A Tablet for an architecture student

[dsw]

Hello all, I'm in need of a new laptop for school. My last was a An Apple PowerBook G4. I am familiar with their offerings, and was wondering if maybe I could get more from going the PC route, namely a digitizer...

My requirements are as follows:
Processor: Intel (any listed below)
- Dual Core
- Core Duo
- Core 2 Duo

Processor speed should be at least 1.6 Ghz, more would be great.

1 gig of ram is the minimum.

The hard drive should be 80 gigs (for the programs I'm using... I'll store otherstuff elsewhere).

A good video card (this is important): 128 m of dedicated memory.

Wireless:
802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n.

I would also like to know if it's the same as a desktop PC in regards to OS changes. I understand many of the tablets are shipping with Vista, although Vista is currently not recommended by my faculty for the applications we're using.

My main concerns are that I need to be able to use rendering, drafting and graphics programs.

The Sahara Tablets are really intriguing, does anyone have any helpful suggestions or ideas? Thanks for your time!

[dsw]

Oh I forgot, it would be nice to have a higher resolution...

[alltp]

You should definitely get 2Gb RAM with whatever system you choose.

I'm definitely a slate guy but I wonder if you would be best served by a convertible? It seems like it would fit what you are doing and give you all the functionality you want. The Sahara is nice (and Apple-esque) but doesn't have the high-res screen you probably need. The Motion has the high-res screen and Core2Duo but only a 4200rpm hard drive.

Take a look at the Fujitsu T2010 or the Lenovo X61.