DIY 13.4″ Carbon Fiber Touchscreen Tablet PC – http://carbontablet.blogspot.com/

This is a project I have been working on in my spare time for the last few months. I wanted a Windows 7 touchscreen tablet with a large screen that could handle HD video and wasn’t too thick or power hungry. The build cost for this was around 0-700. I had to sit at a weird angle for filming so I had a couple issues with the touchscreen, but it was only becuase of my odd positioning. The touch responsiveness is acutally pretty good, not iPad good, but good enough for me . Enjoy! Check out my blog for more info carbontablet.blogspot.com

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25 Comments For This Post

stoneground1 Says:
at 3:38 pm
Nice!! On your blogspot you say that you used a macbook pro power button. As i look at the whole unit, it seems you made a mold of a macbook pro and put everything in it. The body is the same. Other than the screen part i’d say it’s a copy of the macbook pro. Good job though!! Keep it up!!
smohan123 Says:
at 3:38 pm
Cool project, but I don’t think I could ever get into watching movies on a 13 inch screen.

Still, this is a helluva feat. Congratulations.
Farfartt Says:
at 3:38 pm
Hi Slabama
GREAT WORK
Do you have plans of production and selling?
Are there any outputs e.g. VGA, DVI or sound?
MajinFrahma Says:
at 3:38 pm
Really nice work there.

Are you using any special video drivers for the gma or anything like flash beta?
Phraun Says:
at 3:38 pm
An ACTUAL tablet computer, that’s awesome. Does it work reasonably well with a stylus (i.e. drawing tablet)?

Very impressive in any case, definitely a much better bang for the buck than the damn iPad. I want one.
datrusnipsta Says:
at 3:38 pm
@Naxxlax are you retarded Apple did not invent the tablet pc…Your just another gay apple fan boy who picks apple products because they are user friendly since he cant use something better but more difficult.
larlar752000 Says:
at 3:38 pm
Nevermind.. Will you be selling these?
Metalhead5141 Says:
at 3:38 pm
why the hell is everyone such fucking hypocrites ! only because its from windows u think u can call it good?
M1k3STL Says:
at 3:38 pm
This is amazing. Very nice work man.
monkeyfly30 Says:
at 3:38 pm
im impressed but really there is no reason for the accelerometer and you should water your plants
mrkiki911 Says:
at 3:38 pm
what are the dimensions (whd)?
tehwun Says:
at 3:38 pm
@Naxxlax Haha. Nice try macfag. Much better than the ipad. Why? The iPad isn’t actually a computer.
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at 3:38 pm
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xSlapshot49x Says:
at 3:38 pm
omg u owe me a new pair of pants
NilsJeppe Says:
at 3:38 pm
Nice. What’s the battery time you get on this thing?
Monger4142 Says:
at 3:38 pm
what kind of motherboard did you jam in there?
ClarkMills Says:
at 3:38 pm
Carbon tablet == graphite ?
riflessss Says:
at 3:38 pm
this thing is badass,
Elohite Says:
at 3:38 pm
This is good stuff, but might seem uncomfortable holding it with the hand as it weighs 2x as much as the ipad
lolol1234567890ful Says:
at 3:38 pm
Why aren’t you working at Microsoft?
mrblingblingking Says:
at 3:38 pm
looks very laggy. I think ur better off with linux on a portable like this.
paintdataint Says:
at 3:38 pm
This is fucking awesome dude! good job! the only people who hate on this are the retards who shelled out the 5-800 dollars (or whatever it is) for the ipad.
LightxEdge Says:
at 3:38 pm
Cool, now try and get WebOS on that thing
TheDepreso Says:
at 3:38 pm
it’s home made? WOW, that’s impressive!
rafacharmed2 Says:
at 3:38 pm
way better than the ipad. go tablet pc!

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The curtain has been raised (slightly) on the next installment of Microsoft’s Windows operating system – Windows 7.

Microsoft hope it will bring the internet, mobile phone and PC closer together. But reviews have so far been mixed, although reviewers have been limited to trying the (pre-beta version).

The full version is expected to be capable of working with a touchscreen screen, navigating documents and the Web similar to Apple’s iPhone. It is officially released at the end of 2009.

InfoWorld

“I have seen the future, and it is bleak. Windows 7, the next big version, the one that was supposed to fix everything that was wrong with Vista, is here (at least in pre-beta form), and I can now say – with some confidence – that Microsoft has once again dropped the ball.

“Overall, I’m extremely disappointed with Windows 7. Far from atoning for Vista’s sins, Windows 7 simply carries them forward, visiting them upon yet another generation. Windows 7 is no panacea. Rather, it’s just more of the same: slow, bloated, and frustrating as hell.”

The Register

“When it comes to Windows 7, Microsoft hasn’t just learned from the mistakes of Windows Vista. It has picked up a thing or two from Apple’s OS X, judging by first impressions.

Techradar

“It’s not clear how big the changes are so far. If you put the beta-build of Windows 7 side-by-side with Windows Vista, you’d be hard-pressed to spot the differences. Yes, some of the icons look slightly different and there’s no sidebar, but it’s essentially still the Vista look and feel. But that changes when you start to use Windows 7.

“For a start the OS won’t nag you as much; many notifications are banished to a control panel, you get to approve icons before they show up in the system tray and Microsoft has reined in Vista’s useful but annoying UAC prompts; you can choose which ones you want to see or turn them off altogether.”

ZDNet

“Initially Windows 7 looks similar to Vista, but there a lot of new features that have been added. Under the skin, Microsoft has been working hard. Boot times have been reduced, and certainly the review laptop Microsoft provided has a fairly snappy boot time.

“Microsoft has been working with OEMs to improve battery life – simple things such as reducing the timer frequency can improve battery life by up to 10 per cent. The networking stack has had new diagnostics added to help users figure out exactly where the problem lies.

PC Magazine

“So, is this all a big deal? It’s not a change to the fundamental core of Windows, and most of the improvements sound relatively small. But taken together, they seem to address many of the issues people have had for Windows. I’m looking forward to trying it out, starting this afternoon.”

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