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Tablet PC and .NET

Ever since seeing the first glimpses of one I was hooked : a tablet PC. Last Dotned meeting seeing Sander working with one I decided it was time to find me one.

Browsing around I picked an Acer travelmate C110. Actually buying one was a little harder. Tablet's are still not popular yet, using Google I found it available at a cheap Web-shop, listed as a notebook. The reviews for the shop were ok, the price good (under 1500€ excl. Vat) so l took the gamble.

It is a fantastic machine. With a Centirino running at I GHz and 512 Mb  as powerful as a "real" note book and it breathes connectivity through all it's connectors;

  • USB 2.0
  • Firewire
  • WiFi(g)
  • bluetooth
  • Infra-red

All of this packed in 1.5 kilos.

A tablet makes a perfect target for XP sp2. Which will. upgrade the OS to tablet 2005, which is like XP pro with a very good handwriting input. (Only when you write in English) and heads to funny Spel lies errors. Am using it right now and deliberately did not correct it's last opinion on what I had chalked.

Where does NET fit in.? the tablet's specific api's are NET assemblies, (Actually they wrap up Com) The framework is part of the default install. Who's next?

Peter

 

 



Comments

Peter van 0oijen said:

Don't know yet:) The hinges look OK A regular notebook has in fact the same problem. How often can you open it with out the LCD screen falling back again.
In fact a tablet may last longer, most of the time the lid is firmly closed while you are writing on it.
# August 13, 2004 10:48 AM

Andrew said:

I've had one a while, and found it to be a great machine. Fast enough even for development and small enough to take anywhere.

Durability seems not to be a problem at all, esspecially compared to my standard Acer laptop, which now has a broken LCD.

Have fun :)
# August 13, 2004 1:18 PM

Sander said:

I've been using the Tablet for about 5 months and haven't regretted it. It's the fastest machine at my disposal now. Because of the anticipated twisting and turning, they made sure it could handle that. Check out the latest SDK (version 1.7) that came out just a week ago.
# August 14, 2004 9:47 AM

Peter's Gekko said:

Two remote desktop tips
# August 23, 2004 12:00 AM

Peter's Gekko said:

XP sp2 blue(screen)s
# August 25, 2004 9:25 PM

Peter's Gekko said:

The right type (of a Linksys access point)
# October 18, 2004 4:44 AM

Gaston said:

The Acer is a great tablet, but I personally prefer the Motion M1400 slate model.
http://www.motioncomputing.com/products/tablet_pc.asp

# October 19, 2004 3:38 PM

Peter van 0oijen said:

Without a doubt a better machine. Should be, looking the difference in price. ;/
# October 20, 2004 3:02 AM

Peter's Gekko said:

Debugging Tablet PC applications
# November 14, 2004 9:48 PM

Peter's Gekko said:

SDN mobility conference
# December 21, 2004 12:33 AM

Peter's Gekko said:

Virtual PC and FAT32
# January 10, 2005 4:22 AM

Peter's Gekko said:

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# August 8, 2005 9:14 AM

Peter's Gekko said:

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# September 23, 2005 3:45 PM

Peter's Gekko said:

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# September 23, 2005 3:49 PM

Peter's Gekko said:

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# September 25, 2005 4:34 PM

Peter's Gekko said:

Recently I installed Vista beta 1 on my tablet. Not in Virtual PC
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# September 26, 2005 3:12 AM

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# September 26, 2005 4:34 PM

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# October 2, 2005 3:43 PM

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# February 6, 2006 9:08 AM

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# February 6, 2006 9:14 AM

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