I’ve installed Windows 7 on the Clevo TN70M and it’s working very well. Auto screen rotation isn’t working yet but everything else seems to be. Even tablet features started working fully after I installed the touch drivers. I’ve tested the beta graphics drivers and it even enables Aero. (But causes problems with Windows Media Player so I rolled back to the standard drivers.)
The fact that Windows 7 works is more significant than with many other devices because you can buy the TN70M without an operating system for just over 400 Euro. This makes the Clevo TN70 with its excellent touchscreen the cheapest tablet PC available today. The wide frame and palm resistance help too so although it’s not the ultimate handwriting pad, it’s a fantastic entry point. Even if you’re not into handwriting, there are some nice features in Windows 7 that help with finger navigation and mobility. I just wish that auto screen-rotate software was working. It hasnt been working under XP either so it is possible I have a faulty unit here.
There’s not much more to say at the moment because it’s early days. I want to upgrade the RAM to 2GB because although Win 7 seems much more gentle on hard drives than Vista, it’s not as gentle as XP is. A fast 32GB SSD would be a better option than the 60GB HDD in my opinion and would really help Win 7.
Optical pointer, webcam, mouse pointer, fingerprint reader, touch, brightness, volume, sleep, sd card, audio, BT, Wifi. Check! Everything working.
What a bargain this is turning into. I have a broken Q1 Ultra here. I wonder if the 1024×600 would swap into it! I’m tempted to buy this little budget baby just to try it out because that’s the only thing that would need changing in order to make this a very compelling little UMPC.
June 27th, 2009 at 3:35 am
800×480 is a no-go for many, including myself.
chippy Reply:
June 27th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
I agree. 800×480 is going to be the main issue with the TN70M
June 29th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
It’s a pretty small display, I’m not sure if it would be easy on my eyes with 1024×600… Anyway, does the graphics driver support “downscaling” ? (Setting up 1024×600 or 1280×800 resolution on 800×480 for software installation?)
July 6th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Hi,
I upgrade to 2gb RAM on my TN70M. I have also Aero effect (768MB of share video RAM).
Everything works but a little problem: impossible to awake after sleep (nothing on the screen but the leds are green). Do you have the same problem?
phamchau.
May 12th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
I’ve the same problem here… no awake. Seems to have something to do with Chipset/GMA drivers. Sometimes I see the logon screen for a few seconds, then it dies. Have to manually swithc it off. No idea what could help?
May 13th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Impossible. The problem occurs not only in Windows 7 mais also in Ubuntu (9.10, 10.04, …). Nothing to do with Poulsbo. Use Hibernate instead.