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Originally Posted by i_am_samus
I wouldn't recommend a tablet, unless you can write faster than you can type (I type faster). We had tablets in school, and I've had bad experiences with them myself. They're a little slow, and I prefer a mouse and keypad over touch screen any day.
I've been looking into laptops myself for college, and found a great deal. I like power and price, so I found this laptop: http://microcenter.com/single_produc...uct_id=0290541
I haven't found a better laptop for the price, but it's not a tablet. Graphics processor isn't that great, but I don't plan on gaming myself... |
First, I agree with you about slate(no keyboard or mouse) tablets, but with a convertible(flip screen) tablet you have both options. Also keep in mind that one of the places where Vista has outstanding upgrades from XP is the tablet support, so if you're basing your judgment on XP you're not doing justice to the hardware. From what you said I'm guessing you only ever worked with slate tablets, most likely running XP Tablet Edition, but I may be wrong in which case you can ignore my ranting.
Second, that machine you linked to looks good, but be careful when choosing a 64 bit OS. Although I'm currently running Vista x64 on my desktop, I won't claim there aren't compatibility issues. Do research into compatibility issues with software you use frequently. Also IF you would ever want to downgrade to XP, which I still don't understand why people do, you may be unhappy with the XP x64 driver and compatibility issues.