Comments on BeejBlog: Samsung Q1U-V Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC)

Gotta ask, where's "around here"? :)...

2009-11-13T12:57:42.305-06:00

Gotta ask, where's "around here"? :)

And yes DEFINITELY load Win7 as soon as you can get your hands on it... it's a very nice upgrade... you will really like the improved speeds especially compared to Vista... you will have a whole new machine if you've actually be running Vista on yours... I couldn't bear Vista trying and failing miserably to play video and such... so sat on XP until 7 came along... all the drivers work, the screen calibrates, there are zero downsides.

I haven't seen those around here yet, so I'...

2009-11-13T05:33:59.465-06:00

I haven't seen those around here yet, so I'm not familiar with them. They're always behind around here - netbooks just came in. Mainly its the processor being so slow, though I do admit I'm probably running more bells and whistles than most do. I use it for a lot of things and rely on the onscreen keyboard a lot. I do notice a good bit of lag on playing media on it. I use it for word processing, recording, volunteer work for the local independent living project, reading and even watching netflixs while on my treadmill. Yes, I did the RAM upgrade the moment I got it, and using the flashcard for RAM boost. Maybe trying Win7 on it would help. I usually just hibernate the device to avoid Vista's long startup. I really like my samsung, so I hate giving it up. I also like the built in keyboard, mouse, etc. I'll have to look into Win 7. I hear its faster than Vista. I just don't want to go backwards to anything like XP. I never liked it.

Just to make sure we're not talking past each ...

2009-11-06T02:27:38.713-06:00

Just to make sure we're not talking past each other here, the Viliv and Archos are 7" & 9" touchscreen "tablets" just like the Q1 series... i.e. no clamshell keyboard... which i totally agree with you, is the form factor of choice.

I love using mine as an eReader... that's the primary reason i got it... a clamshell netbook just wouldn't be the same for that usage scenario of reading in bed etc.

Also, I have read about folks overclocking the Q1U's with a tool called SETFSB... i tried it once... didn't work right off the bat, was wondering if i had a different chipset or something... a basic google will give you a lot of hits to explore: overclock+q1u+2009 ... let me know if you get that working... i should keep trying so i have that trick up my sleeve when needing to impress :)

In general though I find Win7 on this thing to be an absolute dream performance wise... no real reason to go looking for more oomph... it streams Video just fine and it cranks through my giant GPS German raster maps pretty dang well too.

What scenarios are you running into performance problems?

I'm sure you've done the RAM upgrade right??

Yes, you and me both. I've looked at the newe...

2009-11-06T01:14:42.368-06:00

Yes, you and me both. I've looked at the newer netbooks, but seriously, I love the touch screen, etc the Q1u-v has. What has been soldered can be unsoldered (helped my dad put together a Heathkit back when home computers were new. You had to solder everything onto the boards yourself. When one was bad, we had to take it off and solder in a replacement. Hence my wondering if anyone had considered replacing it or both it and the motherboard. Wishful thinking I know.

Re: Atom upgrade - yeah you and me both sister! W...

2009-11-03T02:39:43.424-06:00

Re: Atom upgrade - yeah you and me both sister! We all know given enough time/effort/money anything is possible in computers but I'm not going to be placing any hope in the CPU upgrade bucket on these units. The CPU is soldered. Stuff this size is a total custom fit all the way down to the heat profile. I paid about $665 for my Q1U... and well over a $grand when you add in custom accessories that probably won't migrate to another unit... yes that smarts compared to the dearth of $200 range Atom netbooks I see... but this tablet form factor has given me so much valuable real life usage it has been totally worth it. There are some really nice new Atom based tablets out there now for $500... the Archos 9 tablet, the Viliv X70 is $600 but they'll all come down shortly... that is pretty reasonable in my opinion... I say just hold out for another 6 mo-year and it'll be time to lay our trusty Q1U's down for a much deserved dirt nap.

Have you looked into upgrading the processor/mothe...

2009-11-03T01:16:04.211-06:00

Have you looked into upgrading the processor/motherboard that the new netbooks are using? I still like my Q1u-v, but would like it to have one of the faster atom processors in it. Has anyone tried it yet?

The fan is absolutely silent... I didn't even real...

2008-10-03T03:37:00.000-05:00

The fan is absolutely silent... I didn't even realize there was a fan until I noticed the very minor heat output ... I had to put it right up next to my ear to make sure.

Wondering if you could talk more about the fan noi...

2008-09-30T13:37:00.000-05:00

Wondering if you could talk more about the fan noise. I'm looking at picking up one of these but laptop fan noise usually drives me crazy...

Considering going fanless with something like the Dell Mini 9, but I really like the tablet format of the Q1U.

Try vLite befor the switch to XP. Same as nLite bu...

2008-09-11T17:57:00.000-05:00

Try vLite befor the switch to XP. Same as nLite but still kinda beta for Vista support.