# What are Tablet PCs? **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [October 1, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986 "2004-10-01T07:25:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![h88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@h88](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/h88)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986/1 "2004-10-01T07:25:11Z")
Eh… Anyone here knows about Tablet PCs? Well, I do. 🙂 I got my first ever laptop last week, and It is the best thing I have ever purchased. :love: Undoubtedly, Tablet PCs aren’t much known as laptops are, but they’ve proven useful for classes as well as for sketching (You’re going to see many stuff posted in the next couple of weeks!) 😛 My unit is made by LG… (The model # is LT20-154U1) and it is available in Canada, but not in the US… Well, in the US, you can get the toshiba unit, or Motion Computing’s slate tablet pc. My unit: ![](http://www.hall88.com/tablet_pics/tablet2.jpg) If anyone is seriously considering a notebook purchase soon, s/he should consider tablets too. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986/2 "2004-10-01T11:40:56Z")
yeah, tablet pc’s rock, ditch your notebook, ditch your pen, even ditch your $5,000 laptop, go for the tablets! (i mean the digital notebok kinda thingy, not drugs) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986/3 "2004-10-01T13:31:15Z")
dont ditch your 5,000 doller laptop… give it to me:P ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986/4 "2004-10-01T15:37:44Z")
donate it to the arts, ie. Me ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986/5 "2004-10-01T20:26:24Z")
What’s the specs of the tablets? Are they just as good as normal? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986/6 "2004-10-01T21:51:23Z")
Maxtr0sity, Everything is as normal as any laptop. My unit: - Pentium M 1.5 GHz (Dothan Core) 2 MB Cache - 512 MB DDR SDRAM 333 - 64 MB Integrated Graphics - 2200bg - LAN, Modem, SD drive, etc… - Preloaded with Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition (Which has the same functionality of Windows XP Pro, but also includes Handwriting recognition function along with speech recognition) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986/7 "2004-10-01T21:54:56Z")
Doesn’t it also come with Visio? (Or whatever that program is that lets you do some stuff with Tablet PC’s) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986/8 "2004-10-01T22:25:29Z")
windows xp tablet pc edition, allows input using a pen and has all the features of windows xp pro, i think theres a linux build for them as well but you’d have to install that yourself ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986/9 "2004-10-02T04:07:12Z")
Yeah, those things look pretty awesome, and ULTRAMEGASUPERL337 for Vector Art! > [@idoik](#): > > dont ditch your 5,000 doller laptop… give it to me:P Ahhahaha! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986/10 "2004-10-02T12:47:55Z")
> [@Krilnon](#): > > Doesn’t it also come with Visio? (Or whatever that program is that lets you do some stuff with Tablet PC’s) It comes with Windows Journal, but I don’t use it. I just love the ink capabilities offered by office oneNote… The most coolest thing is when you “write” messages in MSN Messenger chat windows! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986/11 "2004-10-02T14:34:03Z")
I’m probably getting a tablet for college, are they durable? Can they survive a drop? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986/12 "2004-10-02T15:20:26Z")
As for the durability , I have no idea. I cannot directly compare it to a regular laptop as I never had one before. However, The convertable tablet PCs have a strong central hinge (ie. toshiba M200) which is much better than regular laptops’ open/close mechanism. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986/13 "2004-10-02T16:06:15Z")
:bu: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-tablet-pcs/65986/14 "2004-10-02T16:10:35Z")
roflmao… 😛 😃