Looking for tablet/convertible notebook
Mar 23, 2008, 10:30 am
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Looking for tablet/convertible notebook
I'm in the market for a tablet/convertible notebook, and I'm considering the Gateway C-141XL. I wanted to see if anyone has any recommendations or comments for tablets.
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Mar 25, 2008, 9:13 am
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I hear the ThinkPad X61 Tablet is pretty good...although I like all ThinkPads anyway. I have a 4 year old Acer TravelMate C110. This thing's build quality is crap, but it is pretty rugged IMO, but its EXTREMELY slow at a clock speed of 1Ghz and only 508MB RAM. This is with WinXP Pro Tablet PC Edition, which is known to be the most buggy one in a long time. Anyway, back on topic. I also hear good things about the Dell Latitude XT but its really pricey and generally I don't like Dell's.
Mar 25, 2008, 9:57 am
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Toshiba, Elevtrovaya
I have had a Toshiba Satelite for over a year and a half, and have loved it. I use it practically every day and travel with it twice each week. Have just ordered an Electrovaya Scribbler, so will post review when I start using it. I went with the Electrovaya as I have been watching it for well over 4 years, and the price has finally reached equalibrium with the market. I chose this one because it was the first truly tablet PC with a long-lasting battery. And it was the first tablet under 4 pounds and less than 1" thick. There are others now (Motion, Sahara, etc.), but since Electrovaya has been doing it longer and has the best battery on the market, this was my choice. Will let you know if I regret it!
Jun 17, 2008, 9:53 am
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Just to make this a little on target, I recently purchased a Lenovo X61 Tablet with Vista Ultimate (and lots of memory). I used a Lenovo tool to configure the factory reinstall to not put quite as much bloatware (which by default is extremely excessive) on the machine. So far, after the reinstall, I'd definitely recommend it.
Other than that, I'm brazenly hijacking the thread, because it's over 2 months old and no one else is using it. So far, I've installed One Note which (appears to be the best reason to get a tablet.) I'm also looking at three Firefox plug-ins (Firegestures, Grab and Drag and GeckoTip). Can anyone recommend any other must-have or particularly cool software specific to tablets?
Other than that, I'm brazenly hijacking the thread, because it's over 2 months old and no one else is using it. So far, I've installed One Note which (appears to be the best reason to get a tablet.) I'm also looking at three Firefox plug-ins (Firegestures, Grab and Drag and GeckoTip). Can anyone recommend any other must-have or particularly cool software specific to tablets?
Jun 17, 2008, 11:42 pm
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I recommend checking the availability of the Fujitsu tablets on their eBay store. You can get some smoking deals there on not-quite latests-models running XP with OneNote installed.