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[Chrono]

And what about software like OneNote? Here's a good article:

http://tech.msn.com/guides/788302.armx


I'm wondering if anybody here uses a tablet pc to take hand written notes. it seems like the perfect solution. Everything in one place easily backed up. Formatting is also a plus. Yet most people I see have laptops.

Which do you think is better overall and why?


Share your thoughts/stories/questions in this topic...

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

I have a tablet PC for work. We bought a couple of them a few years back to expierment with and to see how the technology worked. Now, they basically sit in my office, with me being the only one that uses it, and I use it because my laptop is always being borrowed by someone else.

My thoughts on the tablet PC are that the technology is pretty cool, and with some specific applications, it could really be amazing. However, for the average student (or person in general), they are too expensive for what you get, just so you can write on the screen. For half the cost of most tablet PC's you can get a much more powerful laptop, with a larger screen, more options, etc.

If you were buying a tablet, I think the convertilbe models are better than the slate models. Just my opinion though.

 

[Chrono]

Well I'm not planning to buy one right now. I was just thinking of a laptop but I'm not sure if I really need it. I looked into the tablet ones and I'm still undecided so I started this thread.

Anyway this one looks good.

TOSHIBA Satellite 14" Tablet PC

These are just normal laptops. About $400-$650 less too.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834147218

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834146076

 

[bionic77]

And what about software like OneNote? Here's a good article:

http://tech.msn.com/guides/788302.armx


I'm wondering if anybody here uses a tablet pc to take hand written notes. it seems like the perfect solution. Everything in one place easily backed up. Formatting is also a plus. Yet most people I see have laptops.

Which do you think is better overall and why?


Share your thoughts/stories/questions in this topic...

Why would you want to take handwritten notes?

I always took notes with my laptop in lawschool. I can type so much faster than I can write and you never have to worry about whether or not you can read it.

 

[Tarazet]

Yes, I use a laptop. I can take notes down far faster with a keyboard than I can by hand.

 

[bjork]

I use a laptop so I can play mame with the volume off.

 

[Chrono]

Why would you want to take handwritten notes?

I always took notes with my laptop in lawschool. I can type so much faster than I can write and you never have to worry about whether or not you can read it.

Diagrams, math equations, calculations, etc...

 

[bionic77]

Diagrams, math equations, calculations, etc...

If you are using it for math why not just stick to pencil and paper?

Granted things might have changed a lot since I was in college, but I always hated inputing anything math related into a computer. I would always rather use a paper and pencil to get the job done.

 

[cvxfreak]

I intend to use my laptop because I prefer to type rather than to write. My writing is, according to others, a bit hard to read. I also have a vast impatience for writing notes. I personally would rather highlight and read over preset information, not quite a textbook, but I'm clearly in the vast minority. So I take the middle route here and just go with a laptop.

 

[Chrono]

If you are using it for math why not just stick to pencil and paper?

Well I don't know what are the best options, which is why I started this thread to get an idea of what you guys use. Right now pencil and paper is probably what I'll still be using.

Though having all my classes in one laptop/tablet would be awesome. I could always print later and convert the hand-written. I was also curious if any of you used OneNote. This article makes it sound really cool.

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

I've got OneNote on my tablet and it is pretty cool. It's a nice evolution of Office and Windows Tablet Edition working together. All that said, I still favor using a laptop over a tablet, unless, as I said above, you are in an environment where using a tablet just makes more sense and is more efficient. For instance, they are often used in a hospital as electronic charts for patients. Doctors can make notations about the patients on the fly and get updated info fed to them wirelessly.

In the case of going off to college and using it in the classroom, I still recommend a laptop over the tablet. Like I said in my first post, the amount of power and options you can get for the less money is just better on a laptop.

 

[Macam]

For applied sciences, pencil and paper is your best bet, save for graphing and mundane number crunching. For just about anything else, a laptop is great; and while it's not a consideration here, I'll vouch that Mac OS X has fantastic international support for typing in other languages, such as Japanese, Spanish, and Italian.

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

For applied sciences, pencil and paper is your best bet, save for graphing and mundane number crunching. For just about anything else, a laptop is great; and while it's not a consideration here, I'll vouch that Mac OS X has fantastic international support for typing in other languages, such as Japanese, Spanish, and Italian.

Now if Apple would ever release a tablet, that would be interesting!