The Snug Rhino

havent had a laptop in years but now need one to run presentations on....got to wondeing if going tablet is the way forward?

i my mind i can imagine sitting with clients and using it to take infomation and presnt the odd bit off detail to them which i would never do with a laptop as it looks to geeky......but is that the reality?

could i tablet interact with my existing software or can i only "frestyle" on specific apps?

they look cool on 24 but i just wonder if its REALLY as cool as it looks!

djuk

I use a Toshiba Portege M200 Tablet laptop at work and to be fair hardly ever use the tablet bit.

I originally thought it might be quite good for taking notes etc but it makes a scratching noise when you write which in a small meeting room sounds like rats trying to escape

David

The Snug Rhino

is it even practical to take notes on? ie can you write as easily as yo can on a sheet of A4?

djuk

I personally find it much easier to write on the tablet than on a sheet of paper simply because you don't have to apply any pressure to the pen it just glides over the surface of the screen without resistance.

The Snug Rhino

hmmm...sounds interesting - so aside from the "rats" issue its ok for note taking?

Recaro

My Snr Manager gave a presentation which he had drawn up on his tablet.

The slides were all his "handwriting" (ie looked like he'd drawn everything with a pencil) but it added the nice effect that the presentation had been straight of the top of his head.

Think Tablets are great, hope my work gives me one

GaryK

nope bunch of ****

The Snug Rhino

cool....getting one in the am

TopBanana

They are cool. Expect lots of tablet PC funkiness in Office 12 later this year.

See www.tabletology.com

The Snug Rhino

any recs on a good one...budget up to £1200 ish

suba

senior managers using thinkpad X41 Tablet here. got about 8 in use. they love it as they can just write notes, etc. i also eval the samsung UMPC Q1 and will also eval the Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook Tablet. reasons for the eval is i am looking for something more lightweight.

The Snug Rhino

lifebook looks good - i think the Q1 is too much of a compromise towards portability.

The Snug Rhino

just realise the lifebook has a passive pen like a pda....not sure i like that idea for writing with?