Tablet notebook for University

[TabletStudent]

Hi, I am looking to buy a new tablet notebook for University, and I've been looking at the HP Touchsmart tm2t. I'm very new to the tablet world, and while I had been using last year's Fujitsu model at school (they provided), I did not like it, plus its out of my price range.

I have been looking at the HP touchsmart, and so far, it seems to be the best one, but I want to know if there are any other models/brands that would be better for university students? I will need to use the tablet mode to take notes during lectures, and I also listen to alot of music, and watch movies, plus the usual internetting

[Steve S]

Tab: You should also consider the Lenovo X201; many users are very happy with it.

If money is an issue, then I have one other suggestion: Get a refurbished Dell XT2. Refurbished XT2's sell for about 1/2 to almost 1/3 of a new unit and many are, in fact, essentially new. Users who have bought refurbished XT2's very seldom have anything adverse to say about them.

http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/topics/global.aspx/arb/online/en/InventorySearch?c=us&cs=28&l=en&lob=LAT&MODEL_DESC=Latitude%20XT2&s=dfb

HP makes a good tablet, but personally I think that the Dell and Lenovo products are better...

Good luck with your decision...

[docg]

do the dell and lenovo screens have where you can shut off the capacitive screen and use active pen activated digitizer only? the reason I ask this is because note-taking for me is best on pen only screens. I'm just curious- I have an old tc1100, and not looking to change at this point.

[Steve S]

<<...do the dell and lenovo screens have where you can shut off the capacitive screen and use active pen activated digitizer only?..>>

...You don't shut off the Dell capacitive screen, you simply select Pen-Only mode. There's also a Touch-Only mode.

Can't speak for the Lenovo (but I think it also has selectable modes).

[docg]

Thanks Steve

[PrototypeNM1]

There's also a nice little program to turn touch off called TouchControl. I can't post links, but it's the 3rd result in a Google search for Touch Control Tablet.