HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

[willawake]

oooh this good. keyboard is perfect and screen is ok size finally (i was worried about all that).

[zandrax]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

I see the Vista logo in the lower right angle: do you seriously plan to use it?
There is a joke about its name in Italy: in italian, "vista" means both eyesight and view, "svista" an oversight, an error due to miscalculation or lack of attention.
So, Vista is often referred as (S)Vista, the biggest error Microsoft could ever do.

Zandrax

[willawake]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

no i intend to hasta la vista baby and install a pirate copy of xp

but i will play with vista for a bit to familiarise.

[Per Hansson]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

no i intend to hasta la vista baby and install a pirate copy of xp

but i will play with vista for a bit to familiarise.

Please do but before put away any ropes, handguns etc

Basically what they take from you when you go to jail, to prevent you from commiting suicide

[willawake]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

its not the vista thats the problem but the time taken to image the drives and then create a restore point, create recovery disks. uuuuuh fucking hours....like the battery was fully charged before i had even got to use the computer.

i never understand that because it takes no more than 30 mins to image a drive using ghost.

i am kinda dissapointed with the screen. the colours are too blue, i have tried messing but not good enough yet (gma driver is quite poor). the brightness is not that bad but the contrast could be much better. maybe i will get one of those calibration devices finally. i could never do photo editing on this screen but anyway that wasnt what the device was for. maybe later versions of led backlighting will be better.

still it could be worse, the usability could be awful because of the size, but its not its rather good indeed.

[willawake]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

here comes xp
i did like the aesthetics of vista though. how long did it take to come up with that.....

[zandrax]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

here comes xp
i did like the aesthetics of vista though. how long did it take to come up with that.....

There are Vista Packs for Xp too.
Don't let fool yourself

Zandrax

[willawake]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

some more pics
http://www.techmati.com/reviews/2510p/index.htm

i found a service manual. thats a bit like giving a serial killer a surgery handbook. I will take it apart next weekend to see how it ticks.

[zandrax]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

some more pics
http://www.techmati.com/reviews/2510p/index.htm

i found a service manual. thats a bit like giving a serial killer a surgery handbook. I will take it apart next weekend to see how it ticks.

Yep: lack of a Dvi port and the unappaling screen are two serous drawback if you want to use it as your portable workstation. What a pity.

Serial killer, are you a warranty unsealer? Be carefull.

Zandrax

[gastorgrab]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

What happens when they shrink devices so small that our fingers are too fat to press the buttons?
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[willawake]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

diet maybe?

thats the thing with this machine, the ergonomics are great. i can touch type immediately. the lack of dvi is not a problem as this will only be used off base and not a home workstation, the docking station provides dvi i believe.

The lack of express card is interesting cos it means i can borrow the company vodafone connect card. But now i see they have express card ssd already from transcend at 16mb which is 89 euro. I am sure it is the slow stuff though. But still if they had 32gb at less than double the price it would be quite interesting. If they finally get HDD SSD down to a reasonable price that would be really cool and i would not worry about using the notebook in the car on bumpy roads.

[willawake]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable



hp vs eeepc



eeepc

[shadow]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

isaw the eeepc in real life and was in my hands (a friend of mine has it). Man it is so tiny!

Very responsive for the power it has under the bonnet.

[i4004]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

here's something i wrote an another forum

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:51 am Download Post Post subject:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDieNDfRr4M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SDpU...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IALqu7EKUTw&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq4Xo...eature=related

things seem to be going in the right direction.
after this e-readers will be looking like a bad joke.

as i'm looking for something light to read stuff on(and surf the web if possible).

eee's 800x480 pixels screen would probably mean a lot of scrolling.
1024x600 of these small things would be beter.
keybaord is not really something i would need that often for reading only. also, on-screen keybaords would suffice(i used ipaq'a on screen kb and it's usable, even though ipaq has much, much smaller screen).
and no, i don't expect these to have a lcd display good enough to watch movies on(even most laptops don't have it..hell..most lcds are still not for it) but for reading they'll be excellent.

essentially, i would prefer something of an A4 size that's as light as possible.."slates" it seems they're called
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_PC
like the compaq table on that pic but without keyboard.

i have a laptop, but i would like a book with internet in it.

edit/
looking at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_PC#Slate
found
http://www.fujitsu-siemens.co.uk/pro...listic_st.html
although 1.6kg is a bit heavy.

[stevo1210]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

hp vs eeepc

Did you buy the eeepc as well or is that someone elses?

[willawake]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

no its for service (loading xp)

eee's 800x480 pixels screen would probably mean a lot of scrolling. 1024x600 of these small things would be beter.

yes its not very good at all for any serious browsing
keyboard has very small keys also
its a lot more solid than flybook though

[willawake]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

i think i will follow this howto
Installation of Windows XP on an ASUS Eee PC
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[zandrax]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

Willa, strip XP as little as possible: 4 GB aren't much with a standard XP installation, because Windows uses about 3 GB for itsself. A nlited XP, instead, can be stripped down into 1 GB more or less, leaving 3 GB for programs.

Zandrax

[i4004]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

A nlited XP, instead, can be stripped down into 1 GB more or less, leaving 3 GB for programs.

that is what willa's link suggests.

[zandrax]

Re: HP 2510p 12.1" ultraportable

I apologize, I should be too tired now: I keep doing mistakes.

Zandrax