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nekokami · 02-08-2010, 10:45 PM

I was in class tonight wishing I had something with the form factor of the iPad, but decent stylus input. The professor had distributed slide handouts electronically, and I hate printing. I had the slides on my MacBookPro screen, and I was using Acrobat Pro to add a few comments, but typing during class is pretty distracting (for me as well as everyone else). I would have liked to have a split screen with the slide showing in the upper half and a note area at the bottom with stylus input, to sync to Evernote. I don't really need HWR (and it would be tough in this advanced stats class anyway). But I do often need to view an article and take notes at the same time. I'm more comfortable doing this while slouched on the couch,

so a tablet would just be a nicer form factor than a laptop, which requires a limited range of postures for typing.

02-08-2010, 10:45 PM	#59
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I was in class tonight wishing I had something with the form factor of the iPad, but decent stylus input. The professor had distributed slide handouts electronically, and I hate printing. I had the slides on my MacBookPro screen, and I was using Acrobat Pro to add a few comments, but typing during class is pretty distracting (for me as well as everyone else). I would have liked to have a split screen with the slide showing in the upper half and a note area at the bottom with stylus input, to sync to Evernote. I don't really need HWR (and it would be tough in this advanced stats class anyway). But I do often need to view an article and take notes at the same time. I'm more comfortable doing this while slouched on the couch, so a tablet would just be a nicer form factor than a laptop, which requires a limited range of postures for typing.