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January 2004 - Posts

TabletPC advice please

I'm looking to get a TabletPC on salary sacrifice, and I would love to hear some advice from people who have them.

I will be using it to test TabletPC software I write, and will use it as a secondary development PC (though I imagine I'll use an external 17" or 19" display). It would also be nice if I could play some 3D games on it (Toshiba seems to win there!).

I've been looking at the Acer C300 and Toshiba M200. Here's the pros/cons I've come up with from my research so far:

Acer C300 Toshiba M200
PROS
14.1" screen 12.1" screen
DVD/CD-RW 1400 x 1050 resolution
7.5hr battery nVidia GeForce FX Go5200 (32Mb)
CONS
1024 x 768 resolution No CD/DVD drive as standard
Heavy (2.74Kg without DVD or extra battery) 4.5Hr battery

Anyone out there care to give me their advice?

Thanks!
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