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PendoPad 11" 'laptop' running Windows 10 Home 32 bit (despite having a 64 bit capable processor). I replaced the bricked device and I'm going to be a lot more
by voltagex_ 11y ago
PendoPad 11" 'laptop' running Windows 10 Home 32 bit (despite having a 64 bit capable processor).
I replaced the bricked device and I'm going to be a lot more careful this time.
Booting Ubuntu Wily works, but there's no battery (status/charging?), wifi, audio or touchscreen. So if you use the XDA scale it's working perfectly!
I have another Z3735 device (MeegoPad T01 - Intel Compute Stick knockoff), but it's unusable because the clock runs fast, then slow, then fast - enough that an NTP sync makes the clock go backwards and then everything breaks.
These chipsets are turning up everywhere and most of the time the implementation is garbage. I hope Intel did better with the reference implementation/s but I can't afford them at the moment.
- yuhong 11y agoThe idea of multiple vendors making the same "beige boxes" and only competing on price is bad. One of the things on my wishlist for an Intel/AMD branded laptop is a high quality UEFI implementation.
- voltagex_ 11y agoKeep wishing. Even a $1400 Lenovo X1 had terrible UEFI when I used it - what's the point of re-implementing your old keyboard-only BIOS UI exactly if you have mouse support? Dell does better, at least in the business grade products.