Independent School Educators' List (ISED-L): Re: Lenovo X200T Inquiry

Friday, April 9, 2010

Re: Lenovo X200T Inquiry

I do believe multitouch has improved significantly in windows 7, although I=
cannot with 100% certainty say that the problems you've experienced in the=
past are corrected. I too am in the process of selecting tablets as well =
for our next cycle this summer and I'm really leaning towards purchasing th=
em with multitouch simply because I do not know where the tools are going t=
o go in the next 2 years but I'd like to think that investing now will leav=
e us with greater flexibility later on. I'm looking at Fujitsu's though if=
that makes any difference.

Thanks

Jomar McDonald
Director of Information Technology
The Frances Xavier Warde School
751 N. State St.
Chicago, IL=A0 60610
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From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Demetri Orlando
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 7:58 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Lenovo X200T Inquiry

Hi Kris,
I'd echo Karen's comments on the x200t. Our experience has been that the to=
uch screen causes more trouble than it's worth (misinterpreted input), and =
on our touch screen Dells we generally turn off that feature and make it pe=
n only. When I tried the multi-touch at first release it was laughable comp=
ared to what Apple has. Perhaps it is better now. When we ordered the x200t=
we got the non-touch version (both to save money and because we didn't see=
the utility of touch). We will be getting the x201t for the coming year. W=
e've been happy with the Lenovos-- Screen brightness has been fine. I appre=
ciate the touch-screen of my iPhone, but I'm a big advocate of pen-based in=
put on the tablet platform. I don't understand Apple's reluctance to add a =
stylus (for note-taking capability) to the iPad. I suspect it has to do wit=
h their screen-sensing technology being designed for finger pressure, vs. t=
he precision required for the tip of a stylus. If the iPad had this I would=
be taking a serious look at it. Fred's got a discussion going on this topi=
c on the ning: http://isenet.ning.com/forum/topics/ipads-in-education
Cheers,
Demetri