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Old 03-22-2011, 08:55 PM   #31
HansTWN
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Originally Posted by wodin View Post
Wow, congrats Hans! Nice machine, TigerDirect has the i5 model for $1649. I bought an Asus T-91 MT about a year ago, and found that I had wasted $500. It’s way too wimpy to do what I need, which is take handwritten notes->*.pdf in meetings, then email them to my work account. I still haven’t found a really good solution for that, but a LiveScribe smart pen comes close.

That being said, the Asus slate works well as a reader, but any netbook would do the same, more quickly and for $150 less. And my Galaxy Tab does it better; but alas, no note taking ability.

I have been watching the Asus Eee-note, supposedly coming to the US for under $200. That one might work for me, we’ll see.
Yup, I'd stay away from those Atom processors --- feels like a motorcycle engine driving an 18 wheeler. Just for note taking anything works, I guess. As far as netbooks or regular laptops are concerned, I just don't feel comfortable for non-work related reading, the screen is too far away from my eyes and can never be tilted far enough back to get a good position. Besides, netbooks do have really lousy screens, nothing I would want to read books or magazines on, or watch video on. You have to look straight at them to see anything, the colors don't look nice, and the resolution is very low. But obviously, if cost is important to you, then they are a solid choice.

That being said, using a pen for capacitive screens on the Galaxy TAB doesn't work for taking notes? Not accurate enough? Obviously there won't be handwriting recognition, but you could store the files as ink.
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