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Does anyone know how well these things work at drawing, like in Photoshop or illustrator? I want to get one for use with drawing like with a Wacom tablet. I was looking at the Toshiba Tecra M7.]]>Jul 14th 2006 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/
Am I missing something?
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I'm waiting for a 15" or larger convertable with a Wacom digitizer. Or maybe one of these days I'll pick up a Cintiq...]]>Jul 14th 2006 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/
and the terrible thing is that many people just leave them on there! eeww!

i dont really understand the whole "convertible" moniker. it's a tablet that swivels. whatever. always comes across as a lame auto-industry reference. ]]>Jul 14th 2006 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/
http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2006&itemno=300

They’ll also be able to get wifi on the bus ride home.

http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/campusnotice.php?item=1014
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http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,118514,pg,5,00.asp
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,118514,pg,4,00.asp ]]>Jul 14th 2006 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/
Small screens are an advantage because you can actually take it around with you to class or something when taking notes. The drawback would be when you're designing on it and Adobe's tool windows take up half the screen.

But I'm relatively happy with my convertible tablet but I went cheap and got an Averatec, NOT a good idea. IMPORTANT: If you want to get a tablet, invest in one that has good support from its manufacturer. Tablets, by nature, are high maintenance since we're dealing with additional components (the screen digitizer, stylus, the swivel necks, additional--often 3rd-party--software for handwriting/stylus/screen functions, and an edition of Windows XP that isn't avaialble at retail). So don't go cheap with these things, because I'm really feeling the pains of doing so right now especially with an expired warranty.]]>Jul 14th 2006 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/Jul 14th 2006 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/
granted i toured europe with it and am always playing gigs in bars, but other musicians i know using laptops don't have the same problems. ]]>Jul 14th 2006 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/
"...As for the battery life, after reading the review I was kind of shocked to see how low it scored. I'm not sure whether it was just the testing environment or something of that sort, but when I first got my tablet, I charged it to full. Afterwards, I unplugged it and ran on the battery. I had the screen adjusted to about mid-brightness and had wi-fi on. I was basically surfing the web and doing things that are not too demanding. Also during this time, I had a wireless mouse plugged in ocassionaly. I managed to get about 3 hours 45min on battery.

As of right now, i'm on my full charge/discharge and i've been running for almost 3 hours and my battery meter says I still have about an hour to go... so i'm quite satisfied with the battery life. (Better than all my other laptops at least)."

Another poster said:

"BATTERY ISSUE...

...is not a big concern (I have the T4210 1.83GHz). I fully charged my main and modular battery 100% and then drained to below 5% then fully recharged again. Although I haven't done specific timed tests, with both batteries in I get about 7-9 hours of use. Granted, I have the screen at about 50% (the indoor-only is fine at this brightness) and turn off the wifi sometimes when not required (which is so easy to do with the actual swith on the side of the unit - nice touch). I'm sure you could be more conservative and get more battery out of it."

http://forum.tabletpcreviewspot.com/showthread.php?t=2369&page=3]]>Jul 14th 2006 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/
As for the battery. I got the supplemental battery in the optical drive slot. It's never run out, and I've used it for as long as 6 1/2 hours without a charge. I have an external optical drive at home for anything I can't install via the wireless network. Also, a thumb drive for everyday use. With this configuration, it's light enough to carry back and forth to work, but I must say their P1500, at 2.21 pounds, is very tempting. I just like to have a larger screen for grading papers. Otherwise, I'd get that machine in a minute!

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I love being able to draw diagrams and take notes, it would be impossible to fully take notes without the tablet. 4.5 pounds isn't that much, I think my binder would be more if I had to print off all the powerpoint slides.

The only problem I have with it is the batteries. The one that came with my computer lasted 4 1/2 hours with the contrast halfway, playing on the internet and checking email. It only lasted about 1 1/2 years which is fine because I use almost half the time on battery power (basically only plugged in when it needed to charge). It was only lasting around 35 minutes which isn't long enough for my classes without plugins so I bought another one. This one only lasted 2 1/2 hours with contrast halfway and started to die a couple weeks ago and now it won't even boot my computer up without dying. I believe now there might have been something wrong with the replacement battery but the problem is that replacement batteries only have a 90 warranty so lucky me is on my third battery. I just put it in and it's saying there is 3 1/2 hours with the brightness on full so we will see ....

Other than the battery issue I have, this computer has been awesome and I am completely addicted to tablet PCs.]]>Apr 8th 2009 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/14/fujitsu-lifebook-t4210-convertible-pc-reviewed/
I love the ability to write directly on the display, coupled with OneNote 2003, it replaces the spiral paper notebook that I used to carry to meetings.

I use a tablet PC to display sheet music, and annotate my music. But I also create the programs that do this. Without a convertible, I need 2 separate systems to do both. Now I can use a single system.
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