Tablet recommendation?
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Walt Fair, Jr. wrote:
If you find a good tablet that can be used like the netbook
Like I said above, the Transformer :) When you plug it into the dock, it basically IS a netbook. 16 hours in that configuration (The tablet and dock each have a battery). It does run Android though, not Windows or Linux, so I don't know if that's a deal-breaker for you.
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Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Yeah, it probably is a deal breaker, since I need to be able to run some Windows apps to do engineering analyses, etc. But, it might still be fun to play with and maybe to develop some engineering apps for. I'll check it out. Besides, I need a reasonable excuse to get another toy to play with. :laugh:
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Skype is a must. I was hoping I could use the 'apple doesn't work with skype' to dissuade her from having an iPlod/iBroke but she likes the shiny aspect of them. I think the sweetness of Honeycomb should persuade her and the saved money [not] doubly so. As I'll see the family weekends only for the foreseeable future, I'm desperate to get something for her so we can visually talk 'en famile' every night when the girls are going to bed. The reduced size of the tablet, with optional keyboard, sounds ideal for her needs.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
I was hoping I could use the 'apple doesn't work with skype' to dissuade her from having an iPlod/iBroke but she likes the shiny aspect of them.
Skype didn't have an iPad optimized app, but they do now (it went up and down, but I think it's up now). They've been on iPods/iPhones for a while.
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I'm realizing that I could actually use a tablet, as there's lots of places I want to be able to do writing but don't want to drag a laptop around with me. Any recommendations? I won't buy Apple products on principle (don't ask) so an iPad is out. Thanks! Marc
I wanted a tablet but wanted to be able to run my existing software and RDP into servers, etc. I purchase the Acer Iconia W500[^] with Windows 7. As mentioned before, the Windows 7 is not the "best" tablet interface but is not limited to using applications written in the iOs or Droid languages. Also, the virtual keyboard is easy to use. With the docking station, I can use it as a 10" netbook with 4.5 hour battery life.
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I'm realizing that I could actually use a tablet, as there's lots of places I want to be able to do writing but don't want to drag a laptop around with me. Any recommendations? I won't buy Apple products on principle (don't ask) so an iPad is out. Thanks! Marc
I've had a good expereince with my XOOM now that they have the SD Card issue worked out. WiFi only, no 4G LTE necessary for me.
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Yeah, it probably is a deal breaker, since I need to be able to run some Windows apps to do engineering analyses, etc. But, it might still be fun to play with and maybe to develop some engineering apps for. I'll check it out. Besides, I need a reasonable excuse to get another toy to play with. :laugh:
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
What kind of engineering analysis can you do on a tablet/netbook?
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I played with a couple tablets and didn't really care for the small screen size and trying to type with the touch screen, so I ended up getting an HP netbook instead. It's not much bigger, runs about 10 hours on a full charge and I can run pretty much everything on it, although the screen real estate is still a minor limitation. If you find a good tablet that can be used like the netbook, please let us know. I'd love to have another compu-gadget-thingie.
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I'm realizing that I could actually use a tablet, as there's lots of places I want to be able to do writing but don't want to drag a laptop around with me. Any recommendations? I won't buy Apple products on principle (don't ask) so an iPad is out. Thanks! Marc
I really like the Dell Inspiron Duo. I've played with it. It is a 10.1" device. A little bigger then an iThingy. But you can Print form it :rolleyes:
All the best, Dan
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What kind of engineering analysis can you do on a tablet/netbook?
Well, I can run my full suite of .NET software. I've done well log interpretation, pressure transient analysis, production data analysis, geostatistics, etc. That's besides the calculations I can do in Excel, report writing in Word, etc. I've actually done some simplistic flow simulations, but I usually use my big box for that.
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Yeah, I played with one of those at the UT Campus Computer Store. Pretty neat, but it looks and feels sort of fragile. I'm not sure it would stand up to being tossed in a backpack and slung around. My HP netbook feels much more solid and cost about half the price.
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Yeah, I played with one of those at the UT Campus Computer Store. Pretty neat, but it looks and feels sort of fragile. I'm not sure it would stand up to being tossed in a backpack and slung around. My HP netbook feels much more solid and cost about half the price.
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Well, I can run my full suite of .NET software. I've done well log interpretation, pressure transient analysis, production data analysis, geostatistics, etc. That's besides the calculations I can do in Excel, report writing in Word, etc. I've actually done some simplistic flow simulations, but I usually use my big box for that.
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
I've never been able to do anything useful in those small machines... I guess it depends what you're doing... I work with very large software/firmware projects, and do simulations in matlab, which I doubt anything like that would be very good at running.
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This has [0] saved me asking the same question and [1] made up my mind. Mrs Wife shall receive a Transformer[^].
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Nah. This looks like a quite nice one though: Transformer [^]
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Bought Mrs Yoda the same model on Sunday, and wish that I'd bought one as well. I'm generally very impressed with how rugged and responsive it is. So, I'll second the recommendate for the Transformer.
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I'm realizing that I could actually use a tablet, as there's lots of places I want to be able to do writing but don't want to drag a laptop around with me. Any recommendations? I won't buy Apple products on principle (don't ask) so an iPad is out. Thanks! Marc
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I'm realizing that I could actually use a tablet, as there's lots of places I want to be able to do writing but don't want to drag a laptop around with me. Any recommendations? I won't buy Apple products on principle (don't ask) so an iPad is out. Thanks! Marc
I have both and IPAD2 and a Lenovo S10-3t(and a big butt kicker(Dell) laptop for work stuff). I like you would never have purchased the IPAD2 on my own. Just dislike apple for a variety of reasons. So anyhoo. I carry the IPAD2 around since work requires it for checking email and so forth and testing some apps and yada yadda. Oh well. Lenovo runs win 7. I agree with all the posters Win 7 was not made for a touch device. But still it does work fairly well. Not awesome like the ipad but fairly well. (read I cannot wait for Win8) Here is what I use the devices for. ipad - Checking email, quick checks of weather, Small surfing of interwebs when I need something quick, quick checks to reference books in my kindle app, Google Earth surfing(the ipad app is amazing), GPS for car drives Leneovo - Responding to emails, Watching movies(I hate holding the Ipad), Reading long books, Coding, Writing any extensive response to anything. or writing of any kind. Extended surfing. Coding, Web design, Photography editing(not fast but works well), Anything that isn't normal work stuff (budget, trip planning, etc...) It all depends upon what you want it for. I have seen the Dell netvertible. It looks cool and has the same form factor as my lenovo. Get anything but if your going to do any writing at all get something with a keyboard.
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