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Fangz
Jul 5, 2007

Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!
Any other Tablet PC users? I'm using a Toshiba Tecra M4 and am loving it. (Apart from the myriad of technical problems. Not loving those.)

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Fangz
Jul 5, 2007

Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!
You can also try looking online for tablet PCs. Second hand tablet PCs can be cheaper than new tablets (googling says one like I have is $400, and that one contains a wacom tablet), and letting you see what you are drawing on is tremendously helpful. Just be wary of technical problems.

Fangz
Jul 5, 2007

Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!

CannedMacabre posted:

I thought of going this rout last year, but it was hard to find one that met both my (high)needs and (low)budget at the time.

I know the HP tablet PCs that were made a few years ago should be avoided. They have a reputation for overheating a turning into a paperweight. I think there were some Toshibas with the same issue, but I can't remember the models.

Yeah, overheating is a problem. I solved this on my Toshiba by soldering a cable from one of the USB ports to the internal fan, with a switch, so I could force the fan to full on when I need. Currently, it still hangs when you try to play audio on it (no idea why), but for my purposes it's perfect, and generally runs cooler than my normal laptop. But is very very noisy.

Fangz
Jul 5, 2007

Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!
To be honest I think the current generation of tablet pcs have their own headaches with respect to drawing and I don't really recommend them. The problem isn't lag, it's jitter.

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