stephen0983
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- Feb 3, 2010
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General Questions.
1. What is your budget? $400-750, less is better, but budget is flexible
2. Would you consider purchasing used/refurbished? Yes
3. Do you prefer a media/mobile tablet like the iPad, Windows tablet PC, or notebook convertible? Windows that can run regular Windows programs (not the RT)
4. What size Tablet PC would you prefer?
5 to7-inches
7.1 to 10-inches
10 to 13-inches <-----
Above 13-inches
5. Which country do you intent to purchase from [where do you live]? USA (am near a Microcenter)
6. Do you have any preferences to brand loyalty or dislikes? I love my Beats by Dre. lol jk, no pref.
7. How many hours battery life do you require? Average
8. What will be the primary usage scenario of this tablet? (Email/Web Surfing/Drawing/Word Processing/Entertainment/Notetaking etc). Mobile computing, ie. email, internet, some MS Office stuff, Netflix, etc
9. Do you have an OS preference? For example, do you own an iPhone and a Mac, or are you a Windows fan? Do you own an Android device and use Google services frequently? Windows
10. What software and tasks do you intend to run? (Microsoft Office or other Word Processing Suite/Photoshop/3D Studio Max/Autocad etc). Nothing too heavy. An Atom Z2760 CPU may work just fine actually
11. Do you intend on playing Games? If so please list. Yes, but not Steam games, rather browser based board games (play-agricola, boardgaming-online, etc..).
12. Would you like to stream content through your home theater system? No
Screen Specifics
1. Any preference on screen resolution? The more the merrier. 1680x1050 or 1920x1200 I suppose if I were to design one myself
2. Will you be using the tablet outdoors? Do you need to be able to see it through glare from the sun? Rarely
See the above linked FAQ for guidance
3. Do you require a pen? With or without pressure sensitivity? Do you prefer Wacom or N-trig? Yes. With sensitivity I suppose (not sure). Not sure of the difference between the two technologies. I did see a youtube video of the Wacom pen digitizer on a ThinkPad X230T and that looks awesome.
See the above linked FAQ for guidance
Component Specifics
1. What size Hard Drive and Memory do you require? Would you like expandable memory? At least 64GB. 128 is nice to have. Yes on microSD expandable. 2GB should be fine, 4 of course is nice to have
2. What sort of inputs do you require, if any? Would you like full-sized USB and SD card slots? Are microUSB and microSD ok? Do you require HDMI inputs? micro is fine, but inputs are needed.
Misc
1. Other non specific items ~ please add other items you require not covered above? A convertible tablet like the Surface Pro is what got me looking to begin with, so I was originally looking at ones with a detachable keyboard, then realized any bluetooth keyboard would work. Then I saw an IdeaPad Lynx on newegg cheap but it didn't have a pen. Then the Samsung 500T Ativ which looked pretty nice at it's price, but I don't really know what kind of pen it has (is it just a plain stylus with no right click?). But I'd like opinions because this is new territory for me... obviously the pen thing is very confusing
2. Additional requests ~ anything other you wish to take into consideration? Since this is a first for me, I'd rather get something I can sell if I decide ultimately I don't like it - (with this in mind I don't expect to get an i5 1080p model, but something more popular - I guess is a way of looking at it, and also why I am okay right now with only 2GB RAM, intel Atom, etc... ) And also that way I can upgrade later if I do like it.
1. What is your budget? $400-750, less is better, but budget is flexible
2. Would you consider purchasing used/refurbished? Yes
3. Do you prefer a media/mobile tablet like the iPad, Windows tablet PC, or notebook convertible? Windows that can run regular Windows programs (not the RT)
4. What size Tablet PC would you prefer?
5 to7-inches
7.1 to 10-inches
10 to 13-inches <-----
Above 13-inches
5. Which country do you intent to purchase from [where do you live]? USA (am near a Microcenter)
6. Do you have any preferences to brand loyalty or dislikes? I love my Beats by Dre. lol jk, no pref.
7. How many hours battery life do you require? Average
8. What will be the primary usage scenario of this tablet? (Email/Web Surfing/Drawing/Word Processing/Entertainment/Notetaking etc). Mobile computing, ie. email, internet, some MS Office stuff, Netflix, etc
9. Do you have an OS preference? For example, do you own an iPhone and a Mac, or are you a Windows fan? Do you own an Android device and use Google services frequently? Windows
10. What software and tasks do you intend to run? (Microsoft Office or other Word Processing Suite/Photoshop/3D Studio Max/Autocad etc). Nothing too heavy. An Atom Z2760 CPU may work just fine actually
11. Do you intend on playing Games? If so please list. Yes, but not Steam games, rather browser based board games (play-agricola, boardgaming-online, etc..).
12. Would you like to stream content through your home theater system? No
Screen Specifics
1. Any preference on screen resolution? The more the merrier. 1680x1050 or 1920x1200 I suppose if I were to design one myself
2. Will you be using the tablet outdoors? Do you need to be able to see it through glare from the sun? Rarely
See the above linked FAQ for guidance
3. Do you require a pen? With or without pressure sensitivity? Do you prefer Wacom or N-trig? Yes. With sensitivity I suppose (not sure). Not sure of the difference between the two technologies. I did see a youtube video of the Wacom pen digitizer on a ThinkPad X230T and that looks awesome.
See the above linked FAQ for guidance
Component Specifics
1. What size Hard Drive and Memory do you require? Would you like expandable memory? At least 64GB. 128 is nice to have. Yes on microSD expandable. 2GB should be fine, 4 of course is nice to have
2. What sort of inputs do you require, if any? Would you like full-sized USB and SD card slots? Are microUSB and microSD ok? Do you require HDMI inputs? micro is fine, but inputs are needed.
Misc
1. Other non specific items ~ please add other items you require not covered above? A convertible tablet like the Surface Pro is what got me looking to begin with, so I was originally looking at ones with a detachable keyboard, then realized any bluetooth keyboard would work. Then I saw an IdeaPad Lynx on newegg cheap but it didn't have a pen. Then the Samsung 500T Ativ which looked pretty nice at it's price, but I don't really know what kind of pen it has (is it just a plain stylus with no right click?). But I'd like opinions because this is new territory for me... obviously the pen thing is very confusing
2. Additional requests ~ anything other you wish to take into consideration? Since this is a first for me, I'd rather get something I can sell if I decide ultimately I don't like it - (with this in mind I don't expect to get an i5 1080p model, but something more popular - I guess is a way of looking at it, and also why I am okay right now with only 2GB RAM, intel Atom, etc... ) And also that way I can upgrade later if I do like it.