.NET Musings - Tablet PCs and Imagine Cup

	Thursday, April 08, 2004

Tablet PCs and Imagine Cup

Wow! I think this is a record. Three posts in one day.

Robert was talking about the Tablet PC today in a post. I must admit I am one of those that "don't get it." My wife does. We picked up a Portege M205 for her and she loves it. She uses it in her counseling practice and loves it. This amazes me as she has always been a bit computer phobic.

My second data point was my judging of the Imagine Cup on Wednesday. I was suprised to see that 2 out of the 3 teams were using Tablet PCs! Again Portege M205s! Students clearly get it.

I suspect I am prejudiced against the devices based on the fact that my main applications that I use are VS.NET, Vault, and Outlook.

Thursday, April 08, 2004 10:22:20 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Comments [2]

Friday, April 09, 2004 4:39:43 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

>I suspect I am prejudiced against the devices
>based on the fact that my main applications that
>I use are VS.NET, Vault, and Outlook.

Chris, I have a Portege M200 and I run VS.NET, Vault, Outlook and SQL Server on it with no issues and VERY acceptable performance. Just make sure you bump up the RAM to at least 1 Gig and you should be good to go. My M200 actually has a 4500 rpm drive. From what I understand you acually have the option of a 80Gig 7200 rpm drive on the M205.

Anil John

Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:27:39 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

My wife has the M205 and I have played with it a bit. Must admit that until it comes with a package of features like the IBM T41p I just don't see myself going there...

Chris Kinsman | ckinsman@vergentsoftware.com

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