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Everyone meet Potter, my new tablet PC. (I just love giving my computers fun names.)
Anyways, sorry for posting a random picture. I dont often do this so im hoping no one will care to much... as if any of you will click on this image without it having a blue or red border.
Anyways, i am pleasently surprised with this machine. Its an old computer, probly was originally bought in 2005, but its a Motion Computing tablot. From what i gather from the tablet enthusiast forums, Motion Computing is a rather top brand, especially for their slates.
I bought this baby for 120 dollars, which surprisingly seems to be an average price for these things. The M series Motion Computing laptops are some of the best, and now you can get them used for the price of a song. That is just amazing when you are surrounded by 400-800 dollar used toshibas, hp, and other funky name brands that have the same or less specs.
Maybe its because its a slate, maybe people prefer convertable laptops, or maybe people only buy tablets from their local store and only buy from brands they recognize the name with. (I guess people think foreign names like sony, toshiba, and fuji equal quality.)
Now, i will admit, this thing is crap. Crappy processor, crappy ram, old everything, but its reliable. Everything still works good, the battery still gets 3 hours of charge if im not encoding or using the wifi, the pen is still very accurate and the pressure sensitive nature works just fine, and despite the obvious age in the machine, the actual guts, screen, and everything important is still in excelent condition.
Not to mention, that drawing on this versus my tablet/laptop combo is well different. The pen is not as awesome, i dont get full access to keyboard commands (but the buttons help since i can program them), and your hand does get in the way while drawing.
Point being, this was a fun toy to buy. It was cheap, the hardware is reliable, and its fun to fool around with. (I doubt it will become a common thing for me to use, but it is something fun to take on short trips since i can bust it out and look important as i doodle.)
Final point, if you are in the market for a tablet pc, but hate how fucking expensive these truly crappy versions of a drawing tools are, look for used M series Motion computing tablets. Or really any of the motion computing tablets. Just about all of them are awesome.
(Im still just astounded i got a fun machine like this for so cheap. The cost of two new video games.)
Anyways, sorry for posting a random picture. I dont often do this so im hoping no one will care to much... as if any of you will click on this image without it having a blue or red border.
Anyways, i am pleasently surprised with this machine. Its an old computer, probly was originally bought in 2005, but its a Motion Computing tablot. From what i gather from the tablet enthusiast forums, Motion Computing is a rather top brand, especially for their slates.
I bought this baby for 120 dollars, which surprisingly seems to be an average price for these things. The M series Motion Computing laptops are some of the best, and now you can get them used for the price of a song. That is just amazing when you are surrounded by 400-800 dollar used toshibas, hp, and other funky name brands that have the same or less specs.
Maybe its because its a slate, maybe people prefer convertable laptops, or maybe people only buy tablets from their local store and only buy from brands they recognize the name with. (I guess people think foreign names like sony, toshiba, and fuji equal quality.)
Now, i will admit, this thing is crap. Crappy processor, crappy ram, old everything, but its reliable. Everything still works good, the battery still gets 3 hours of charge if im not encoding or using the wifi, the pen is still very accurate and the pressure sensitive nature works just fine, and despite the obvious age in the machine, the actual guts, screen, and everything important is still in excelent condition.
Not to mention, that drawing on this versus my tablet/laptop combo is well different. The pen is not as awesome, i dont get full access to keyboard commands (but the buttons help since i can program them), and your hand does get in the way while drawing.
Point being, this was a fun toy to buy. It was cheap, the hardware is reliable, and its fun to fool around with. (I doubt it will become a common thing for me to use, but it is something fun to take on short trips since i can bust it out and look important as i doodle.)
Final point, if you are in the market for a tablet pc, but hate how fucking expensive these truly crappy versions of a drawing tools are, look for used M series Motion computing tablets. Or really any of the motion computing tablets. Just about all of them are awesome.
(Im still just astounded i got a fun machine like this for so cheap. The cost of two new video games.)
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Well there are differnt kinds of tablets. The simple input devices just look like a solid plastic mouse pad. Most tablets you see in stores are laptop/tablet convertables with a swivle screen. And the tablet i have here is called a slate by the tablet enthusiasts on the forums.
Ebay sales these things for cheap, especially if you can get a nice low winning bid.
Mine has a 1.5 ghz pentium m (centrino) processor.
512 megs of 333mhz 2700 ddr ram. can be upgraded to 2 gigs, probly will.
40 gig hard drive.
Has wifi and bluetooth built in.
And uses wacom tech.
Mine has a 1.5 ghz pentium m (centrino) processor.
512 megs of 333mhz 2700 ddr ram. can be upgraded to 2 gigs, probly will.
40 gig hard drive.
Has wifi and bluetooth built in.
And uses wacom tech.
Those specs are sadly similar to my toshiba convertible (Id never heard nor seen your brand before). What graphics card does it use? I can tolerate my tablet's pentium m at 1.6, and I have 1.5gb of ram i nit, and the HDD was upgraded to a 7200 rpm 80gigger, but the intel extreme 2 graphics suuuck, and stops me from running windows 7 on it as I would like to (I still do use it, and it works just fine, but I cant rotate the screen orientation because intel wont support its older chipsets)
Its an intel chipset. So its not a good graphics thing. Here lemme find a link to the pdf for the specs of this thing.
