My job description just changed from programmer to scribe so i am taking lots of notes and mapping out a lot of job processes. I lug around a huge ass Dell Latitude 780? laptop and hate it. I was thinking about asking work for a tablet...anyone have one? positive/negative comments?
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Tablet PC's
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DaveSimmons
Elite Member
A scanner and note paper would be a lot cheaper, and never any battery problems 🙂
Tablets are still too expensive for me to buy as a toy, though I'd like to have a 6x9 one as a combination ebook, LAN music player, web pad, super remote, etc.
Tablets are still too expensive for me to buy as a toy, though I'd like to have a 6x9 one as a combination ebook, LAN music player, web pad, super remote, etc.
PlatinumGold
Lifer
i have one and it's GREAT.
there is an alternative tho. especially if you are ONLY going to use it within a certain area.
http://www.viewsonic.com/products/airpanel_airpanelv110p.htm
Viewsonic's Airpanel. It's a Windows CE machine that can log in to your Desktop using Remote Desktop. it runs about $900.00 which is quite a bit less than a decent Tablet PC.
Koing
Elite Member <br> Super Moderator<br> Health and F
I don't have one. I have a small laptop. This was before tablet pc's were out though......
I saw a guy have it. Looks VERY USEUFUL for exactly what you need.
If you need to draw diagrams fast and write notes on it then a tablet pc is AMAZING.
He was really cranking out the notes and diagrams very quickly. He was DEFINATELY getting his money's worth out of it.
Negatives I see:
Low spec but does what it is suppose to do.
You won't be gaming 3D games on it. But I can see you playing some games.
The guy had a Toshiba one I think.
Koing
I saw a guy have it. Looks VERY USEUFUL for exactly what you need.
If you need to draw diagrams fast and write notes on it then a tablet pc is AMAZING.
He was really cranking out the notes and diagrams very quickly. He was DEFINATELY getting his money's worth out of it.
Negatives I see:
Low spec but does what it is suppose to do.
You won't be gaming 3D games on it. But I can see you playing some games.
The guy had a Toshiba one I think.
Koing
PlatinumGold
Lifer
couple of things about tablet PC's.
the handwriting recognition is surprisingly good, but not good enough.
you can choose to use it notepad style where everything is stored graphically. it works pretty well.
the handwriting recognition is surprisingly good, but not good enough.
you can choose to use it notepad style where everything is stored graphically. it works pretty well.
kranky
Elite Member
I've had a Toshiba 3500 Tablet PC for about a year. I'll assume you know the basics of what a TPC (along with XP Tablet Edition) does.
Pros: electronic versions of all your notes/sketches. Ability to print any file to the "Journal Note Writer" printer which then lets you ink over top of the output. Ability to ink over any TIF file using Journal. Decent but not perfect handwriting recognition - it's very good for words, horrible on non-words like a URL. A third-party program from Xthink called Calculator which lets you do some handwritten math and computes the answers. Being able to ink over a document and come back later and search for handwritten comments.
Cons: Decent but not perfect handwriting recognition. It's just off enough to irritate you. Lack of built-in CD-ROM drive. Don't ever lose your pen.
I use it all day, every day at work. But the most glorious part of the experience was when they put in wireless - at that point, it was even better. I can sit in a meeting and read/write email, access files, etc. and not waste any time. Using the pen is totally silent, where even the quietest keyboard will annoy people in a meeting. I can take meeting minutes and as soon as the meeting is over I can email them to the attendees, and they have them before they get back to their office. Using Office 2003 with Outlook, or Office 2000 with the TPC add-on, you can handwrite emails, calendar items, or use ink in any Office app.
A couple weeks ago I was in a meeting and one manager said we could start working on some files he put in a particular network directory. I found the files, copied them to the work directory, emailed the guy who was going to do the work, he looked at it and emailed me back, and before the meeting was even over I was able to report that we would be done in two days.
That stunned the crowd.
The new Toshibas (M200) include Microsoft OneNote which is tailor-made for TPCs. I had the beta but don't yet have the released version. It's a great organizing tool for inked stuff.
Pros: electronic versions of all your notes/sketches. Ability to print any file to the "Journal Note Writer" printer which then lets you ink over top of the output. Ability to ink over any TIF file using Journal. Decent but not perfect handwriting recognition - it's very good for words, horrible on non-words like a URL. A third-party program from Xthink called Calculator which lets you do some handwritten math and computes the answers. Being able to ink over a document and come back later and search for handwritten comments.
Cons: Decent but not perfect handwriting recognition. It's just off enough to irritate you. Lack of built-in CD-ROM drive. Don't ever lose your pen.
I use it all day, every day at work. But the most glorious part of the experience was when they put in wireless - at that point, it was even better. I can sit in a meeting and read/write email, access files, etc. and not waste any time. Using the pen is totally silent, where even the quietest keyboard will annoy people in a meeting. I can take meeting minutes and as soon as the meeting is over I can email them to the attendees, and they have them before they get back to their office. Using Office 2003 with Outlook, or Office 2000 with the TPC add-on, you can handwrite emails, calendar items, or use ink in any Office app.
A couple weeks ago I was in a meeting and one manager said we could start working on some files he put in a particular network directory. I found the files, copied them to the work directory, emailed the guy who was going to do the work, he looked at it and emailed me back, and before the meeting was even over I was able to report that we would be done in two days.
That stunned the crowd.
The new Toshibas (M200) include Microsoft OneNote which is tailor-made for TPCs. I had the beta but don't yet have the released version. It's a great organizing tool for inked stuff.
PlatinumGold
Lifer
no, handwriting recognition does not require training.
i have the 3505 and it has the one note.
doesn't train unfortunately, that is a major flaw in Tablet Edition. However MS is releasing an upgraded OS for free which is supposed to make the recognition better.
I have a 1st Gen Acer Hybrid TabletPC. They aren't that expensive IMO, and are great portable laptops (for the non-slates). The Centrino ones look really cool w/ the long battery life as well.
PlatinumGold
Lifer
that's really my only regret, that i didn't get a centrino one.
but the P3 1 ghz is a decent peformer tho it doesn't have the battery life of the centrinos
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