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X60 Tablet a good choice for me? (+ question about Vista)
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:05 am
by iha
I am looking for a tablet PC for around $1500.
My main use will be taking notes during class, MS office, and studying.. possibly some light photoshop. So really nothing too intense like video editing or gaming. This laptop would not be a desktop replacement.
Is the x60 tablet my best option? (i'm assuming all of the x61's will be out of my price range even on eBay)
A side question: the x60 comes with XP, but I have heard that Vista can learn to recognize your writing better over time and so it is much better for Tablet PCs.. is this true? Should I upgrade the x60 to vista?
I initially actually was looking for XP b/c I haven't heard many positive reviews of Vista, and I would be concerned that the processor and 1 GB of ram in the x60 wouldn't run Vista very well. If you think I should upgrade to vista do you think I should upgrade the ram to 2GB as well?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:52 am
by tomh009
With the Visa discount (through
http://www.usa.visa.com) you can get an X61 tablet from $1509, so it might be in your price range after all. And you can pick up a high-quality 1 GB module (for 1.5 GB total) aftermarket for under $50.
The processor is plenty fast for Vista, and the integrated graphics are fine, too. So far the recent reviews on these forums for Vista from X6 tablet users are quite positive.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:26 am
by iha
this is a great discount, thanks!
looks like i'm getting the x61. i'm surprised it only comes w/ 512 MB of ram. But like you said, I can always upgrade later for cheaper.
my only big problem with it is that i start school in 2 weeks and i really would like it here when I start (though I know that's not going to happen).. i hope it gets here not to soon after, but I have heard they can sometimes take a while to ship
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:17 am
by iha
i ordered it. i have a feeling shipping time will be the only thing i regret about this purchase. i really need this in 3 weeks, but I don't see that happening.
edit: estimated shipping date is 08/17/07
are these estimates usually pretty accurate?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:36 am
by tomh009
Sometimes the ship dates are overly pessimistic ... but other times they have component shortages etc and it ends up taking even longer. Let's hope yours arrives quickly!
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:13 am
by tgrimley
When I talked to a CSR today he said that shipping times were about 1-2 weeks on the X61T's.. I'm not sure if that's accurate though.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:57 pm
by iha
tgrimley wrote:When I talked to a CSR today he said that shipping times were about 1-2 weeks on the X61T's.. I'm not sure if that's accurate though.
wow that would make me extremely happy if mine would get here that fast. i'll keep my fingers crossed.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:54 pm
by iha
I called to see if they could give me any more info and the lady said it will be shipped the 2nd week of august.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:17 pm
by snife
You made a good choice - the X61T is fantastic and Vista is the only sensible choice for a Tablet, XP Tablet Edition just feels so wrong in so many ways once you've used Vista, its just so much more intuative.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:50 pm
by iha
snife wrote:You made a good choice - the X61T is fantastic and Vista is the only sensible choice for a Tablet, XP Tablet Edition just feels so wrong in so many ways once you've used Vista, its just so much more intuative.
Oh nice, i hope you're right. I feel good about my decision. It has everything I was looking for and more.
My brother got the x60 tablet. I'm wondering if we will notice significant differences between the two.. We will be upgrading his to Vista probably.
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:57 am
by snife
You'll notice a slight bump in performance but its not going to be anything breathtaking as the X60T was already a very capable machine but with the new chipset and turbo memory you could get quite a bit of a boost in certain circumstances.