Tablet Thoughts :: Nvidia Shield - Do we have a winner?

So the next generation "Tegra Note" has hit the shelves in the form of an Nvidia branded Shield Tablet (See my thoughts on the Tegra Note). With this iteration Nvidia is holding all the cards and not partnering with vendors to produce units, but rather producing them themselves. Personally I think that's a smart move on their part as this allows them to control their take on the Android OS (Whatever tweaks they make) and also the Hardware.

Specs:

Processor	NVIDIA® Tegra® K1 192 core Kepler GPU, 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex A15 CPU with 2GB RAM
Display	8-inch 1920x1200 multi-touch Full HD display
Audio	Front facing stereo speakers, dual bass reflex port with built-in microphone
Storage	32 GB (WiFi+4G LTE) / 16 GB (WiFi-only) w/ MicroSD slot

Accessories:
Stylus
Gamepad/Controller
Cover (Magnetic)

Biggest plus on this thing are the CPU and front facing speakers. The speakers even add base reflex system. Lets just say that I can't wait till the local shops have some stock cause upgrading to this from my original Galaxy Tab 10.1 is gonna be a blast. Couple this tablet with the GTX 980 which should be released soon (hopefully sooner than later cause my GTX 580 is getting tired) and you've got more gaming then you can shake a console at.

Looking forward to playing with this and if I'm not too busy having fun I may stop back in here and provide an update. ;o)

Quick Tip :: Powershell and CMD one liners

List the all processes by Memory use

Windows command line (cmd.exe)
C:\> tasklist /NH | sort /+65 /R


Powershell (Start>Run type powershell and hit OK)

Get-Process | sort ws -Descending

Top 10 only
Get-Process | sort ws -Descending | select -First 10

Alternative with full *.exe name and memory use only (in Megabytes)
Get-WmiObject win32_process | sort WorkingSetSize -Descending | Select-Object -Property ProcessName,WorkingSetSize | Format-Table ProcessName,@{label="WS(MB)";Expr={[math]::truncate($_.WorkingSetSize / 1MB)}} -autosize

Alternative again, but only returning the Top 20
Get-WmiObject win32_process | sort WorkingSetSize -Descending | select -First 20 | Select-Object -Property ProcessName,WorkingSetSize | Format-Table ProcessName,@{label="WS(MB)";Expr={[math]::truncate($_.WorkingSetSize / 1MB)}} -autosize 

 
List hard drive info (Exclude Removable and CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Drives)
Powershell (Start>Run type powershell and hit OK)

Get-WmiObject -class win32_logicaldisk -Filter "DriveType != '2' AND DriveType != '5'" | Format-Table

Same thing but of a remote computer

Get-WmiObject -class win32_logicaldisk -Filter "DriveType != '2' AND DriveType != '5'" -ComputerName server.domain.net -credential domain\userid | Format-Table

Get Windows Service(s) information
PowerShell - Get status of a specific Service
(Get-Service -DisplayName 'Spoo*').status

Get status of a specific Service on a remote machine
(Get-Service -ComputerName server.domain.net -DisplayName 'IBM Cog*').status

Side note for the above 2 examples: As there is a wildcard ('*') in the name these commands may return more than one if the wildcard matches anything. I'm just lazy and don't like typing. :P

Display all services and then sort by status then name
Get-Service | Sort-Object -property `@{Expression="Status";Descending=$true}, `@{Expression="DisplayName";Descending=$false}

That's it for now. As I come across/use more I'll post them here.