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interested in buying a Tablet. Are there differences?

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I know with any product, some brands are better than others, or there are certain features you want to look for or stay away from.

My girlfriend is taking classes at college, and she takes her laptop with her. She came to me, because she was interested in getting a tablet.

I don't know what all is out there, what different features there are, what to stay away from, what to keep in mind, etc.

Thanks for any suggestions or personal experiences.
 
for anyone interested on the subject, I found a few things to look for...

different tablets have different amounts of sensitivity levels...

and I found wacom seems to be the best bang for the buck, for $100, you get a decent sized tablet that comes with mouse and pen, USB, no software needed, and has 512 levels of sensitivity
 
Im going to assume your talking about a Tablet PC rather than a WACOM graphics tablet.

Ive been using a TC1100 for about a year now and have loved it. Its got a great compact design (Same size as a 12" PB WITH KB, Smaller without) and a nice feature set.

Alot of buying a TPC is a personal choice. Do you want something light and small? Do you want more power? And the biggest one is Do you want a keyboard or do you want to force youself to use a "Slate" Model (no phycial KB on the tablet)?

Your best bet is to hit up TabletPC Buzz, They have a awsome forumbase that has all the info about the various different options. You will find alot of info ther, and alot of personal experinces.

Some other suggestions for you and your GF:
SP2 Updates XP TabletPC Edition to XP Tablet PC 2005, Fixes and improves alot of stuff in the orginal edition
There are 2 major note taking apps geared to college studnets, One is OneNote by MS and the other is GoBinder by Agilix. Ive used both and to me GoBinder is a bit more useful since it also does scheduling and you can print to it so it turns into a three ring binder. OneNote is simply notetaking and nothing else. Some times you can find OneNote for free at certant on campus events (Thunderdorm had them at KSU) or at your college bookstore for some discount.
Dont read into the bad press TPCs get by "Reputable" reviewers, Usually they dont spend enough time to get a good feel for the product.

Hope this helps some!
 
Tablet PC or graphics tablet?

Since you made the 2nd post in the thread and mentioned WACOM, can we assume you meant graphics tablet? If so, stick with Wacom and you can't go wrong. I still have my Intuos tablet from 1998 and it works flawlessly every day. I can't think of any other piece of computer equipment I still use from before the year 2000 but the Wacom looks like it will never die... as long as I have a serial port to plug it in to.

The smallest tablets are a bit too small for "real work" ... I'd start looking at 6x9 size personally.
 
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