How good are tablet notebooks?

Question

i'm starting grad school and needed a laptop. a friend suggested that i look into a tablet notebook. while it's not required, she suggested it b/c it would help me take notes (esp. in lab) directly w/o studying off the black & white bad quality handouts they give you in class. The other obvious alternative is just to print the handouts in color myself and bring it to class instead of buying a tablet notebook.

I don't know anyone with a tablet notebook, so I wanted to know if you have one, how you like it?

WHICH ONE DO YOU HAVE?

How long have you had it for? How long do they last? What problems have you had with it? Is it reliable? What brand & series would you recommend?

i'm studying abroad and so I won't be able to get any warrenties on it b/c it will be useless. ....in other words, i need something that's reliable and doesn't cause problems.

thanks for your help, I appreciate it! =)

Answer 1

I have a dell tablet. It is one of the cheaper ones, but it's too expensive, and I wish I got a laptop.

Answer 2

The Fujitsu Tablet is the one used by some schools in Singapore, they are quite useful when it is used for teaching purpose as the stuffs we write on the tablet (ie your own handwriting captured by the tablet)can be projected directly onto the screen without retyping.

BUT I find a few things quite irritating by tablet:

(1) The batteries drain off quite fast. They last slightly more than 60 minutes, so you need spare batteries (think it is 4 instead of 2) to bring around, unless you have a power outlet which you can plug into. Else it won't last you a day of lectures and tutorials.

(2) The bottom of the tablet is very hot (it could be why the batteries is drained so fast), so this is a major loss of elect energy to heat energy.

(3) The keypad is slightly smaller than the normal ones, so some keys are missing.

This are personal opinions of the Fujitsu Tablet PC.

Hope that it helps.