This is a really nice UMPC device

jkkmobile blog did a good review of the Kohjinsha SX3 UMPC. There are many things about this UMPC I like. Maybe should be little bit less of all the ports and things and instead do the 1.6GHz Intel Atom, and NOT run Vista. Being able to turn the screen so you can use it as tablet is good. If there just could be some good software to use it for taking notes I would be very happy. Organizing and searching among my own notes when on meetings, and making new notes with text and drawings. Just like paper but better organized.

Also I would like to see how linux would do on this UMPC. I do not know where linux dists are when it comes to touch screen and handwriting. I would really like to have an UMPC same size as Kohjinsha SX3 and at least 1280x768 in resolution, runing some linux dist. And be really fast and have long battery time.

Read more: UMPCportal, engadget, gizmodo

Microsoft PR-stunt, and Vista instability

You probably read about this already in all the IT-news. People who see a version of Vista that say it is something else thinks it is really good. It is just a PR-stunt. You do not see all the problems just from a demo. You need to use it.

Basically I think many of the new things in Vista is good. UAC is basically the same as using SUDO in Linux. And programs that have problems with UAC are mostly written wrong about where the program should put things.

But, the feeling about Vista is that it is very unstable. And it feels like it is degrading over time. The only Vista system I am using actively was installed 8 month ago. And I've done all upgrades from Microsoft. And I have double checked most of the drivers connected to hardware. And after getting the correct version of the network card driver installed, the system has run without any BSoD. But today, for the second time in one week the system just freeze. You can do nothing. It looks like the disk is somewhat active. Only thing to do is a hard reboot.

Today I have googled for this problem. But I get to many hits to get any real hint of the problem. Maybe I should run some kind of check of all the system files to see if it is the correct ones. I just wonder what tool is best for that? Should I run recover from the CD? Will it really check the files in the way I want?

I guess I let it be for the moment. But if it will start to happen often I have to do something.