool down quite a bit in standby.