Alternative to iPad

[phreeky82]

Originally Posted by Kris_Corsair

A friend of mine had one of those netbook thingo's and I gave it a whirl, and after about 10 - 15 minutes, I had the urge to toss it at the nearest brick wall because of the headache the constant squinting was giving me and everything on it was so tiny, and I'm, simply put, not.

Well a 10" netbook has a larger screen than the tablets generally, so that doesn't make much sense.

[SLATYE]

Originally Posted by Kris_Corsair

and has a nice big screen making reading doco's a lot easier. A friend of mine had one of those netbook thingo's and I gave it a whirl, and after about 10 - 15 minutes, I had the urge to toss it at the nearest brick wall because of the headache the constant squinting was giving me and everything on it was so tiny, and I'm, simply put, not.

I don't know whether these tablets will be good for you. The Notion Ink one is only a 10.1" screen, which is the same as many netbooks. If you want a decent amount of information on the screen then everything will have to be pretty small, and that'll make selecting things with the touch-screen somewhat difficult.

[Kris_Corsair]

Originally Posted by phreeky82

Well a 10" netbook has a larger screen than the tablets generally, so that doesn't make much sense.

Sorry, my mistake, I was thinking of those eepc's

[Kris_Corsair]

Ill have a look at these said, netbooks a bit more, sorry about the eepc mistake before, I'm a little bit laptop technology illiterate,

[nEBUz]

Originally Posted by nelson92

Nvidia Tegra?

It's a system on a chip made by NVidia based on the arm Coretex-A9 (most/all are dual core?), and has some nice 3-d accelerated gubbins built in to it. It can be clocked up to and beyond 1GHz for the specific case of the Notion Ink IIRC. (wiki)

[phreeky82]

Originally Posted by Kris_Corsair

Ill have a look at these said, netbooks a bit more, sorry about the eepc mistake before, I'm a little bit laptop technology illiterate,

eeepcs come in 7", 9", and 10".

I have a 1005ha - 10", WirelessN, 250GB HDD, webcam+mic, SD card slot (you can boot from it), 6hr+ battery life, 10/100Mb LAN, a few USB ports and a VGA port. I've upgraded it to 2GB RAM too (from 1GB - there is an access panel on this model). I'm running dual boot Win7 (it came with it) and Ubuntu. These could be had for about $450 or so now probably.

The old 7" eeepcs are a poor reference of current netbooks!

[Kris_Corsair]

Originally Posted by phreeky82

eeepcs come in 7", 9", and 10".

I have a 1005ha - 10", WirelessN, 250GB HDD, webcam+mic, SD card slot (you can boot from it), 6hr+ battery life, 10/100Mb LAN, a few USB ports and a VGA port. I've upgraded it to 2GB RAM too (from 1GB - there is an access panel on this model). I'm running dual boot Win7 (it came with it) and Ubuntu. These could be had for about $450 or so now probably.

The old 7" eeepcs are a poor reference of current netbooks!

I appreciate the info, its a real eye opened, haha Ill admit I am very restricted in my laptop knowledge these days...

[phreeky82]

Originally Posted by Kris_Corsair

I appreciate the info, its a real eye opened, haha Ill admit I am very restricted in my laptop knowledge these days...

Yeah it's easy to lose track of technology.

Pop on down to DSE, JBHifi, etc and check what they have. Have a quick read up on the Atom CPU models (they almost all use Atom CPUs these days), whether particular models can be upgraded easily (some have removable batteries and access panels to upgrade RAM, others don't), and if you're likely to replace the OS you should check hardware compatibility too (I'm a Linux user so it's very important to me).

[SLATYE]

Originally Posted by phreeky82

if you're likely to replace the OS you should check hardware compatibility too (I'm a Linux user so it's very important to me).

This is an important point regarding the tablets. Windows is not an option on them; the ARM CPUs aren't x86 compatible.

[Arbite]

I'm suprised the T91mt hasn't been mentioned.
reat little notebook and can be had for <$800

[phreeky82]

Originally Posted by SLATYE

This is an important point regarding the tablets. Windows is not an option on them; the ARM CPUs aren't x86 compatible.

Well except for this one I linked to earlier: http://www.archos.com/products/nb/ar...try=au&lang=en

I have no idea how much they go for though, my knowledge of them extends to what I've seen on their website and in a review.

edit: Oh and check wireless connectivity/compatibility with non-Windows/Linux tablets. For example most universities either are or are likely to be using in the future Eduroam - http://www.eduroam.edu.au/where-is-eduroam.html

[dragokahn]

What about the CrunchPad thats been renamed the JooJoo

[$3@N]

Awesoem finally a good alternative.

Suck it IFail.

[proffesso]

Originally Posted by $3@N

Awesoem finally a good alternative.

Suck it IFail.

its an alternative...not sure i would say "good"

hows build quality? glass screen? interactivity? many things stack up

[$3@N]

Originally Posted by proffesso

its an alternative...not sure i would say "good"

hows build quality? glass screen? interactivity? many things stack up

I would take it over a glorified Itouch/phone anyday.