Jngrbrdman
08-12-2007, 02:49 PM
I`ve been working on the same TabletPC since nearly the time that they came out. I bought a TC1000 back in 2001 I believe it was and I`ve been using it without problem ever since. Well, relatively without problem. The TC1000 uses finepoint technology in their pen, so replacing it is a bugger. I`m forced to shell out nearly a hundred bucks everytime one freaks out or gets lost. I`m on my third one right now and that is the last one I`ll buy. It was also not the greatest by way of computing power. The processor is a 1.0GHz Transmeta Crusoe TM5800 and it only came with 256 MB of RAM. I expanded it to 512, but it will only take another 256 even if I wanted to give it more. So it works, but forget about playing games on it or having more than two programs open at once. I have loved using it as a terrific portable laptop with wireless internet when I needed it out in the garage. It also came in super handy when I was in college and later as an instructor. Anyone who has used a tablet knows how great they are and how addicting it can be to have the functionality of one.
Well, after many years of good use I think it is time to hang it up and get a new one. I went shopping for a new one that had the features I wanted and I decided on a Gateway C-140x. It has a much better speed with the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7100 (1.80GHz, 800MHz, 2MB L2). It has 2gig of RAM too, so having photoshop open along with dreamweaver or another high memory program won`t be a problem. The other thing it has over the TC1000 is the screen size. The TC1000 only has a 10 inch screen, which made for great portability, but not great for other things. The c-140x has a 14" screen that will be a welcome upgrade. It also has the coolest thing. It has a fingerprint reader so I don`t have to type in passwords. I just save them in a particular place and then whenever I get to a page asking me for a password I just swipe my finger across the reader and it enters it for me. How sweet is that? My HP has a signature password on the Windows startup screen, but the fingerprint thing is just so much cooler. I got the whole thing for $1240 out the door, so I was pretty happy with that. I sold my TC1000 with the software I had installed on it for $500, so that took the edge off the cost.
Anyway, I`m super excited so I thought I`d share for my techno geek friends out there. :) I`ve never had a Gateway before, so I`m not sure what to expect. I won`t have the computer till the first of September since there is a shortage in the industry of the glass they use for the screens, so I`ll have to wait a bit. If anyone has had any experience with Gateway tablets or anything else that would come in handy then feel free to pipe up. :)
Here is some info on the tablets I`ve used and am going to use.
TC1000 I`m going from. (http://pencomputing.com/frames/tpc_compaq.htm)
C140-x that I`m going to. (http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529666090.php)
Well, after many years of good use I think it is time to hang it up and get a new one. I went shopping for a new one that had the features I wanted and I decided on a Gateway C-140x. It has a much better speed with the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7100 (1.80GHz, 800MHz, 2MB L2). It has 2gig of RAM too, so having photoshop open along with dreamweaver or another high memory program won`t be a problem. The other thing it has over the TC1000 is the screen size. The TC1000 only has a 10 inch screen, which made for great portability, but not great for other things. The c-140x has a 14" screen that will be a welcome upgrade. It also has the coolest thing. It has a fingerprint reader so I don`t have to type in passwords. I just save them in a particular place and then whenever I get to a page asking me for a password I just swipe my finger across the reader and it enters it for me. How sweet is that? My HP has a signature password on the Windows startup screen, but the fingerprint thing is just so much cooler. I got the whole thing for $1240 out the door, so I was pretty happy with that. I sold my TC1000 with the software I had installed on it for $500, so that took the edge off the cost.
Anyway, I`m super excited so I thought I`d share for my techno geek friends out there. :) I`ve never had a Gateway before, so I`m not sure what to expect. I won`t have the computer till the first of September since there is a shortage in the industry of the glass they use for the screens, so I`ll have to wait a bit. If anyone has had any experience with Gateway tablets or anything else that would come in handy then feel free to pipe up. :)
Here is some info on the tablets I`ve used and am going to use.
TC1000 I`m going from. (http://pencomputing.com/frames/tpc_compaq.htm)
C140-x that I`m going to. (http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529666090.php)