What TabletPC Should I Get?
Ok, so now I'm jonsing for a TabletPC. It's all Scoble's fault. I want a lightweight, high powered machine. With gobs of disk space, high-end GPU, high-resolution display. Oh, and can it be nice and small please?
So what's the best bet? Robert! I need a buyer's guide please!
No rush though. The Toshiba Tecra M4 looks cool, but maybe I should wait to see what IBM are up to with the ThinkPad?
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What about Fujitsu ST502x (http://www.lifebook.com.au/products/view_product.php?id=30&prod_categ=2)
Poor boy, in europe there is an ST5022 with fingerprint and stuff but i can't find an english data sheet. Sorry.
That looks pretty sweet, but it's still 1024x768 and a bit underpowered...
I like my M205 a helluva lot, so count that as a couch for Toshiba.
Another vote for the M200/205 from Toshiba. I manage a school full of them (about 300 as of now) and they meet most of your requirements. Especially small. The M4 is the next gen as far as Proc and GPU but they went to larger form factor.
Another vote for M205 from Toshiba. Had mine for a while, and I do everything on it. From programming - light gaming, it's great. I love it. Once you go to the Tablet PC design, you won't want to go back.
Yet another vote for Toshiba's m205. I love, love, love mine.
I'm a full-time student and entrepreneur, and I use it to manage my life.
Seriously. Go snag yourself a Toshiba.
I want a Tablet PC that will be able to run Longhorn to the fullest! But I read there will actually be a To-Go experience in Longhorn for Tablets and Laptops.
I have an M200 with 1.3gb memory and the fastest CPU they equipped it with at the time (6 months ago, and I don't remember which one it is). The 1400x1150 screen is great. And the 1.3 Gb memory. And the 9600rpm HDD. I use it daily with Visual Studio 2003, a few VirtualPC set-ups (including WXP/VS.NET2005 and the Longhorn preview). It's a very powerful machine. The Tecra should be even better, now that it finally ships with 1400x1150 resolution too - be sure to get as much memory as possible (2.3 GB I think) and the fastest HDD, and you should be home safe. Drawbacks: The Toshiba software (almost all of it) is unstable (read: crappy), the Toshiba Bluetooth stack s*cks (use Widcomm instead) and it is quite noisy. The M200 doesn't have builtin DVD, but I believe the Tecra does.
Thanks all. I think I'm gonna hold out to see what the Tecra M4 is like and then give them all a once over.
What about the Fujitsu Lifebook T4010D? Small, lightweight, tablet/notebook convertable, and a powerhouse. Available w/ a 7200 rpm drive as well.
I was all set to buy myself one until I heard about IBM, and now I have to wait until I see theirs, dangit. (Long-time fondness for Thinkpads.)
The HP tc4200 looks nice too - like an ultraportable notebook that does Tablet too...
If you want display resolution greater than 1024x768, then you have 3 choices:
Toshiba Portege M200
Toshiba Tecra M4
Fujitsu Lifebook T4010
If you want 128MB graphics for Longhorn testing, then look at the M4. It's a little bigger than the other 2, which are 12" but it has the graphics memory. Hope that helps.