Gateway C-120X Tablet PC review: Digital Trends

No sooner do I mention the Gateway C-120X Tablet PC in a prior post and it gets a review from Digital Trends. Truth-be-told, they actually posted the review yesterday but it just hit my feeds now. ;)

DT gives the C-120X a 7.5 out of 10, the positives being agood digitizer experience coupled with a touch-sensitive screen and solid build quality. On the downside, DT felt the overall computing performance was mediocre and the unit was a bit large and pricey. The full review is worth a read if you're considering a widescreen convertible tablet with active digitizer and touch, just remember that the CPU is a 1.06 Intel Core Duo ULV processor to save on battery life. While it might not be the snappiest Tablet PC on the block, it should get you close to 3 hours of battery life with the standard battery and appropriate power management settings. I personally like the inclusion of the PC Card slot for 3G modem cards as well as support for 802.11a to complement the b/g; I run both types of networks at home to separate the data streams from the video streams. Note: the C-120X is also known as the E-155C.

Comments

[PlatoIsDerrida]

JK,

This is a bit off topic, but I've been trying to figure out how to split your network (and I presume to increase the available bandwidth.) Can you please point me at some sources that discuss the why's and wherefore's?

Thanks,

PiD

[Kevin C. Tofel]

I'll answer for JK even though it's me that runs the two networks mentioned. ;)

At a very high level: I have one DSL line running into the house. That line directly connects to an 802.11b/g router to provide one WiFi network. The 802.11b/g router is connected by CAT-5 cable to an 802.11a network in a daisy chain fashion. They are essentially two separate networks, but each has a connection to the Internet. Perhaps folks want to see this in a detailed post along with some reasons why one might want the two networks?

[dwhitney]

A 1.06 C2D processor to get "3 hours with the proper settings"???? Jeez! I can get 3 hours of usage on my standard battery on my Fujitsu T4215 with a 2.16GHZ C2D so I would hope the gateway can get 5+ hours on a standard battery with that processor or they have no reason to include such a slow processor.

What am I missing here?

[Kevin C. Tofel]

Good question, but I'm not sure the comparison is accurate. If I recall, the T4215 comes standard with a 6-cell battery. The Gateway comes with a 4-cell, although I don't know the power capacity.