iPad or tablet?

[msruly12]

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Which is better suited for med school, the ipad or a tablet ?
I wanna be able to write notes on my PDF books. Would I have problems getting my PDF medical library onto the iPad ( since I believe it doesn't have a flash drive). Also would an iPad be too slow?
Thanks alot

 

[Pons Asinorum]

Good info relevant to your question in this thread...

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=805150

 

[msruly12]

nice. Thanks. I don't know why it didn't show up in my search results

 

[Pons Asinorum]

nice. Thanks. I don't know why it didn't show up in my search results

Because simple search on SDN sucks (sorry SDN gods, it does.)

Edit: Just remembered, there's also a dedicated technology forum a little down the list in no-mans-forum land on here.

 

[shadowfox87]

tablet of course, as long as you buy the right one. It should be able to do everything you would want to do on an ipad. Ipad is just a cheaper, smaller, alternative when you already have a lappy.

 

[Purps]

I got a tablet for med school thinking I'd use it, but so far, I haven't really used it yet (other than for the occassional doodle when I'm bored, but it doesn't really have any relevant usage, or so I've found). Any diagrams I want I can just get off the powerpoints, not try and draw a ****** version of it myself 🙂

Imo, you should just go with a laptop with a very chunky battery instead 🙂

 

[theWUbear]

I asked SDN about this last year. This is my thread

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=772785

Writing from my tablet PC. It is probably the coolest thing on earth. Let me know if you have any questions about the X201t

 

[Purps]

Writing from my tablet PC. It is probably the coolest thing on earth. Let me know if you have any questions about the X201t

I have a X201t too, and I've found that while it's fun to write on it, I write faster and neater when I write with a pen and paper.

 

[shadowfox87]

I got a tablet for med school thinking I'd use it, but so far, I haven't really used it yet (other than for the occassional doodle when I'm bored, but it doesn't really have any relevant usage, or so I've found). Any diagrams I want I can just get off the powerpoints, not try and draw a ****** version of it myself 🙂

Imo, you should just go with a laptop with a very chunky battery instead 🙂

This. I still use laptops. I got a tablet long time ago, returned it b/c I wasn't impressed with the accuracy of the palm rejection. Though, by now Lenovo and HP both have pretty good palm rejection and I have found uses in both biochemistry and immunology where drawing out the pathways helps because I can't find pics with overall pathways on them. It saves time, b/c sure I can draw it on the computer with photoshop/paint, but that takes longer, my hand is faster than my mouse. 🙂