New OS for tablet?

thepeganator · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:58

Just bought myself a tablet laptop, should be here tomorrow.
This one:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=110336825014

It comes with Vista Business and a restore CD for XP tablet edition.
But then I could also put Windows 7 beta on it, I have the image and a key.

What would people advise?

SiHH · 15 Jan 2009 at 22:25

Do you want to do beta testing and report to Microsoft any bugs you come across or do you want an OS that is currenty stable ?

I would stick with Vista, it will utilise the 2gb of ram better than XP does..

xb8browney · 15 Jan 2009 at 22:42

Windows 7 is eating the battery on my laptop compared to vista

thepeganator · 15 Jan 2009 at 23:42

SiHH said:
Do you want to do beta testing and report to Microsoft any bugs you come across or do you want an OS that is currenty stable ?

I would stick with Vista, it will utilise the 2gb of ram better than XP does..

Honestly don't mind beta testing, did it with Vista.

xb8browney said:
Windows 7 is eating the battery on my laptop compared to vista

How bad is that?

What sort of times do you get on battery?

Caged · 16 Jan 2009 at 04:07

If it's a multitouch tablet and can recognise fingers rather than just a stylus then Windows 7 is the best suited thing I can think of to run on it.

thepeganator · 16 Jan 2009 at 08:59

Not sure if it's multi touch, it isn't advertised as such...

xb8browney · 16 Jan 2009 at 09:30

thepeganator said:
Honestly don't mind beta testing, did it with Vista.

How bad is that?

What sort of times do you get on battery?

I used to get 3hrs out of my laptop with vista now I only get an hour

Burnsy2023 · 16 Jan 2009 at 12:22

My friend has an M700 with Vista on it. Definitely go Vista over XP as there are some nice Vista only features. Personally I wouldn't use 7 on it for daily use.