Good:
- After removing a bunch of pre-installed applications, the system runs quite well under Windows 7. Yet it's responsiveness is more optimal under Linux. But more on that later.
- Both Aero under Windows and Compiz under Linux work.
- (not really specific to the T101MT) Windows 7 has some nice multitouch capabilities built-in. Unfortunately this makes Internet Explorer the browser of choice, since it has better multitouch support than other browsers. Firefox is okay too, but everything else doesn't even support iPhone-like scrolling.
- Noise is acceptable. Worse than MacBook but far better than most laptops running windows. And it doesn't start to scream when on high usage.
- Sound and wireless adapter are okay. I guess.
- Screen brightness. Too dark in my opinion. But this might be a general issue with resistive touch-screens. Also although it's a glare display and shows some reflections when used in bright environments, it's not that crisp. Probably because of the resistiveness too.
- I would prefer 16:10 instead of 16:9 on a tablet. Because in portrait mode it is to thin in my opinion.
Oh and this is my experience with Linux on this machine: Many things work out of the box fortunately. What doesn't work is the touchscreen. But on the forums of Ubuntu there was already a tutorial on how to get it working. You just need to put a textfile in your /etc/init.d and run a patched calibration tool. Downside: Neither multitouch nor pressure sensitivity.
What is really interesting: The device is much much faster and responsive when using Ubuntu. Good thing that they're working on a multitouch-driver for it and when some other issues are resolved Linux might be the operating system of choice for this device.
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