What Tablet PC should I buy?

[Dox]

General Questions.

1. What is your budget? 900

2. Would you consider purchasing used/refurbished? No

3. Do you prefer a Slate, Convertible or Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC)? Convertible

4. What size Tablet PC would you prefer? Mainstream ~ 12.1"

5. Which country do you intent to purchase from? Brazil

6. Do you have any preferences to brand loyalty or dislikes? No

7. How many hours battery life do you require? 1

8. What will be the primary usage scenario of this tablet? (Email/Web Surfing/Drawing/Word Processing/Entertainment/Notetaking etc) All things

9. Do you have an OS preference? Win 7

10. What software and tasks do you intend to run? (Microsoft Office or other Word Processing Suite/Photoshop/3D Studio Max/Autocad etc)

10. Do you intend on playing Games? Yes



Screen Specifics

1. What resolution do you prefer? WXGA - 1280x768

2. Do you require the screen to be readable in sunlight? No

3. Do you prefer your display to be glossy or matte? Does not matter

4. Do you require Touch? (without pressure sensitivity) No.

5. Do you require a Pen? Yes, Wacom


Component Specifics

1. What size Hard Drive and Memory do you require? Does not matter

2. Do you require an Optical (CD/DVD) Drive to be built in? No

3. Do you require ability to add a second Battery or Hard Drive (Modular Bay technology)? No

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Some years ago I bought my first Tablet PC, a HP TX1000. Later I exchanged it for (what I have now) a HP TM2 1070US. So which would be the way for me now?

[Dox]

Bump.........

[jnjroach]

Almost any convertible made in the last 3 to 4 years meet your requirements, you want new so you are looking at a Lenovo X201T or X220T (lower-end on sale), HP 2740P or an older gen Fujitsu T901 or TH730...

[Steve B]

If you're looking to save $ you could get an HP2730p or an x200t or a t5010. They're all very good and all around 500$ in a nutshell. You should really look over the next few pages of recommendations. There are lots of really good responses to the sort of general question you're asking. If you have more specific needs though, please ask more here.

[Bronsky]

Lenovo is unloading its X220T tablets ATM to make way for Ivy Bridge models due out this Summer. There is an X220 tablet (new) in the Outlet with an I5-2520M, IPS-Wacom multitouch display and HD 3000 graphics for $975.74. http://outlet.lenovo.com/laptops/42992tu.html

[ginamm86]

General Questions.

1. What is your budget? ABOUT 500US

2. Would you consider purchasing used/refurbished? NO

3. Do you prefer a Slate, Convertible or Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC)? DONT KNOW

4. What size Tablet PC would you prefer?
•Compact ~ 10" +

5. Which country do you intent to purchase from? UNITED STATES

6. Do you have any preferences to brand loyalty or dislikes? SAMSUNG/ APPLE

7. How many hours battery life do you require? ALOT

8. What will be the primary usage scenario of this tablet? (Email/Web Surfing/Entertainment/

9. Do you have an OS preference? NO

10. What software and tasks do you intend to run? (Microsoft Office /Photoshop/

10. Do you intend on playing Games? If so please list. YES



Screen Specifics

1. What resolution do you prefer?
•XGA - 1024x768 ~ large and easy to read text and graphic icons but you fit less on the screen.
•SXGA - 1400x1050 ~ Small text and graphic icons which require good vision but the gain is a much larger screen. (no longer available new, must look for used or refurbished machines)

2. Do you require the screen to be readable in sunlight? YES
See the above linked FAQ for guidance

3. Do you prefer your display to be glossy or matte? MATTE I GUESS

4. Do you require Touch? (without pressure sensitivity) (Which one: resistive or capacitive) YES
See the above linked FAQ for guidance

5. Do you require a Pen? (with pressure sensitivity) (Which one: Wacom or N-Trig) MAYBE
See the above linked FAQ for guidance


Component Specifics

1. What size Hard Drive and Memory do you require? DECENT

2. Do you require an Optical (CD/DVD) Drive to be built in? YES

3. Do you require ability to add a second Battery or Hard Drive (Modular Bay technology)?


Misc
1. Other non specific items ~ please add other items you require not covered above? MEMORY CARD + USB PORT

2. Additional requests ~ anything other you wish to take into consideration?

[icantdecidehaha]

@gimamm86

You say you like apple products but the tablet offering from them is the ipad and it does not have a optical drive or usb ports and I don't think it has microsd either but someone can correct me on that. What kind of games do you want to play? If you want to play android games, I don't think there are any android tablets that have an optical drive. If it's windows games you wanna play, as I'm learning myself, most tablet pcs are very underpowered for processor and graphics intensive stuff. You could of course play older games though just fine, especially on a core2duo. Thing is, even for that, you'll have to buy a used or refurbished tablet, you specified wanting a new device for only $500.

If you could specify more what your priorities are and intended usage I could help ya better. For example, by "entertainment" do you just mean watching youtube and movies and some simple (not resource hungry) games?

If you're into android games, the transformer is a pretty capable device; I know because I happen to have one and use it primarily for just that. I don't know how badly you need to read cds/dvds, but with a microusb to usb adapter and usb cd/dvd drive you might be able to connect that to the transformer. I don't know if honeycomb is equipped to recognize an optical drive though. Another android tablet, the Toshiba Thrive has full usb ports I read, but same issue/question with the honeycomb os recognizing the drive.

Since you said maybe to the pen question, just so you know neither of those tablets have stylus support. Now, if you like Samsung, the Galaxy Tab has made more than a few folks happy tablet fans. It too lacks optical drive and like all android tablets other than the Thrive lacks full usb ports. I believe it has microsd as seems to be standard among android tabs. I suggest you check it out, might just fit your needs. I don't know if it comes in matte or not.

All that said about android though, android does not run Microsoft Office or a full version of Photoshop. There is a lite version of Photoshop designed for android though. The HTC Flyer is the only android tablet I know of with stylus support (and I've read many a review saying how buggy it is), unless we consider the samsung galaxy note a tablet (which I also have and it is amazing). Also, there are a few Office alternatives made for android. My Transformer came with Polaris Office and with the dock installed has been more than sufficient for my mobile office needs.
I remember rumors from Fall of last year that Microsoft was going to make Office for iOS, but I haven't heard anything about that recently, maybe someone else knows better. I know you can read your office documents via documents2go on the ipad. Like most android tablets, the ipad is more made for content consumption, not creation. If creating documents and running photoshop is a big part of your needs, neither an android tab or nor an ipad will do what you want. If playing newer games, or android games, or iOS games is a big part of your needs, a windows tablet won't do it for you either.

Dunno if any of that helped, sorry I couldn't offer you more.

~earthpen

[dynasty]

concerning on Samsung Exynos 4210 processor. I found tapfuture provided a 8inch item on it, if it's IPS display, would be great.