News Week of February 7, 2010

Archos tablet doesn't make Windows look good

Archos 9 is lethargic because it runs Windows 7 on a processor that's even slower than those used in netbooks � those slow, small laptops. How slow is it? Windows rates computers from 1.0 to 7.9 based on how fast the hardware is, and places the Archos 9 at a 1.3 � the lowest I've seen. It takes nearly two minutes to boot up. TV shows on Hulu.com stutter so badly they're like slide shows with a soundtrack.

It's a little disconcerting that the Windows tablet experience is so poor, nine years after Microsoft made a big push for its Tablet PC version of Windows XP. Clearly, Microsoft hasn't really adapted Windows properly for this type of device.  (Source: Peter Svensson, CNN)