I spent like 20 minutes with it. I only really got to use a few things, like the paint program, chat, web browser, and camera. Everything took like 10-20 seconds to appear, and screen elements would slowly draw themselves as you did anything. I wasn't really aware of how slow the Geode is, but it kinda reminded me of early Windows CE devices, it's that kinda slow.
But that was just part of the problem. I appreciate that they're trying to do a new, more universal UI, but I found it unbelievably confusing and frustrating. Everything is represented as a 16px monochrome icon and it's very difficult to get an understanding of what's going on.
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What apps did you test it with and how slow was it exactly? Web browser, text processor?
Uhh, question to SuitCase of course.
Just add the damned 'delete' button already Engadget.
I spent like 20 minutes with it. I only really got to use a few things, like the paint program, chat, web browser, and camera. Everything took like 10-20 seconds to appear, and screen elements would slowly draw themselves as you did anything. I wasn't really aware of how slow the Geode is, but it kinda reminded me of early Windows CE devices, it's that kinda slow.
But that was just part of the problem. I appreciate that they're trying to do a new, more universal UI, but I found it unbelievably confusing and frustrating. Everything is represented as a 16px monochrome icon and it's very difficult to get an understanding of what's going on.