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Does anyone use a tablet PC in Pharm School? Do you like it? Which one?

Thanks!!
 
Double post FTL. 😉

Tablet PCs are a technology I would recommend testing at a computer store before shelling the cash for them. Personally I'm geeky enough to use the tableting feature to take notes, some around here wouldn't be. When I got to test one for work, I used it all the time in meetings to take the notes and then task manage them. Alas I couldn't get them to let me keep it. booooo
 
I use a Gateway M280 convertible. Very easy to use as a laptop and then flip the screen around to use as a Tablet. It is very heavy (6+ lbs), but I'm always sitting in a classroom anyways. Put in the optional battery and it will go for more than 6 hours with everything on. Highly recommended.

I use the tablet functions in classes which require diagrams, i.e. Biology. It was also handy in Organic. I used Microsoft Onenote, which is free, to search through hundreds of pages of handwritten notes for specific terms. And it actually worked!
 
kkelloww said:
I use a Gateway M280 convertible. Very easy to use as a laptop and then flip the screen around to use as a Tablet. It is very heavy (6+ lbs), but I'm always sitting in a classroom anyways. Put in the optional battery and it will go for more than 6 hours with everything on. Highly recommended.

I use the tablet functions in classes which require diagrams, i.e. Biology. It was also handy in Organic. I used Microsoft Onenote, which is free, to search through hundreds of pages of handwritten notes for specific terms. And it actually worked!
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If your notes are in powerpoint, for example, do you have to convert them into a OneNote file to be able to annotate them? Also can you type and then use the stylus to draw a diagram if needed?

Thanks!!!
 
TXRX said:
If your notes are in powerpoint, for example, do you have to convert them into a OneNote file to be able to annotate them? Also can you type and then use the stylus to draw a diagram if needed?

Thanks!!!
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In powerpoint you just print to onenote and the slides go to onenote where you can annotate. You can switch between typed and handwritten notes and/or drawings at any time. You can also insert screen clippings, hyperlinks, etc. Here is a good resource if you are interested in tablets.

I would definitely go with a convertible for the versatility.
 
kkelloww said:
In powerpoint you just print to onenote and the slides go to onenote where you can annotate. You can switch between typed and handwritten notes and/or drawings at any time. You can also insert screen clippings, hyperlinks, etc. Here is a good resource if you are interested in tablets.

I would definitely go with a convertible for the versatility.
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Thanks for the advice! I really appreciate it!
 
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