Samsung Q1U-EL Q1 Ultra Mobile PC Tablet Notebook

1. Posted: Jun 3 2008

   The Q1 Ultra EL is a grete product for the price u pay there is nothing else, I upgrade to 2gb of ram vista runs fine a little slow but no problems the HDD is fine but i recommend the 60gb is esy to fill 40, The OS. I dont know the problem but the system from factory is bad and slow I formated the disk and istalled the XP works like bullet even with all the windows updates(SP3)but u have to buy the handwriting recongnition and there is nothing compers to vista so a few weeks istalled the vista and not problem even with the norton internet antivirus(only that have to do some tips to d sofware to works fast like cancel the vista index) The 1990 Series Samsung Q1U/Q1IP Defender-Yellow case of the otterbox is "Awesome". Recomendation: Dont buy refullished (express solutions)the service is bad my Q1u have the screen damage and the contact offers the haven until is time to see some action "money or other" they leveme a lot of mails, they say "ups sorry mate but dont worry we replacet as soon is posible we cover all the expences u need to make u tablet work" days later they dispears (amazon warrenty) in the end I have to buy the screen of my own cost (250 bucks + taxes + S&H) and replacet by d time I do this u are a knowledge machine of how the Q1u operates and the parts u need in futures case.

2. Posted: Mar 30 2008

   Pros: It has a good screen...very bright and suitable for viewing photos, videos or just cruising the net. I particularly like its compact size. The keyboard is oddly arranged, but I adjusted to it pretty quickly. (I am using it as I write this.) Cons: It is very slow! Ocassionaly, it will lock up and ignore the mouse and keyboard input for as long as 30 seconds. I noticed that the CPU meter is pegged when this happens. I don't think Samsung can be blamed for this. I think this is a "feature" of Windows Vista. This Windows release seems to be a resource hog and very slow. I think if this device were to be offered with something like Umbutu Linux (much more suitable to a device of this size) as its native operating system, it would perform much better. Maybe someone will read these words and do it.

3. Posted: Mar 29 2008

   The Good: Solid quality look and feel Very nice quality display Battery is OK I use this as a browser for my whole house audio (CasaTunes) and it really works well for this task. The Bad: Slooooowwwwww! I wish I had purchased the Windows XP version rather than Vista The keyboard is unusable (which is OK because CasaTunes can be controlled through the touch screen, but even setting this up was painful!)

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