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Ask Engadget: What's the best Tablet PC? {Engadget}
Jun 6th 2008 2:19PM I'll third the Gateway E-295/C-140X recommendation about tablets generally, but it's not something you'd want to carry around a ton. I use it for office project management work for software design, and the ability to snap screens off web apps with OneNote, draw modifications right on the image, and send this to my developers is invaluable to me. Even without discrete graphics, it does everything I need it to do, including Photoshop, etc. Taking it around my office or on trips isn't fine, but if you loaded it into a backpack and tried to carry it around with a bunch of books, it'd be pretty heavy.
Gateway also makes a 12 inch model, the C-120, and it you want to go the cheap route, Gateway has been selling refurbished models via e-Bay. I don't think the 12 incher has a Wacom screen like the 14 inch model (my screen is a joy to write with), but it does let you use either a pen or a finger, and allegedly work really well. It's a more manageable 4.5-5 lbs, and included an optical drive at that size. It uses the Core 2 Duo ULV, so it's no powerhouse, but it doesn't sound like you need that.
Whatever you get, check out OneNote for notetaking, it has wonderful tablet integration.
Redesign giveaway: HTC's new Shift UMPC {Engadget}
Apr 11th 2008 2:21PM Work.
Happy birthday: take a trip in America's largest flying gadget (part 4) {Engadget}
Mar 27th 2008 11:05AM Lucky number four!
Happy birthday: take a trip in America's largest flying gadget (part 3) {Engadget}
Mar 26th 2008 2:00PM Fly away....(does a John Denver comment automatically disqualify you?)
Happy birthday: take a trip in America's largest flying gadget (part 1) {Engadget}
Mar 24th 2008 4:53PM ....
Happy birthday: take a trip in America's largest flying gadget (part 2) {Engadget}
Mar 24th 2008 4:49PM Engadget is IT. Period.
Some Vista SP1 early adopters reporting problems, how about you? {Engadget}
Mar 20th 2008 6:52PM Tried to download yesterday, couldn't get it. Went to the Vista Team blog, found out my Sigmatel Codec Driver was bad news. There was no update from Gateway/MPC, so I uninstalled it. Still couldn't get SP1 via Windows Update, so I downloaded the full version, and installed it. It installed without a hitch, took about 45 minutes. I reinstalled the sound driver without a problem. Everything is working great, the slow hibernation return is much faster, I may be getting even better battery life (hard to tell so far), and the problem with hooking external displays to my laptops hasn't reared its ugly head yet. It was a bit of a pain to get it, but better that than I unknowingly hose my laptop or have a bad install because of an incompatible driver.
The hundred gadget giveaway: round 27 {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 10th 2007 12:18PM Mmmm.....Wings....or Star Trek....or EV-DO. I'm not picky.
Engadget Mobile relaunch giveaways - Samsung m610 {Engadget Mobile}
Jun 18th 2007 12:46PM Pretty please?
Federico Rojas: The father of the father of Engadget {Engadget}
Jun 18th 2007 12:28PM Dear Peter,
As a son and a a father who's the same age as you, let me say thanks for sharing about your love for your father, and my condolences on your and your family's loss. Congratulations on the success Engadget has become, and on the more important accomplishment of keeping it in perspective with what is truly important in life.
God bless you on your upcoming wedding, I'm sure it will be a mixture of wonderful joy with a large tinge of sadness over this loss.
Peace to you and your family.
