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Here is an overview of eInk devices with stylus: http://forum.tabletpcreview.co...

So tired of this crap? Disable it. It's not like SOL is some hidden buried feature that isn't accessible via a simple BIOS option. A lot of people froth at the mouth over IME without understand what the attack surface is, and what it isn't.

This has nothing to do with any of the complaints over IME since this functionality is completely within the user's control.

You can't even disable this shit on most BIOS you fat fuck, and when you set it to disable, it's actually still on.

T901 draws 2 watts while off!! yes powered down. No sleep, not hibernation! fully off.

even when i trun off intel AMT in bios its still on, during post screen it shows its on!!

how can i trun this off? thats 5% each battery and two batterys.

an avrage of 10% (with one battery) of power loss per day? thats bad...

Fuck off and go back to licking Moore's dick.

Unless your first experience was buying an Asus Vivotab Note 8, my first new machine since college and it dies in less than a month due to a widespread problem w/ the digitizer cables going out:

http://forum.tabletpcreview.co...

What does it say about your brand and QC when that's a top hit for one of your models.

Guess I'll try a Toshiba Encore 2 Write 10 next --- at least the T1200XE I had was a solid and reliable machine which lasted quite a while.

A computer is more than a cpu and a screen. It's also a keyboard, and mouse. Do you plan to cart those around? If you want a projector, just buy the Air or other ultrabook, and buy a projector.

This. Also his list of "tiny projectors" are usually 1+ pound, cost about $500 and offer only SVGA (800x600) resolution or less and once he adds a computer, keyboard and mouse it's at least another 2 lbs, so he'll be at 3+ lbs.

What he needs is an older tablet like the Fujitsu p1620. For about $300 he can easily buy a used tablet weighting less than 3 lbs (including battery) running a Core 2 Duo and WXGA (1280x) screen.

Where did he get the idea that a projector would be a great idea and how did he forget netbooks and Mac Airs aren't the only lightweight laptops?

It's closer than many might suspect. Acer has just announced their 1920 x 1200 tablet.

http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3353&news=acer+iconia+a700+ics+android+tablet

Won't be long before this format migrates into laptops and monitors. Everybody with an opinion seems to hate 800 vertical, and half of those people work in the computer industry in one way or another. It's coming.

I should add: The downside of the Livescribe pen for science conferences is that if you have audio recording on all day, the battery is likely to run flat by the end of the day, unless you recharge at lunchtime. The battery is fine if you only want to record written notes, so I tend to switch on audio recording only for the important talks.

Livescribe is fine, but if you want a $100+ device you'll be able to use more than once, I recommend a Fujitsu p1620 or Dell Latitude XT

Both dual core, both tablets, similar resolutions at 1280x768/800, but p1620 has a smaller screen, 8.9", and weighs less, ~2 lbs, and is almost the exact same size as a iPad, just thicker. p1620 battery is in the front and is easily swappable, and Fujitsu sells a multicharger for it so you can charge two batteries simultaneously while using a third. Resistive screen, uses a digitizer or your fingernail, and I can confirm clicking links and opening programs works rather well with a fingernail.

Latitude XT is larger and heavier, ~4 lbs, but the 12" screen is multitouch so you can use your fingers, great for Windows 8 when it's released. But the best part about this tablet is the available external extended "slice" battery which is basically a 2nd battery that docks to the entire bottom of tablet. You should get an additional 6-8+ hours of real world usage with the slice battery, and the slice battery can be charged separately, so you could leave one charging while using another one, and being an external battery the laptop does not need to be shutdown to swap allowing you to leave the laptop on continuously forever as long as you kept swapping the external battery.

I have both tablets and they both serve their purposes, XT for all day use with external battery, p1620 for maximum portability since it's much smaller and lighter. The Dell Latitude XT can be had for about $300 from Dell and the Fujitsu p1620 is around $200 on ebay.

There are lots of them - and have been for good long time. I have one of these, that I got when a local hospital was selling off the old generation of computers and upgrading to these. These things are freaking amazing - usable in full sunlgiht, nearly indestructible, great battery life (plus hot-swappable batteries), but they do cost $2000+, which is why you never see them, except in hospitals or government contracted job-sites, or on sci-fi tv shows.

Fujitsu, Acer, HP, Dell, or Lenovo all have Windows tablet offerings. They just tend to be full-fledged computers, rather than toys, and so carry a higher price. Windows 7 with gestures / flicks works quite well as a tablet OS, but it is helpful to have the active digitizer with stylus, regardless of whether you also have a iPad style touchscreen.

You are right. Kmart should remove the claim.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/augens-kmart-tablet-and-smartbook-wont-have-google-branded-app/

http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=1561&news=google+Android+os+augen+gentouch78+kmart+tablet

Wow, this is such a great idea that I'm surprised that no one has done this before.

Have you checked out http://www.tabletpcreview.com/?

Troll.

The X61 has excellent reviews, infact I own one myself. Under "light" use (and I'm sure that Excel falls under light use), I can get 7 hours out of the battery with wireless enabled, if I'm watching XViD with VLC I can get about 4 hours out of the battery.

The hard disk is not slow at all, I'm running Windows XP and boot time is under a minute on the machine and is sufficient for most tasks.

This review here compares several Mtron SSDs to the Samsung and a Sandisk:

http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=1037

[Spoiler]: They beat the crap out of the Samsung SSD, are available now and already several hundred bucks below a Grand.