hey guys i was wonderign if you can help me locate a laptop tablet pc.. i plan on using the computer for work and play... the programs i will be running are; megasquirt and spark (engine managment system), auto cad, photoshop, gis programs, arch view... and i plan on keeping a variety of music for my ipod and i plan on making a really crazy webpage.... i know the question "why a tablet" well they work very well for presentations and give a advanced persauna of the work i do... the work i currently do is build advanced models for construction sites, monitor and report them..... i am currently using a dell latitude 810...

what i am looking for is somehtign with ample memory, fast, good graphics, and somethign reliable with a good warranty.... i am looking to spend 2000 and lower

thanks in a advance

Personally... laptops are one thing that if I were going to pay out for one.... I'd go with the best.

Typically I hate sony electronics and products... however, if you can't go with a custom asus model or something with an oem copy of XP pro... i'd walk in a store and buy nothing but a vaio.

hp used to be the way to go... until their support went to hell ... or india whatever

dell inspiron 1100. paid $200 for it on ebay... love it. p4 2.2, 256 ram, 20gb hd. not really expensive or impressive but works for me.

didnt read the above, what you have now is probably better than mine.

have you ever heard of Larsa I know a guy who works for them sounds similar to what you do.

do NOT get a Vaio, unless you intend to completely wipe the hard drive and start fresh with your own OS. those things are pieces of trash.

right now, our doctors have been purchasing the IBM X41 - it's lightweight, compact, and they absolutely love it. i work at Johns Hopkins, by the way...

another option i'd consider is a Fujitsu Lifebook. those suckers can take a beating.

Find yourself a Toshiba tablet. Should be able to get one for around a grand, maybe less now.

for some reason i remember a cooling issue with the toshi tablets...

For my MegaSquirt, I had bought a Dell L400

It costs about $300, runs MegaTune just fine, weighs nothing. :p

Then I crashed the car and it became one with the glovebox.

I'd also look into the Latitude D610 with the Pentium M and CMT.

thanks for the comments guys, but i am kinda set on a tablet... to run the programs i mentioned what should i get, like to what specs... i see all the options when i look at the gateways and toshibas, but i have no idea what any of it does, other then make the price go up.... like should i get the 80 gig hard drive with blah blah blah... i have no idea the relationship they have with the programs, speed of the program etc

for some reason i remember a cooling issue with the toshi tablets...

Why don't you shut the fuck up?

wow. what the fuck crawled up your ass and died?

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