One guy in my class of 150 has a tablet and he l

[torb3n]

One guy in my class of 150 has a tablet and he loves it. (or so he says) I was very impressed by how he grapped biochem pathways and added his own notes to it. He has a 14" w/ 1024x768 resolution.

My gut tells me I need to go with something smaller and better resolution ?!! Hopefully you guys with some experience can lead me in the right direction.
Students, is 14" too big ?
Is the max resolution too much ?
Still easy to write notes on ?
What about software which requires the CD to be in to run ?

Answer any question you'd like, I need to get a tablet ASAP. Don't know which one to get. It will be my only PC so must have a keyboard!

Thanks [8D]
Sleep deprived med student.

[Wcrocker]

The questions you are asking really boil down to a personal preference. Here are some links with different comparisons for you to take a look at and see how others respond to the differences from machine to machine.

So You Think You Want A Tablet PC.

Spy vs. Spy

I am an M200 owner and love the higher resolution. I've been spoiled by it and couldn't see myself going back to a lower res machine. It is very easy for me to write notes on whether I am creating the note from scratch or annotating or margin notating something pre-existing.

I'm also happy with the M200's size which is smaller than your friends 14" tablet. Very portable for my needs.

The optical drive issue is a good one and I think it, along with viewing angles and screen resolution will probably be one of the things that push the market forward. Although I don't do a lot of this there are programs (Daemon Tools, Alcohol, etc..) that will allow you to set up an emulator and run cd's from an image. I guess a lot of that depends on the program and its requirements.

Good hunting!

[Wcrocker]

The questions you are asking really boil down to a personal preference. Here are some links with different comparisons for you to take a look at and see how others respond to the differences from machine to machine.

So You Think You Want A Tablet PC.

Spy vs. Spy

I am an M200 owner and love the higher resolution. I've been spoiled by it and couldn't see myself going back to a lower res machine. It is very easy for me to write notes on whether I am creating the note from scratch or annotating or margin notating something pre-existing.

I'm also happy with the M200's size which is smaller than your friends 14" tablet. Very portable for my needs.

The optical drive issue is a good one and I think it, along with viewing angles and screen resolution will probably be one of the things that push the market forward. Although I don't do a lot of this there are programs (Daemon Tools, Alcohol, etc..) that will allow you to set up an emulator and run cd's from an image. I guess a lot of that depends on the program and its requirements.

Good hunting!

[Wcrocker]

The questions you are asking really boil down to a personal preference. Here are some links with different comparisons for you to take a look at and see how others respond to the differences from machine to machine.

So You Think You Want A Tablet PC.

Spy vs. Spy

I am an M200 owner and love the higher resolution. I've been spoiled by it and couldn't see myself going back to a lower res machine. It is very easy for me to write notes on whether I am creating the note from scratch or annotating or margin notating something pre-existing.

I'm also happy with the M200's size which is smaller than your friends 14" tablet. Very portable for my needs.

The optical drive issue is a good one and I think it, along with viewing angles and screen resolution will probably be one of the things that push the market forward. Although I don't do a lot of this there are programs (Daemon Tools, Alcohol, etc..) that will allow you to set up an emulator and run cd's from an image. I guess a lot of that depends on the program and its requirements.

Good hunting!

[Wcrocker]

The questions you are asking really boil down to a personal preference. Here are some links with different comparisons for you to take a look at and see how others respond to the differences from machine to machine.

So You Think You Want A Tablet PC.

Spy vs. Spy

I am an M200 owner and love the higher resolution. I've been spoiled by it and couldn't see myself going back to a lower res machine. It is very easy for me to write notes on whether I am creating the note from scratch or annotating or margin notating something pre-existing.

I'm also happy with the M200's size which is smaller than your friends 14" tablet. Very portable for my needs.

The optical drive issue is a good one and I think it, along with viewing angles and screen resolution will probably be one of the things that push the market forward. Although I don't do a lot of this there are programs (Daemon Tools, Alcohol, etc..) that will allow you to set up an emulator and run cd's from an image. I guess a lot of that depends on the program and its requirements.

Good hunting!

[Wcrocker]

The questions you are asking really boil down to a personal preference. Here are some links with different comparisons for you to take a look at and see how others respond to the differences from machine to machine.

So You Think You Want A Tablet PC.

Spy vs. Spy

I am an M200 owner and love the higher resolution. I've been spoiled by it and couldn't see myself going back to a lower res machine. It is very easy for me to write notes on whether I am creating the note from scratch or annotating or margin notating something pre-existing.

I'm also happy with the M200's size which is smaller than your friends 14" tablet. Very portable for my needs.

The optical drive issue is a good one and I think it, along with viewing angles and screen resolution will probably be one of the things that push the market forward. Although I don't do a lot of this there are programs (Daemon Tools, Alcohol, etc..) that will allow you to set up an emulator and run cd's from an image. I guess a lot of that depends on the program and its requirements.

Good hunting!

[Wcrocker]

The questions you are asking really boil down to a personal preference. Here are some links with different comparisons for you to take a look at and see how others respond to the differences from machine to machine.

So You Think You Want A Tablet PC.

