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My iPad Quest
wraith808:
As I said in another post, I have been really considering getting an iPad. I've just been holding off as I do when some new tech captures my attention- to do some due diligence and such. That quest is over now... and I'm not getting an iPad.
My iPad Quest
When I saw the image above, I decided to instead gett a tc1100 to see how it stacks up. I'm chronicling my quest and how it turns out on my blog.
nudone:
interesting. i'll be keen to see how you progress. i hope it's a positive outcome.
nudone:
i've just bought a TC1100 from ebay, i.e. i'm the winning bidder, it hasn't been posted to me yet.
once i saw that it had a pressure sensitive pen i decided it was worth a gamble. it will be used for web browsing but i hope to use it for sketching too. I've already got a Wacom Cintiq 1200 that doesn't get used much due to the inconvenience of it not being very portable (you have to drag a pc around with it); so, i'm expecting the TC1100 to be more "fun" to use.
the person selling it was using Ubuntu, which they recommended over XP Tablet Edition. i've not looked into it but it sounds like there might be a lot of "iPad" features already available with the right Ubuntu setup. i'll look into all that after i've seen the XP Tablet system working.
anything else interesting and i'll report back.
i hope you discover a lot of nice things with the tablet too, wraith808. i see your blog hasn't any real news yet.
superboyac:
As I said in another post, I have been really considering getting an iPad. I've just been holding off as I do when some new tech captures my attention- to do some due diligence and such. That quest is over now... and I'm not getting an iPad.
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When I saw the image above, I decided to instead gett a tc1100 to see how it stacks up. I'm chronicling my quest and how it turns out on my blog.
-wraith808 (July 27, 2010, 06:42 PM)
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Hmmm...this makes me think twice about my ipad. What's the best altertnative out there right now? I'm guessing it's something that runs Droid? But I suppose Win7 works also.
wraith808:
i hope you discover a lot of nice things with the tablet too, wraith808. i see your blog hasn't any real news yet.
-nudone (August 04, 2010, 08:41 AM)
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I've been too busy with my toy :-[ I have a couple of posts worth of info to put up there... I've updated with one, and I'll try to get to the actual unit and my initial experiences tonight. Though there are definite pros and cons, I'm very satisfied so far. The only area that's a real bummer (though I sort of expected that) is battery life, though I'm not sure if it's the battery. I'm thinking about getting a new one to see- and since they're hot swappable, it might be a good idea anyway. And there's always the SSD option, which I've heard massively improves battery life.
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