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Anyone in here with experience of Thinkpad tablet models? I'm thinking that my next laptop might be a x200t. I certainly wouldn't mind getting the IPS screen that's installed. But what about fingerprints and dirt, is this a problem when it comes to tablets? I'm guessing I mostly will use it as a regular PC and from time to time flip it into tablet mode. Would you constantly have to swipe it from fingerprints?
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I actualy ordered X61t today (cheaper than x200 and has more comfortable or pdfs 4:3 screen). All this tablet/ipad/slate hype has awaken my gadget lust, but then I just calmed down and went for THinkpad as always ![]() |
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Oddly enough Lenovo hasn't started selling the x201t on there site but I've read people who got it, from where I'm not sure. |
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Incidentally, go and measure your paper books, most of them will be closer to 16:10 than 4:3. |
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I found this really great walk through of the thinkpad x200 tablet showing the touch feature for scrolling in firefox amongst other things:
http://jkontherun.com/2009/09/22/mob...t-pc-on-video/ After seeing this video I really think my next laptop might be a x200 tablet. The touch interaction seems very responsive. Extensive review: http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lapt...ultitouch.aspx Last edited by thinkpad; 04-15-2010 at 08:29 AM. Reason: added info |
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Just be sure to buy a version with 8-9 cell battery, the extra bulk is a worthy price to pay for 9-10 hours of battery time |
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Maybe it should be mentioned that the X200t is about 3 to 4 times the price of the alternatives this thread started out with. With a view of the subject at hand it seems just a little over the top.
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Not sure if anybody mentioned it yet but Hewlett Packard do a tablet style notebook with a touch screen. The HP Touchsmart Tm2, which is extensively reviewed at the link below, including 3 videos and many pictures.
HP TM2 reviewed at Mobiletech It's a good bit bigger than the Asus T91MT - the HP has a 12" screen - and it's obviously quite a lot heavier too. I bought one recently and it suits my requirement perfectly. I don't mind the weight of a laptop and can comfortably read on my HP tablet in bed for instance as well as lying on the couch with it propped against a leg, sitting with it on my lap, or whatever. And it's big enough to do a good job of displaying things like on-line magazines, news sites, PDF manuals etc. It's a real winner for me. So thanks again to jswinden for this thread, which prompted me to investigate local availability of tablets in the first place. ![]() The picture below shows it in company with a few other things plucked off my shelves to give some comparison (the other computer is a cheap 10" Acer netbook). The printed books are by far the heaviest, the newspaper the biggest, and the iTouch and pocket dictionary the smallest, yet I can read all of them without any problem. Both computers are reasonably demanding with regard to getting the angle right for the best viewing experience, but I didn't have any trouble adjusting to that. The HP tablet sits nicely in the middle of the size/weight range and is easily the most versatile of them all. Cheers, Chris Last edited by ChrisC333; 04-15-2010 at 09:35 AM. |
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true, however it's a good choice if you're buying a new laptop and thought "why not buy one that will work as e-reader". For other people X60 and X61 tablets are better choice obviously
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The ASUS t101 model looks good, although without tweaking the OS it seems a bit on the slow side. I like the smaller size of the T91MT better. 2.1 pounds vs 2.86. I would have prefered if the T91MT came with the faster Atom N450 (1.66GHz) processor instead of the Atom Z520 (1.33GHz) processor.
I found this link with unboxing of the T101: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gFlH...layer_embedded I was curious about the differences between the T91MT and the T101 so I found this link that sums it up: http://www.netbooklive.net/asus-t91m...-eee-pcs-3091/ ![]() A Thinkpad x200 Tablet will run considerably more smooth than any of these netbooks but as sheygetz mentioned: this comes at a considerable higher price. Last edited by thinkpad; 04-17-2010 at 06:04 PM. |
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yeah, a quite a bit higher price..........I just did a clean win7 install on my t91mt and it's actually quite fast with none of the asus software on it, go figure. I think my comic reader works better too
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If you are interesting in HP TouchSmart TM2. Amazon has offered 30 percent discount price right now ! made it around 860 USD. But the price of HP TouchSmart TM2 still almost double of T91MT. Hmm you have to decide !
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hmmm...is there some sort of other like service that works the same but doesn't want a credit card number before I can even see what they have to offer?
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