Spy vs. Spy

I am an M200 owner and love the higher resolution. I've been spoiled by it and couldn't see myself going back to a lower res machine. It is very easy for me to write notes on whether I am creating the note from scratch or annotating or margin notating something pre-existing.

I'm also happy with the M200's size which is smaller than your friends 14" tablet. Very portable for my needs.

The optical drive issue is a good one and I think it, along with viewing angles and screen resolution will probably be one of the things that push the market forward. Although I don't do a lot of this there are programs (Daemon Tools, Alcohol, etc..) that will allow you to set up an emulator and run cd's from an image. I guess a lot of that depends on the program and its requirements.

Good hunting!

[kookiecan]

torb3n,

[u]If I had to stick with only one</u> tablet between the 14" (w/ DVD-Burner) or 12" ( w/ high resolution), I'd choose the Tosh M20X as my school tablet.

I cared for the 14" LCD because I wanted to match the size of an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper. It served its purpose when writing notes from a lecture, but reading documents on lower resolution screens requires too good of document quality to actually read and enjoy the experience. All the documents I've scanned for my low resolution tablets by far look much clearer on the M200. That's where the M200 excels.

Surfing the net and watching video is more enjoyable "for me" on the M275 just because the screen is larger. It is not often you'll do these two things in class though.

I recently convinced my sister-in-law to buy a tablet PC. I let her toy with both the M275 and M200. It was an easy choice for her to end up purchasing the Gateway M275. She writes super huge, so the M200 could only hold about six or seven words per line. I tried swaying her to go with the lighter M200, yet she didn't want the inconvenience of carrying her CD drive separately...together the M200 and separate drive make for a heavy load. Depending on your school computers you can decide if you need to carry a CD drive. Some computers at my school don't have easy access USB inputs, so having a CD drive is important if you can't get on a network printer to print out work that was not finished at home.

Bottom line, the M200 LCD is far greater for reading scanned documents; consequently, that is why I'd choose it over a low resolution tablet. With that said my prized possession for in class notes is still the Gateway M275 because of the extra writing space (even though I write very small). Another reason I'm not committed to use my M200 in class is because the fan noise is completely unpredictable.

[kookiecan]

torb3n,

[u]If I had to stick with only one</u> tablet between the 14" (w/ DVD-Burner) or 12" ( w/ high resolution), I'd choose the Tosh M20X as my school tablet.

I cared for the 14" LCD because I wanted to match the size of an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper. It served its purpose when writing notes from a lecture, but reading documents on lower resolution screens requires too good of document quality to actually read and enjoy the experience. All the documents I've scanned for my low resolution tablets by far look much clearer on the M200. That's where the M200 excels.

Surfing the net and watching video is more enjoyable "for me" on the M275 just because the screen is larger. It is not often you'll do these two things in class though.

I recently convinced my sister-in-law to buy a tablet PC. I let her toy with both the M275 and M200. It was an easy choice for her to end up purchasing the Gateway M275. She writes super huge, so the M200 could only hold about six or seven words per line. I tried swaying her to go with the lighter M200, yet she didn't want the inconvenience of carrying her CD drive separately...together the M200 and separate drive make for a heavy load. Depending on your school computers you can decide if you need to carry a CD drive. Some computers at my school don't have easy access USB inputs, so having a CD drive is important if you can't get on a network printer to print out work that was not finished at home.

Bottom line, the M200 LCD is far greater for reading scanned documents; consequently, that is why I'd choose it over a low resolution tablet. With that said my prized possession for in class notes is still the Gateway M275 because of the extra writing space (even though I write very small). Another reason I'm not committed to use my M200 in class is because the fan noise is completely unpredictable.

[kookiecan]

torb3n,

[u]If I had to stick with only one</u> tablet between the 14" (w/ DVD-Burner) or 12" ( w/ high resolution), I'd choose the Tosh M20X as my school tablet.

I cared for the 14" LCD because I wanted to match the size of an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper. It served its purpose when writing notes from a lecture, but reading documents on lower resolution screens requires too good of document quality to actually read and enjoy the experience. All the documents I've scanned for my low resolution tablets by far look much clearer on the M200. That's where the M200 excels.

Surfing the net and watching video is more enjoyable "for me" on the M275 just because the screen is larger. It is not often you'll do these two things in class though.

I recently convinced my sister-in-law to buy a tablet PC. I let her toy with both the M275 and M200. It was an easy choice for her to end up purchasing the Gateway M275. She writes super huge, so the M200 could only hold about six or seven words per line. I tried swaying her to go with the lighter M200, yet she didn't want the inconvenience of carrying her CD drive separately...together the M200 and separate drive make for a heavy load. Depending on your school computers you can decide if you need to carry a CD drive. Some computers at my school don't have easy access USB inputs, so having a CD drive is important if you can't get on a network printer to print out work that was not finished at home.

Bottom line, the M200 LCD is far greater for reading scanned documents; consequently, that is why I'd choose it over a low resolution tablet. With that said my prized possession for in class notes is still the Gateway M275 because of the extra writing space (even though I write very small). Another reason I'm not committed to use my M200 in class is because the fan noise is completely unpredictable.