I'm hopefully starting a new job soon, and will

wynand32 · 12-18-2005, 02:29 PM

I'm hopefully starting a new job soon, and will have the opportunity to choose a new tablet. Presentations will be more important in this job, compared to my current one, and so my M200 won't be as appropriate with its smaller screen. I definitely want a system with decent performance and battery life, and so I'm looking at the Tecra M4 and the Gateway M280.

I would lean toward the M4 given my mostly positive experience with the M200, except for one issue: my M200 continues to suffer from the dust-under-the-screen issue. Even after having the LCD replced just a week ago, I've already a coating of dust. From reading the forum, I this seems like a fairly consistent problem with the M200.

My question is, therefore: does the M4 have the same sort of issue with dust as the M200? How many M4 owners out there have dust? I'm hoping that it's a design defect with the M200 that wasn't carried over to the M4, because I'd prefer it over the Gateway. However, the Gateway's screen seems very tightly sealed, and I wouldn't anticipate any issues (and don't see any listed in the Gateway forum).

Thanks!