Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Re: tablet PC for Physics class

I like the Lenovo ThinkPad X-series tablets, particularly the X61T. The X2=
00T was just released, and while reviews are positive, it's still a new pro=
duct on a new chip platform (Centrino 2).

Also, in my testing of an X41T (Pentium M 1.4Ghz, 1.5GB RAM, 4200rpm HD), V=
ista is significantly faster than XP Tablet Edition, or at least it feels t=
hat way (I haven't run any synthetic benchmarks). From what I understand, =
the Tablet PC functionality is more integrated in to the Vista kernel, wher=
eas with XP the Tablet PC functions are user-space daemon's that consume mo=
re system resources. If you're not already on Vista, I'd at least consider=
it for tablets.

S
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Steven Dickenson <sdickenson@keyschool.org>
Computer Network Manager
The Key School, Annapolis Maryland

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> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 7:20 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: tablet PC for Physics class
>
> Our physics teacher is considering replacing the Lenovo laptops with
> tablet PCs. In my lab as well as the other labs we use Macbooks so I
> am not up to speed on this technology. What brand/model is most
> reliable ? We need computers that can work well with Interactive
> Physics. Also, I am interested in learning more about how they can be
> used in a science lab setting.
>
> thanks
>
> Carl Campion
> Director of Academic Technology
> Chemistry teacher
> Archmere Academy
> 302-798-6632x823
>
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