Comments on: CTL 2Go PC convertible early impressions

By: wedding dresses

wedding dresses — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:27:00 +0000

Thanks for all the reporting, Luke. I wonder if the “hassle free warranty” means that children can decorate their Classmate without voiding the warranty.

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By: Goodman

Goodman — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:40:34 +0000

>No stickers or logos! I kept thinking that the only thing that looks goofy about this lil guy in the review pictures was the CTL 2go logo. Luckily, it doesn't come with that.

Mine did have the 2go stickers, alas. But no big deal. Still haven't found the “blue dolphin” interface I'd heard about, but generally I'm pretty happy with it.

By: Goodman

Goodman — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:40:34 +0000

>No stickers or logos! I kept thinking that the only thing that looks goofy about this lil guy in the review pictures was the CTL 2go logo. Luckily, it doesn't come with that.

Mine did have the 2go stickers, alas. But no big deal. Still haven't found the “blue dolphin” interface I'd heard about, but generally I'm pretty happy with it.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:19:07 +0000

I'm with Luke. The 2Go certainly warms up a bit after you've been
using it a while. But no more so than most other laptops or netbooks
I've used. I wouldn't call it hot.

By: luke b

luke b — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:10:16 +0000

Ahem, you didnt hear it from me but the tablet edition floating around the piratebay may work just fine. I figure we have all purchased xp one way or another probably an average of 3-4 times, I'm not super interested in buying it again.

There have been a couple times since my initial report that I felt the underside and it was a higher temp. I still wouldn't call it hot but maybe just very warm. You wouldn't notice it on your lap through a layer of clothing but it may be borderline uncomfortable for people holding it, as you are apt to do with a tablet. I still don't think it gets warmer than most laptops I have used. Also, when the fan is at full force it is probably a little louder than my msi wind, but it rarely gets up to full force.

This lil computer is an attention getter on the train and at school, people are very curious as to where I got it. If CTL does the proper advertising it will really take off.

By: richard_h

richard_h — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:45:56 +0000

Hi Luke,
Is there any difference between XP home or pro edition on the use tablet ?
Does the mouse pad respond to tap as a “mouse click” ? I'm comparing it with my dell inspiron.
Thanks.

By: Goodman

Goodman — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:27:56 +0000

Sigh. Tablet Edition runs around $160 at New Egg. I'm guessing CTL didn't include it for cost reasons. Nice job strangling new technology in it's cradle, Microsoft.

These reports have been great. I was curious as to the heat and noise, so it's good to hear that's not much of an issue. Looks like CTL is getting inventory under control. Their web site now says “usually ships in 1 to 2 days”.

By: luke b

luke b — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:55:31 +0000

Well the laptop works perfectly with windows tablet edition, and I finally have onenote acting the way I want it. Looks like this little computer is a real gem once you get the proper OS installed.

By the way, the windows tablet edition handwriting recognition works about 1000x better than the software that intel included.

One thing you will need to do if you reinstall the OS is find the drivers on the ctl ftp. They don't have a direct link to them. Go to the netbook directory and it is the one labeled NL1.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:23:20 +0000

CTL plans to make a version available with Ubuntu 9.04 in the future,
since Canonical is expected to add touchscreen support. Windows 7 will
also probably be an option once that OS is officially released. For
now you can get it with Windows XP Home or Pro.

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:50:48 +0000

i installed windows 7, everything went smooth at first, it recognized and had drivers for almost every device. The tablet worked automatically. The performance is decent with all the features/animations turned on. The only animation that stutters is closing in and out of windows. Performance seems on par with xp.

Even though I was able to install the drivers for the accelerometer, I can't seem to run the program that controls it, so it is semi useless in windows 7. Also, I was able to install all the tablet drivers but the tablet features of windows 7 are still not turned on.

Verdict: it is a little useless to install windows 7 on the ctl 2go tablet at this time, but it is still nice to know that if it ever is supported, the hardware is enough to push it.

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:33:17 +0000

I was comparing it to the hp tx2500z, when I use onenote with that tablet I get nice smooth ink. I was looking for something smaller to replace it.

Their FTP doesn't have drivers for linux but I suppose it is plausible. Since more than one OEM is making this, maybe there won't be a shortage of drivers.

By: richard_h

richard_h — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:19:17 +0000

Luke,
Which tablet are you comparing with in using the onenote ?
I think CTL only provide XP home edition, and not the XP tablet edition, right ?
On CTL website, it mentioned it can support Linux, does it mean the OS ? which may be coming on April ? I'm actually looking forward for something of Linux OS or GUI that does something similiar like iphone (or Mac)….like flipping through icons like a book.
Thanks.

By: Luke B

Luke B — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:57:52 +0000

As for the hot underside verdict by laptopmagazine, I couldn't disagree more. This tablet runs pretty cool. Perhaps it was just more noticeable because you spend more time holding this one. I can say it runs cooler than my eeePC 701 and my msi wind u100.

The fan is noticeable at full volume but not too noisy. It isn't high pitched like the eee PC fan. You would probably only hear it in a quiet room.

By: Luke B

Luke B — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:04:28 +0000

I'm a little disappointed with how onenote receives input from the pen, it recognizes it as mouse input so it doesn't bother with smoothing the ink and making it look halfway decent. I am practically married to onenote so I have to find a solution.

I'm going to try windows 7 which is supposed to have tablet features. After that I will try windows xp tablet edition.