tablets

[billb]

anyone got a tablet pc? are they any good - need a new laptop and thinking is it worth having a tablet - any recommendations if so? have looked at the hp and tosh ones and wondering if the novelty will wear off and i'll want the powere etc of a proper laptop

[bga]

A colleague of mine uses on (HP I think) and loves it.
He mainly uses it for note taking, Lotus Notes e-mail, writing Word docs, small spreadsheets (no major number crunching), Visio, SAP Gui and a couple of custom apps.
No performance issues as far as he's concerned but he's hardly a power user

[danielson]

make sure you look at ones with Pentium processors, we have a bunch of users at work on the first generation Compaq T1000's which use Crusoe chips and they are appalling!
Do you think you will work with the tablet pen a lot? If yes then give them a serious test, if not then get yourself a power notebook.