I have not personally tried linux on it. This laptop has device specific drivers that may be difficult to get working correctly under linux.
The screen is likely sourced from a tablet, so it's default orientation is portrait. This means that the UEFI displays in that orientation, rather than the correct landscape orientation. The included windows drivers correct that.
There is also a sensor that rotates the screen automatically when you fold it into tablet mode. In device manager it is labeled "Bosch Accelerometer".
Wifi is labeled as a "Realtek 8852BE". But the chip looks pretty generic on the mainboard, I'm not sure if it's a real Realtek chip.
The sound card is generically labeled as "High Definition Audio Device".
The keyboard is actually pretty decent. It's only 7.5" wide, and some of the keys are in a strange position. But has a better feel than a MacBook butterfly keyboard.
Battery life I haven't tested. Right now at 77% Windows is estimating "3 hours remaining". Using it lightly I'd estimate around 4 hours of battery life.
Thanks for taking the time to answer these. The thing you say about the display is interesting. I guess that means subpixel rendering (ClearType) will be suboptimal when in "laptop" mode but not a big deal.
Missed having a true pocket computer since the Psion/Windows CE days. I'll probably end up buying one... :-)
windowsrookie|2 years ago
The screen is likely sourced from a tablet, so it's default orientation is portrait. This means that the UEFI displays in that orientation, rather than the correct landscape orientation. The included windows drivers correct that.
There is also a sensor that rotates the screen automatically when you fold it into tablet mode. In device manager it is labeled "Bosch Accelerometer".
Wifi is labeled as a "Realtek 8852BE". But the chip looks pretty generic on the mainboard, I'm not sure if it's a real Realtek chip.
The sound card is generically labeled as "High Definition Audio Device".
The keyboard is actually pretty decent. It's only 7.5" wide, and some of the keys are in a strange position. But has a better feel than a MacBook butterfly keyboard.
Battery life I haven't tested. Right now at 77% Windows is estimating "3 hours remaining". Using it lightly I'd estimate around 4 hours of battery life.
cjdell|2 years ago
Missed having a true pocket computer since the Psion/Windows CE days. I'll probably end up buying one... :-)