Android OS vs Windows XP

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Aldingo

I am wondering what is advantages of using Android OS over the Windows XP on Tablet PC? I am
planning to buy Tablet PC 7" inch, most 7" tablet PCs come with Android OS, so it's very difficult to find
one with Windows XP. I need access financial market via trading application and manage trading
account while on the move; although there is version for Android OS, but this version is stripped-down
and have limited functions, it is not convenient for work.
 
Aldingo said:
I am wondering what is advantages of using Android OS over the Windows XP on Tablet PC? I am
planning to buy Tablet PC 7" inch, most 7" tablet PCs come with Android OS, so it's very difficult to find
one with Windows XP. I need access financial market via trading application and manage trading
account while on the move; although there is version for Android OS, but this version is stripped-down
and have limited functions, it is not convenient for work.
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Why not use a laptop, ultrabook, or netbook ?

The design intent of the ultrabook, is to weigh 3 pounds. So
it's a relatively lightweight computing device, with a screen
which is larger than a tablet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrabook

Here is an ultrabook review, to get you started. I picked this
one, because it offers an 11.6" screen as an option.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4985/asus-zenbook-ux21-review

Paul
 
You would need an "X86 tablet", as WinXP doesn't support the ARM processor.
Microsoft will apparently be including ARM support in Windows 8, but it's not
in WinXP.

Things you'd need:

1) x86 tablet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_xp

"Platform support IA-32, x86-64 and Itanium" <--- No ARM processors

2) Version of WinXP with touchscreen input support

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_Tablet_PC_Edition#Tablet_PC_Edition

"Requirements to install Tablet PC Edition include a tablet digitizer or
touchscreen device, and hardware control buttons including a Ctrl-Alt-Delete
shortcut button, scrolling buttons, and at least one user-configurable
application button."

3) Drivers for hardware devices in the tablet. Toughest one to get,
is a custom graphics driver. Check with the X86 tablet manufacturer
web site, to see if the proper drivers are there. The LCD panel
in the tablet, might not have Plug and Play support, which is why a
custom driver with screen dimensions set up in it, is needed.

If any of your traditional X86 programs have minimum screen dimensions
needed for their operation, the tablet might not meet those requirements.

Example of a tablet that can dual boot:

http://vr-zone.com/articles/dual-booting-x86-tablet-shows-up-in-china/11711.html

Paul
 
The problem with these small tablets is that there usually isn't enough
disk space to properly support a Windows XP installation.

John
 
Paul said:
You would need an "X86 tablet", as WinXP doesn't support the ARM
processor. Microsoft will apparently be including ARM support in
Windows 8, but it's not in WinXP.

Things you'd need:

1) x86 tablet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_xp

"Platform support IA-32, x86-64 and Itanium" <--- No ARM
processors

2) Version of WinXP with touchscreen input support

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_Tablet_PC_Edition#Tablet_PC
_Edition

"Requirements to install Tablet PC Edition include a tablet
digitizer or
touchscreen device, and hardware control buttons including a
Ctrl-Alt-Delete shortcut button, scrolling buttons, and at
least one user-configurable application button."

3) Drivers for hardware devices in the tablet. Toughest one to get,
is a custom graphics driver. Check with the X86 tablet
manufacturer web site, to see if the proper drivers are there. The
LCD panel in the tablet, might not have Plug and Play support,
which is why a custom driver with screen dimensions set up in it,
is needed.

If any of your traditional X86 programs have minimum screen dimensions
needed for their operation, the tablet might not meet those
requirements.

Example of a tablet that can dual boot:

http://vr-zone.com/articles/dual-booting-x86-tablet-shows-up-in-china/1
1711.html

Paul
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Really, I think now that it will be more convenient to get small 11.6" netbook, some non-branded OEM
netbook.

Aldingo
 
I am wondering what is advantages of using Android OS over the Windows XP on Tablet PC? I am
planning to buy Tablet PC 7" inch, most 7" tablet PCs come with Android OS, so it's very difficult to find
one with Windows XP. I need access financial market via trading application and manage trading
account while on the move; although there is version for Android OS, but this version is stripped-down
and have limited functions, it is not convenient for work.
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Huh??????
I thought Anderoid is a type of cellphone, not an OS. If it is an OS,
who makes it and why is it not available for any computer? Os is this
another form of linux to add to the 1000 different forms of linux
already made to confuse people?

I must be getting old, it used to be so simple to use a computer back
in the early days! These days the computers are too complicated and
then the cellphones are trying to be computers. Mass chaos if you ask
me.... Maybe its time to go back to Ms-Dos....
 
Per (e-mail address removed):
Huh??????
I thought Anderoid is a type of cellphone, not an OS. If it is an OS,
who makes it and why is it not available for any computer? Os is this
another form of linux to add to the 1000 different forms of linux
already made to confuse people?
Click to expand...

It is an OS. Google "makes" it, but various vendors of devices
are free to modify it - mainly by putting overlays on top of it.

It's not another flavor of Linux, although it's a freebie like
Linux.

It is not available for any computer bc it's specifically written
for cell phones and tablets.

Now you know everything about Android that I do.... -)
 
It is not available for any computer bc it's specifically written
for cell phones and tablets.
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Android OS can ported over to the x86 architecture. I have it running
in Virtualbox. It doesn't actually *do* much, but that it can be done
is interesting in of itself.
 
Huh??????
I thought Anderoid is a type of cellphone, not an OS. If it is an OS,
who makes it and why is it not available for any computer? Os is this
another form of linux to add to the 1000 different forms of linux
already made to confuse people?

I must be getting old, it used to be so simple to use a computer back
in the early days! These days the computers are too complicated and
then the cellphones are trying to be computers. Mass chaos if you ask
me.... Maybe its time to go back to Ms-Dos....
Click to expand...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)

"Kernel type Monolithic (Linux kernel)

Supported platforms ARM, MIPS, x86

Android's kernel is based on the Linux kernel and has further architecture
changes by Google outside the typical Linux kernel development cycle.

Android does not have a native X Window System nor does it support the
full set of standard GNU libraries, and this makes it difficult to port
existing Linux applications or libraries to Android."

So it wasn't exactly written from scratch. And it's divorced enough from
the Linux environment, to make it unique. (Unique in the sense that it has
it's own Wikipedia entry :-) )

Paul
 
Huh??????
I thought Anderoid is a type of cellphone, not an OS.
Click to expand...


Android (note the spelling) is an operating system, not a type of cell
phone. But many cell phones use that operating system, and so they are
often called Android cell phones.


If it is an OS,
who makes it and why is it not available for any computer?
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It is developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google. You can
read about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)

Os is this
another form of linux to add to the 1000 different forms of linux
already made to confuse people?
Click to expand...


No, it's not a form of Linux.

I must be getting old, it used to be so simple to use a computer back
in the early days! These days the computers are too complicated and
then the cellphones are trying to be computers. Mass chaos if you ask
me.... Maybe its time to go back to Ms-Dos....
Click to expand...


As computers become more powerful, they also become less simple.
Similarly, the engine in a Ferrari is much less simple than that in a
Ford.

But it's your choice as to whether you want simplicity or more
capability and power.
 
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