Tablet for School?

[LupaCupcake]

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Would you be able to recommend a cheap desktop for gaming? Better yet - a reasonably priced laptop for gaming? The only thing my X201t isn't great for is gaming, and after this semester I'm going to be on that Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim & Diablo III ish. But i'll be flying around so I would need a laptop. I'm not sure what to look for for gaming, and I can't buy anything too expensive. Any ideas?


And staying on the topic of this thread - OneNote 2010 is incredible. Linked to skydrive, you can access your notes/notebooks (with all your slides and documents integrated) and edit them anywhere through the web browser. That's just one addition to the incredible variety in features that makes OneNote so great.

OH oh oh....desktop for gaming. Your best bet in my personal opinion is to build your own computer. Build a custom gaming computer. You can go cheap on some items, put more $ in others. If you need to take a couple months to slowly build it so the money is not all at once. I have a custom built gaming tower which I named bluebaby because I have a full tower that is ocean blue with blue and green led lights and I have a laptop for portability. I built my computer 6 years ago and every so often I update something...get a new graphics card...get hard drives with more space...new motherboard. I don't update the whole thing at one time, that would cost too much.

They are not hard to put together, just think of it as surgery.

 

[alexandertg6]

I know UCF COM gives their students iPads currently/ require tablets to my knowledge. I dont know if that will continue, but as of right now thats how it is.

 

[kansaskid]

I've heard that some schools actually require their students to get tablets, and in certain cases the school even provides them with one. Can anyone here confirm this, and if so, which schools?

I know that KU has required this purchase and provided loans in the past, but they are thinking of making it optional this fall. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be investing in the thinkpad regardless, though.

, and after this semester I'm going to be on that Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim & Diablo III ish. .

Mmmmmm...Skyrim.....

 

[alexandertg6]

this looks like the ultimate med school note taking device... is it??

iPad with keyboard
anyone tried using iPad w keyboard before??

 

[r1d1]

I prefer old school, manual writing and highlighting over notes on/with laptops and tablets. I don't know, I guess it helps me memorize, kind of.

It's better for your vision, too.

 

[RookTookIt]

this looks like the ultimate med school note taking device... is it??

iPad with keyboard
anyone tried using iPad w keyboard before??

Never tried, but no joke about half of my class (not med school) takes notes this way. It's for a class where all of the notes are on powerpoint.

 

[Thing1]

Thought I would try this forum to see if anyone has experience using a Kindle Fire or other 7 inch tablet to read textbooks. I'm looking into getting a tablet for a couple of reasons: reading class notes (PDFs/powerpoints), reading PDF textbooks, reading PubMed papers, reading Kindle textbooks, and basic browsing and word processing. I'm thinking of getting the new Nexus 7 for this. Is a 7 inch screen big enough for my purposes?

I also heard it was possible to convert PDFs to be compatible with the Kindle app. Is this true?

I have also thought about getting the iPad 2. Can't afford the iPad 3 as of right now.

 

[Ironmandoc]

thinkpad x220t. OK, it's ultra expensive, but it's AMAZING!

That's what my med school class is getting. Can't wait!