Nick J
I'm going off to college in the fall and am trying to find a computer to purchase. I was thinking of purchaseing a Tablet PC but I'm not sure because the screen on the tablet is so small. I was wondering if anyone had any advise as to which is better suited for the college enviroment: a small Tablet or a reqular size laptop? Also, any advise as to what a good laptop/tablet is to purchase and which companies have the best customer service? Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Answer
For a typical college environment, there will be lots of note-taking. Tablet PC's are best at this sort of task. You can take notes with a regular laptop by just typing them as you go through the lecture, but you may want to make certain notes that would be difficult to make on a laptop (mathematical symbols, charts, graphics, lines, highlights, etc.). Tablet PCs, obviously, do not have this problem.
Besides, a tablet PC doubles as *both* your notebook/sketchpad and a normal laptop. For a bit more money out of your wallet, you are effectively killing two birds with one stone at a bargain price.
Most tablets have either 12.1" or 13.3" screen sizes. These are actually decently sized, so you won't have to worry about them being too small. As I have recommended to other students, I'll reiterate my list of tablet PCs here:
The Axiotron Modbook is a Mac-based tablet PC: http://axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook
The HP TX2000 series are nice, semi-powerful, small little tablets: http://h20247.www2.hp.com/hho/cache/572546-0-0-225-121.html
The ASUS R1 series are powerful, medium-sized tablets: http://event.asus.com/2006/nb/r1/eng/
Lenovo X series are portable and generous on the battery life, but lack a bit in the processing power department: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/notebooks/thinkpad/x-series-tablet
Hope this helps. You won't regret having a tablet PC.
For a typical college environment, there will be lots of note-taking. Tablet PC's are best at this sort of task. You can take notes with a regular laptop by just typing them as you go through the lecture, but you may want to make certain notes that would be difficult to make on a laptop (mathematical symbols, charts, graphics, lines, highlights, etc.). Tablet PCs, obviously, do not have this problem.
Besides, a tablet PC doubles as *both* your notebook/sketchpad and a normal laptop. For a bit more money out of your wallet, you are effectively killing two birds with one stone at a bargain price.
Most tablets have either 12.1" or 13.3" screen sizes. These are actually decently sized, so you won't have to worry about them being too small. As I have recommended to other students, I'll reiterate my list of tablet PCs here:
The Axiotron Modbook is a Mac-based tablet PC: http://axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook
The HP TX2000 series are nice, semi-powerful, small little tablets: http://h20247.www2.hp.com/hho/cache/572546-0-0-225-121.html
The ASUS R1 series are powerful, medium-sized tablets: http://event.asus.com/2006/nb/r1/eng/
Lenovo X series are portable and generous on the battery life, but lack a bit in the processing power department: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/notebooks/thinkpad/x-series-tablet
Hope this helps. You won't regret having a tablet PC.
Good Laptops for college students?
Austin
I'm a senior in high school and my mom and I are makeing a college list. Any suggestions on what to get? What not to?
Answer
I would suggest:
Screen size: 13 to 15 inches
processor (CPU): Intel i3 2nd gen or i5 second gen
hard drive: several hundred GB
RAM: at least 4 GB
Graphics card: doesnt really matter
All laptops should come with built in wi-fi stuff, so you can connect to the internet wirelessly. I recommend that screen size range because its good to have something that isn't too small (where you have to squint your eyes) or something too big and heavy (17in screen weighs a lot and it will take a toll on most people) Dell, Asus and Sony are great brands, a lot of students have Toshiba (i personally dont like it due to my bad experience) and HP is alright. Gateway isn't that great. As for the CPU, just dont get an AMD because its not as good. And, if you dont mind Macs, you can consider getting a Macbook.
I would suggest:
Screen size: 13 to 15 inches
processor (CPU): Intel i3 2nd gen or i5 second gen
hard drive: several hundred GB
RAM: at least 4 GB
Graphics card: doesnt really matter
All laptops should come with built in wi-fi stuff, so you can connect to the internet wirelessly. I recommend that screen size range because its good to have something that isn't too small (where you have to squint your eyes) or something too big and heavy (17in screen weighs a lot and it will take a toll on most people) Dell, Asus and Sony are great brands, a lot of students have Toshiba (i personally dont like it due to my bad experience) and HP is alright. Gateway isn't that great. As for the CPU, just dont get an AMD because its not as good. And, if you dont mind Macs, you can consider getting a Macbook.
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