Samsung Q1P UMPC gets Vista-fied

by Evan Blass, posted Mar 6th 2007 at 5:08PM

So aside from Kevin and James over at jkOnTheRun, we're not sure how many folks are going to be delighted to learn that Samsung's Q1P UMPC is now all Vista-certified (it still ships with the same rather anemic hardware, however), but sometimes you just gotta throw a bone to the hardcore "ultranauts." Not much to say about the 1.7-pound, 7-inch Q1P that you didn't already know, but to fill a little space we'll regurgitate the specs for the umpteenth time: 1.0GHz Pentium ULV processor, 60GB HDD, 1GB of RAM (not bad!), Bluetooth, WiFi, and of course integrated graphics. The biggest plus for Vista Q1P users -- besides the upgraded pen input -- will probably be Origami Experience, a launcher / media player that strives to polish up the interface and further differentiate the UMPC from PDA's and full-size tablets. As usual, $1,300 is the sticker price for this model, which is available immediately with its new Vista flava.

Filed under: Handhelds, Tablet PCs

Tags: origami experience, OrigamiExperience, q1p, samsung, vista

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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a ham sandwich @ Mar 6th 2007 5:53PM

vista home basic or premium? basic i assume, ri?

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Buck Jones III @ Mar 6th 2007 6:27PM

It comes with the Windows Vista Home Premium

http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/03/05/samsung.q1p.for.vista/

Low Ranked

mike @ Mar 6th 2007 8:08PM

Nowhere near as scalable as OS X. Check.

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Kevin C. Tofel @ Mar 6th 2007 8:44PM

Thanks for the shoutout; I've been running Vista Ultimate on my Q1P since December, but we're all still waiting for the HID drivers from Samsung for all the good tablet bits. We'd pay a kings ransom for the drivers on the pre-installed Vista machine you pointed out....or $5, whichever is more.

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