Anyone using the Quickweb function? Tutorials?

It seems like an interesting concept but I wish I had more confidence in it. I would like to hear peoples' experiences with it in general, but also, here are a few questions in case anyone can help me out:

What does it use for protection as it surfs the internet? It isn't using my virus protection software so does it use anything?

Where are files saved on the hard drive? It looks like /home/user/my documents but I saved a test .pdf from the web and although I see it in Quickweb's file browser I can't see it anywhere on my hard drive after I boot into windows and do a search.

Does the clock work correctly for you? I selected my time zone and it is still an hour behind. If I manually correct it, it will change back at the next reboot. My BIOS shows the right time and my router shows the right time so I am not sure where it gets its time. Maybe it doesn't have a daylight savings function?

I guess there is no way to update the Skype version?

Before I try initializing the email function, I would like to know how it worked for others. Does it link to your main Outlook file or create some separate file? I don't want to take a chance on messing up the .pst file. Is there any anti virus protection for incoming emails?

Thanks in advance.

 

I checked this out last night. My first boot into it didn't take long at all to set up BTW - maybe 3 minutes tops.

Anyhow - I may use it some for just a quick web access point to sites that I know and trust. However, I don't see me using it for anything extensive. I will have to play around some more with it and see if I can find files, etc. that you mentioned.

My clock displays correctly for EST.

DLB

 

I'm using QuickWeb right now. It's good if you need to hop online in a coffee shop or something (I'm in Starbucks killing time before an interview). Personally, I wouldn't consider it good for anything else, but then again, HP did call it "QuickWeb." If I needed to do any sort of real work, except maybe using MS Office online via Skydrive, I'd boot into Windows.

 

The new version fixes the clock problem.

It is a big download. Make sure your computer doesn't go into sleep mode and stop things in the middle of the process. It will not alert you that it fails to install and thus you will not learn there was a problem until the PC later does its periodic search for new downloads.

 

The files are saved in the HP_TOOLS partition.

Quickweb looks useless at the moment. I expected it to consume less power than Windows but it doesn't. I'm getting 3h20 minutes in Quickweb with very light (no flash/no HTML 5) usage. And 3h in Windows with the same light usage.

A Windows cold boot takes 7 seconds from the moment I press the button, a resume from sleep is instant. Getting to Quickweb isn't much faster than a cold boot and is definitely slower than a resume from sleep.

The pointstick isn't properly supported in Quickweb. It moves too slow and I don't seem to find any method for changing its settings. The touch pad is supported somewhat, but you don't get the same degree of control like you do with the Synaptics Windows drivers.