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.
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
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?
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?
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.