Also remember that this thing has a built in finger print reader and ambient light detector to change the brightness of the monitor automatically. Not to mention all the wireless feature.
http://www.motioncomputing.com/reso.....spec_sheet.pdf
Also remember this thing probly cost 2,000 brand new back in the day. But now you can get it for 200. You know why you can get it for 200? It doesnt have the keyboard built in which is a major plus in my eyes, (weighs less and smaller size) and it doesnt sound like it was made in japan.
But trust me, go to any of the tablet forms and they all love these computers. They were major selling items for doctors and other high profile people who would need constant, easy net access in their hands. (These days they just get an iphone/android.)
Also remember that this thing has a built in finger print reader and ambient light detector to change the brightness of the monitor automatically. Not to mention all the wireless feature.
http://www.motioncomputing.com/reso.....spec_sheet.pdf
Also remember this thing probly cost 2,000 brand new back in the day. But now you can get it for 200. You know why you can get it for 200? It doesnt have the keyboard built in which is a major plus in my eyes, (weighs less and smaller size) and it doesnt sound like it was made in japan.
But trust me, go to any of the tablet forms and they all love these computers. They were major selling items for doctors and other high profile people who would need constant, easy net access in their hands. (These days they just get an iphone/android.)
I have a bamboo which is half the precision of the higher quality intuos ones.
The precision is about the same as my old 6x8 aiptek. It feels a lot like my old aiptek in control and sensitivity. The tablet also suffers from a certain amount of lag of the brush strokes. Its kind of an annoyance and is worse in some programs compared to others. (However, i blame a lot of that on the age of the machine, the processor, and that im using the tablets original pen instead of using a wacom made tablet pc pen.
The precision is about the same as my old 6x8 aiptek. It feels a lot like my old aiptek in control and sensitivity. The tablet also suffers from a certain amount of lag of the brush strokes. Its kind of an annoyance and is worse in some programs compared to others. (However, i blame a lot of that on the age of the machine, the processor, and that im using the tablets original pen instead of using a wacom made tablet pc pen.
To be honest, i prefer having the tablet seperate from the screen. It would be like playing on a nintendo DS just without the DS part, and your hand blocking what your doing.
If it wasnt for the price you can get these used motion computing tablets, id just suggest getting a cheap laptop like an asus eee, and a bamboo.
If it wasnt for the price you can get these used motion computing tablets, id just suggest getting a cheap laptop like an asus eee, and a bamboo.
There are a lot of vids on youtube of people comparing things like tablets pcs to cintiqs and other stuff, comparing the sensitivity and pressure.
The problem is that things like pressure and sensitivity is more something you feel than something you see.
A lot of people hate things like tablet pcs and cintiqs because your hand gets in the way... a lot.
Id highly suggest buying a cheap tablet pc from ebay or craigslist before jumping to the cintiq.
A cintiq will control way better than a tablet PC, the tablet pc will be more like a cintiq demo and an overall fun thing to bust out at parties or in a waiting room.
The problem is that things like pressure and sensitivity is more something you feel than something you see.
A lot of people hate things like tablet pcs and cintiqs because your hand gets in the way... a lot.
Id highly suggest buying a cheap tablet pc from ebay or craigslist before jumping to the cintiq.
A cintiq will control way better than a tablet PC, the tablet pc will be more like a cintiq demo and an overall fun thing to bust out at parties or in a waiting room.
I do like that my tablet is not touch sensitive. It would have been horrible if the thing would respond when my hand rests on the screen.
This tablet is rather good about screen orientation. I actually have it upside down so i could have the buttons on the left side. And it has a few other additions to help out with different hand orientations.
(Other things i did not include with my description, this tablet has a fingerprint reader and an ambient light detector. Reader replaces login password, and the ambient light detector changes the brightness of the monitor based on the brightness of the room.)
This tablet is rather good about screen orientation. I actually have it upside down so i could have the buttons on the left side. And it has a few other additions to help out with different hand orientations.
(Other things i did not include with my description, this tablet has a fingerprint reader and an ambient light detector. Reader replaces login password, and the ambient light detector changes the brightness of the monitor based on the brightness of the room.)
Motion computing all the way baby. You dont get the over inflated price you see on the likes of fuji and toshiba. There are a lot of buy it nows on ebay for the exact same tablet i have for around 250. Just be sure you arent getting the crappy one with a celeron processor, since its specs are not as good.
(As always, when buying from ebay, or craiglist as far as computers go, ask for images of systems in the control panel so you can actually see the ram and processor. And its always best to ask a lot of questions, especially the hard to answer ones so they have to check which can tell you whether or not they are trying to rip you off.)
(As always, when buying from ebay, or craiglist as far as computers go, ask for images of systems in the control panel so you can actually see the ram and processor. And its always best to ask a lot of questions, especially the hard to answer ones so they have to check which can tell you whether or not they are trying to rip you off.)
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