Comments on: Going Back to School and Tablet PCs http://changelog.complete.org/archives/322-going-back-to-school-and-tablet-pcs Viewpoints on technology, society, and government Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:11:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jgoerzen http://changelog.complete.org/archives/322-going-back-to-school-and-tablet-pcs/comment-page-1#comment-322 jgoerzen Thu, 09 Jun 2005 13:07:38 +0000 http://changelog2.complete.org/archives/322-going-back-to-school-and-tablet-pcs.html#comment-322 Thanks for the link. I think my only concerns about that unit are 1) weight and 2) readability of the screen outdoors. It's a pound heavier than the Thinkpad X41, but OTOH having known success with the hardware is a Good Thing. I heard from some other Debian developers that suspend doesn't work yet (but is probably close); does that mirror your experience? Thanks for the link. I think my only concerns about that unit are 1) weight and 2) readability of the screen outdoors. It’s a pound heavier than the Thinkpad X41, but OTOH having known success with the hardware is a Good Thing. I heard from some other Debian developers that suspend doesn’t work yet (but is probably close); does that mirror your experience?

]]> By: Mike Beattie http://changelog.complete.org/archives/322-going-back-to-school-and-tablet-pcs/comment-page-1#comment-319 Mike Beattie Thu, 09 Jun 2005 04:10:30 +0000 http://changelog2.complete.org/archives/322-going-back-to-school-and-tablet-pcs.html#comment-319 As do I... As do I…

]]> By: jgoerzen http://changelog.complete.org/archives/322-going-back-to-school-and-tablet-pcs/comment-page-1#comment-318 jgoerzen Wed, 08 Jun 2005 21:31:18 +0000 http://changelog2.complete.org/archives/322-going-back-to-school-and-tablet-pcs.html#comment-318 Some have also suggested the HP tc1100. Looks nice and apparently nicely Linux-compatible. Some have also suggested the HP tc1100. Looks nice and apparently nicely Linux-compatible.

]]> By: jgoerzen http://changelog.complete.org/archives/322-going-back-to-school-and-tablet-pcs/comment-page-1#comment-315 jgoerzen Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:50:46 +0000 http://changelog2.complete.org/archives/322-going-back-to-school-and-tablet-pcs.html#comment-315 That does look very nice. I've been happy with thinkpads in the past, though the price tag is certainly an issue. The X41 isn't out of line with the Compaq ones though. That does look very nice. I’ve been happy with thinkpads in the past, though the price tag is certainly an issue. The X41 isn’t out of line with the Compaq ones though.

]]> By: Jon Dowland http://changelog.complete.org/archives/322-going-back-to-school-and-tablet-pcs/comment-page-1#comment-314 Jon Dowland Tue, 07 Jun 2005 17:42:36 +0000 http://changelog2.complete.org/archives/322-going-back-to-school-and-tablet-pcs.html#comment-314 IBM (well, Lenovo) have just (very recently) announced their first tablet PC: <a href="http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2005/06/thinkpad_x41_ta_1.html" >http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2005/06/thinkpad_x41_ta_1.html</a>. I doubt it'll fit your 'cheap' criteria, but The X41 is similar to the laptop X41 which is similar to the X40 which is renowned for being pretty good on linux, so it's probably worth a look. I am looking forward to reports of linux success on it myself. IBM (well, Lenovo) have just (very recently) announced their first tablet PC: http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2005/06/thinkpad_x41_ta_1.html.

I doubt it’ll fit your ‘cheap’ criteria, but The X41 is similar to the laptop X41 which is similar to the X40 which is renowned for being pretty good on linux, so it’s probably worth a look. I am looking forward to reports of linux success on it myself.

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