Motion LE1600 Pentium M 758/1.5 GHz Review
November 13th, 2009
Motion LE1600 Pentium M 758 / 1.5 GHz LV – Centrino – RAM 512 MB – HDD 60 GB – GMA 900 – Gigabit Ethernet – WLAN : 802.11b/g Review from Moses Chung mcswing. Satisfactory tablet…not a very good computing solution., Overall, this computer is not worth the price. I tested this model for work and I found that the unit is satisfactory if used only as a tablet. I do have to say that I’m impressed with how far tablets have come at being responsive to the pen input and at turning my chicken scratch writing into text (recognition is about 80% correct). But alongside those positives, the weight of the unit and trying to utilize it as a full-fledged computer, browsing the Web and doing all the things that a normal computer user would do, are just very tedious on this unit. The two worst features of this tablet and the reason why I would not purchase one at the price offered is that, first of all, the accessories, mainly a detachable keyboard, is flimsy and it takes quite an effort to place the tablet on and remove it from the keyboard. Once the unit is placed on the keyboard, because the keyboard unit is actually lighter than the tablet, the entire contraption becomes way too top heavy. These technical flaws just make using the device as a full-fledged computer not worth it. But the second and final aspect of this computer that makes it not worth it is the company itself and the support that they provide. I had one of these flimsy keyboard units break on me during testing (and considering the construction of these things, it wasn’t surprising that it broke). I called the support line to get a replacement and they charged my company to ship the unit back via FedEx. $3000 computer and the company charges the customer for shipping???? After that incident, I recommended that my company avoid this company at all costs. Anyway, I’m not specifically endorsing the alternatives, but I do think that users who are looking for a tablet should look at units that have a keyboard permanently attached with the tablet screens on a swivel. The unit my company is using is the HP tc4200 tablet PC. I’m having some minor troubles with this machine as well but it is a far better solution than these units. And HP actually replaces peripherals without charging their customers.
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