Tablet Tips for a Doctor

joshmryan · 20th May 2008, 3:45 PM

Hey all,

My Dr Auntie is chasing a new tablet. She is a massive Mac Addict with a house full of them, but needs a tablet for note-taking from patients.

She has been using a Toshiba Portege M200 which she described as

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was ok but fat and ugly and running windows....
What can I say.

Can anyone make any reccomendations ? Price obviously doesn't really matter plus it would be a tax deduction.

TIA

McbLt · 20th May 2008, 6:27 PM

well if she's really mad keen, try one of these: http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook

joshmryan · 21st May 2008, 7:34 AM

Haha thanks for that - she did actually ask me what I thought about them.. Although they are not bad looking, they're still pretty clunky..

Has there been any further developments with running Mac OS on PC's. I know it can be done on XPS M1330's, what about a PC tablet running Mac - is that a possibility ?

McbLt · 21st May 2008, 8:09 AM

you can (do a google for "leopard on pc" or something) - not sure how you'd go for drivers though. That'd be the tricky party.

If she's so adverse to Windows, maybe try her on Ubuntu and skin it to look like OSX. Maybe find out what she doesn't like about Windows too. There are always dock programs etc to give you similar OSX functionality.

21st May 2008, 7:34 AM	#3
joshmryan Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Brisbane. Posts: 664	Haha thanks for that - she did actually ask me what I thought about them.. Although they are not bad looking, they're still pretty clunky.. Has there been any further developments with running Mac OS on PC's. I know it can be done on XPS M1330's, what about a PC tablet running Mac - is that a possibility ? __________________ über 08 trades w: CHrishang, adante, Valtelino, zippo87, Arch-Angel, lothloriel http://mybitchinkitchen.com.au

20th May 2008, 6:27 PM	#2
McbLt Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Adelaide, SA 5000 Posts: 1,102	well if she's really mad keen, try one of these: http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook

21st May 2008, 8:09 AM	#4
McbLt Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Adelaide, SA 5000 Posts: 1,102	you can (do a google for "leopard on pc" or something) - not sure how you'd go for drivers though. That'd be the tricky party. If she's so adverse to Windows, maybe try her on Ubuntu and skin it to look like OSX. Maybe find out what she doesn't like about Windows too. There are always dock programs etc to give you similar OSX functionality.