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Old 09-05-2010, 01:43 PM   #15
dapriuk
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Originally Posted by harryE123 View Post
Why would you get a tablet with windows 7, when there's the ipad? I won't go into the obvious points in terms of windows 7 that I made in another thread, but don't you realise this os isn't for arm cpus and arm cpus are the only viable option in terms of a tablet with decent battery, screen quality, responsiveness, heat, etc. etc.? You are an engineer, you should know all that. At least go with android in a few months, or wait for hp to take advantage of palm's ip and develop and web os tablet. Windows 7 is not a mobile os, it's not a touch os, and it's not a tablet os. It's an os for desktops and all the Palaeolithic tablets from the early 00s.

Even hp being one of the no. 1 clients of ms managed to embarrass them by cancelling the windows tablet that Balmer demonstrated in ces (what a parody) and buying palm to get on the right side of the fence for the future.
I need a solution that provides me the equivalent of a lab notebook and the means to read technical documents typically A5 or A4 in size. I need to be able to share documents between various devices, print and email them and back them up. I have a number of Windows applications I need to use and I do small scale Java development.

So, for reading I 'd like an ePaper display of at least 9" (10-11" preferably) to cater for A5 and possible A4 technical material. I don't need a media player but something that can handle diagrams such as circuits and network diagrams.

For my notebook I need to run OneNote so I can re-use my existing notes and share notes between various devices. I also want support for various authoring tools and Lightroom 3. Windows 7 continues the improvements in handwriting recognition and tablet support introduced in Vista and improves the usability of OneNote

A Windows 7 Slate would fit the bill but an IPad would not, the latter can't run the apps I need and doesn't allow straightforward access to documents nor SD cards nor the range of USB peripherals I have. I am already familiar and comfortable with how Windows tablets work, I don't need or want to change all that just to accomodate the more restrictive iPad.

As far as reading books is concerned I find the backlit LCD/LED panels to be very tiring and they simply cannot compare with the ePaper displays on dedicated eReaders.

In the absence of a suitable slate I am looking at the new HP tablet (TM2-2050) which has a battery life of 7-8 hours, more than enough for me.
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