help me find a tablet - Tuner-Junction

loon · #1 (**permalink**) June 18th, 2006, 01:37 PM

ok i have about 5g's to spend on a tablet(my graduation present) but i dotn really want to spend that much because id feel like an asshole.

the budget id like to have is 2. i found a pretty nice 15" gateway from bestbuy.

loon · #2 (**permalink**) June 19th, 2006, 02:47 PM

come on you fucking computer nerds.

A_White_Gs-R · #3 (**permalink**) June 19th, 2006, 03:29 PM

alienware.com ftw

Solid Snake · #4 (**permalink**) July 5th, 2006, 03:07 AM

there are a few decent ones at Best Buy...

But why do you want a tablet?

I can't stand those...get a MacBook Pro and treat yourself nicely

loon · #5 (**permalink**) July 5th, 2006, 05:42 PM

not sure why i realyl want a tablet. i want to draw on it, that is the main reason i want to get one, but i cant find out a good reason to get one, the toshiba m400 is pretty badass though. thinkin of a mac too for graphic shit.

ezeedee · #6 (**permalink**) July 5th, 2006, 05:49 PM

what the fuck is a tablet?

Disillusioned · #7 (**permalink**) July 5th, 2006, 06:11 PM

tablets are laptops with touch sensitive screens. they can be used as conventional laptops, or, they can be used to be written on, like a piece of paper.

i loved the compaq tc11oo, but that model has been end of life'd

i havent seen any other ones on the market that im very fond of.

ezeedee · #8 (**permalink**) July 5th, 2006, 06:12 PM

ooh, thats pretty badass.

loon · #9 (**permalink**) July 5th, 2006, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Disillusioned

tablets are laptops with touch sensitive screens. they can be used as conventional laptops, or, they can be used to be written on, like a piece of paper.

i loved the compaq tc11oo, but that model has been end of life'd

i havent seen any other ones on the market that im very fond of.

what do you do with your tablet? convince me that they have better uses other then making web comics.

Solid Snake · #10 (**permalink**) July 6th, 2006, 02:48 AM

Tablet PCs are gimmicks for the most part, just ask anyone who owns one. Not to mention the swiveling screen is begging to break eventually.

Having said all of that; I think if you hooked yourself up with a MacBook Pro and install XP with Bootcamp you'd be happy as well.

I love my new Intel Mac...it's still kind of hard to believe that I can run both OS X and XP at the same time. (New version of OS X Leopard will allow this seamlessly)

loon · #11 (**permalink**) July 6th, 2006, 02:53 PM

^thats crazy, how much did you pick it up for? does it have right click?

Solid Snake · #12 (**permalink**) July 6th, 2006, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by loon

^thats crazy, how much did you pick it up for? does it have right click?

Apple has been using three button mice for about 15 years now.

Every new Mac uses the Mighty Mouse...but with the notebooks you can just hold Control+Click...or just get a USB mouse

loon · #13 (**permalink**) July 9th, 2006, 05:35 AM

http://www.notebookreview.com/price/...=p riceDetail

pretty sure im gonna get this one. went to best buy the other day and went to buy it but they were out

so im jut gonna get it off butterflyphoto.

Solid Snake · #14 (**permalink**) July 9th, 2006, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by loon

http://www.notebookreview.com/price/default.asp?productFamilyID=702&ref=list&display=p riceDetail

pretty sure im gonna get this one. went to best buy the other day and went to buy it but they were out

so im jut gonna get it off butterflyphoto.

lol becareful with butterfly photo...
girl I know ordered his Casio camera and has some issues with it.

Not a bad price, but why not consider the MacBook or MacBook Pro?

loon · #15 (**permalink**) July 9th, 2006, 05:22 PM

cant find on in the city and not sure if i know anyone that can help if i get have problems, but its still on my mind.

kanscrx · #16 (**permalink**) July 9th, 2006, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by loon

cant find on in the city and not sure if i know anyone that can help if i get have problems, but its still on my mind.

Go with your gut instincts, don't get a mac.

There are some nice dual core laptops floating around now for not too hefty of a price, especially "bare bones" systems. You could possibly look into those.

loon · #17 (**permalink**) July 10th, 2006, 03:10 PM

yeah bare bones came up to.

tofuspeedstar · #18 (**permalink**) July 12th, 2006, 07:37 PM

Our school uses tablet laptops (infact they use Gateways just like the one you mentioned)

If you're not going to use it for any real purpose, then just get a regular laptop, plus half the time when you try to write on the tablet it gets it wrong, and you can write faster by hand than on a tablet.