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Bitman · 05-20-2007, 01:56 AM

Fujitsu was making tablets and touchscreen laptops before it was in vogue. You can find used units very easily.

I recommend high-quality software for the note keeping; I've heard good things about MS OneNote. If you can't find good software, bail. It's no easier organizing loose vector files than loose sheets of paper. And while the laptop can do other things (hold pdf's, videos, internet), what do you do when someone hands you info on paper? Gonna keep a scanner and printer in your backpack?

Every time I felt the urge to go digital, I always found that a 3-ring binder works even better. Sheets are loose so they can be rearranged, and those plastic paper holders keep info that's not punched.

If you're not certain what you need a tablet computer for, you might try the paper route (or perhaps a binder plus a normal computer) until you better know what you need.

05-20-2007, 01:56 AM	#13
Bitman cellar smellar Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: californy, baby! Posts: 403	Fujitsu was making tablets and touchscreen laptops before it was in vogue. You can find used units very easily. I recommend high-quality software for the note keeping; I've heard good things about MS OneNote. If you can't find good software, bail. It's no easier organizing loose vector files than loose sheets of paper. And while the laptop can do other things (hold pdf's, videos, internet), what do you do when someone hands you info on paper? Gonna keep a scanner and printer in your backpack? Every time I felt the urge to go digital, I always found that a 3-ring binder works even better. Sheets are loose so they can be rearranged, and those plastic paper holders keep info that's not punched. If you're not certain what you need a tablet computer for, you might try the paper route (or perhaps a binder plus a normal computer) until you better know what you need.