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Hi HarryT,
I can generally type faster than I can write also; Provided I have a full size keyboard at my disposal, and provided that I have both hands free. I type slower on my laptop because the keyboard is more cramped. My typing gets even slower on a tablet touch screen keyboard, where I'm basically forced to use my thumbs. Then there's the original Kindle, whose keyboard is a nightmare for me. When I'm on the phone and need to record information, it's far easier to pick up a pen and use a steno pad or post-it note.
My need for handwritten notes in a tablet or multifunction reader is not as a replacement for my computer and full size keyboard. Instead, my intention was to use a tablet to replace the paper that I use. When I bought the EeeNote, I was able to replace the 3 steno pads that I carried every day between work and home, and reduce the number of sticky notes that I used at work to hold temporary information.
I generally use notebooks in meetings, where access to a full computer is impossible. The notebooks are also useful when I'm trying to record information about the computer I'm working on, since it would often be otherwise difficult to record the information on that same computer.
Another plus for traditional paper notebooks is that they are portable in their original form, without the need for significant efforts in data transfer between computers or conversion to other formats. If I were able to record all my notes on my work computer, I would have to transfer them to my home computer via email, then consolidate the various note files into a single "book" of some sort. When I need access to them outside of home and the office, I would then need to convert them into a PDF or other tablet friendly format, then load them onto the tablet. That would leave me with at least 3 different copies of the same notes. Start making changes or additions from various locations and you quickly end up with a synchronization nightmare. The paper notebook (or a suitable tablet with digitizer) is a single, portable, organizable repository for all that information.
Finally, I tend to think graphically. My brain organizes my thoughts and ideas into hierarchical pictures that allow me to organize concepts and ideas and show how things are interrelated. As the old saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words", and sometimes an idea is best expressed by drawing it out for someone instead of trying to describe it verbally or through text. A traditional reader doesn't allow me to do that, and I've tried finger painting on a tablet with abysmal results. I suppose I could spend a half hour or more in PowerPoint or Paint trying to get the idea out of my head, but I usually find that a pen and paper (or my EeeNote) gets the job done in a matter of minutes or seconds.
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