Tablet laptops and graphic tablets - Tech Support Forums

J1mmy · May 15th, 2008, 10:57 AM

Has anyone experienced using a tablet laptop or a graphic tablet before? What are the benefits, what sort of things can you do with them? I'm considering my next laptop to be a tablet one, but I don't know if it's worth spending the extra money on.

J1mmy · May 17th, 2008, 10:46 PM

Bump!

EXreaction · May 17th, 2008, 11:49 PM

Well...you can use the touch screen for a mouse or "typing". I'd certainly rather have a tablet, but they are quite a bit more expensive, so it depends on whether or not you think you would use it for handwriting/touchscreen.

ShuckyD · May 17th, 2008, 11:53 PM

I wonder if a tablet would be that much more powerful in programs such as photoshop, etc. hmm... :-/ I think I'm gonna have to rethink a laptop again, I would however like to see a decent deal on a good tablet with a decent resolution screen, most of the ones I see are something like 1024x768 or 1200x800.

J1mmy · May 18th, 2008, 12:01 AM

Well I've had a look on Amazon, and the external graphic tablets for PC's aren't that expensive. I know that with some it allows you to handwrite on it, when is the converted into text.

So would I be able to draw on it and then modify them digitally in any image editor (insted of doing the whole scan the picture in thing!)

I found these two, I know nothing about tablets to say which might be the better one:

Amazon.co.uk: Aiptek Slim Tablet 600U: Aiptek: Electronics & Photo

Amazon.co.uk: Wacom - Bamboo graphics tablet: Electronics & Photo

EXreaction · May 18th, 2008, 12:06 AM

1200x800 I see the most, but they were all 12.1" screens, which isn't too bad of a resolution for a screen that size.

J1mmy · June 22nd, 2008, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by EXreaction

1200x800 I see the most, but they were all 12.1" screens, which isn't too bad of a resolution for a screen that size.

Yep, I can't find one bigger than that...

I'm interested in this HP model: HP Pavilion tx2000 Entertainment Notebook PC series specifications - HP Home & Home Office products

All the TX Series are the same, but I can't work out any significance difference between the models in the range, they just seem to vary by memory, video RAM, CPU really.

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