Well when I made this thread, I was using that computer as my primary computer, and it was starting to be limited by its RAM. At the time I just decided to wait until I got this computer.
Yeah, whats you're current specs?
Nice man, how is it using a tablet?
It's pretty good. I don't often use the touchscreen unless I'm at school and it's required, but it is really nice. You can't beat doing freeform selections or drawing something in GIMP with a stylus.
Yeah, never tried a tablet before, what would you say pro and cons are?
Hmm... For starters, it's fun to randomly turn the screen around and fold it down and amaze people who have never seen one.
My tablet is built for engineering applications. That means it has really good processing power and a good amount of RAM, but the graphics and webcam quality are somewhat lacking. I have Intel graphics, which should make you cringe, but it actually surprises me with decent graphics abilities. Of course I don't play new, really graphically-intense games on it, but it handles stuff like Stronghold 2 and Rome: Total War very well - much better than my old desktop. I'm not much of a gamer though, so that's ok.
When using image editing software (I mainly use GIMP), using the stylus for selecting stuff is really nice. It's also nice to annotate PDFs with. When taking notes with it, I would prefer to type because I'm so much faster at typing than I am at writing, but some things you have to write (like drawing diagrams of engineering problems, doing math, etc), so that's really nice. Plus, we do homework on our tablets and email it to the professor. It works really well for that use.
So we have:
Pros: Processing Speed, RAM, writing, the coolness factor
Cons: Graphics, Webcam, Small Screen
IMO intel should stick to processors and leave graphics to nvidia and ati. I think that they'll always be behind them.
Someone on another forum I volunteer on once referred to intel graphics as "ghetto graphics." Would you agree with that Robert?
Intel graphics are good for computers and laptops that wanna focus more on raw power, and nice review bit expencive though
Yeah, it cost me (well, my parents
) about $1,900.
Quote:Someone on another forum I volunteer on once referred to intel graphics as "ghetto graphics." Would you agree with that Robert?
No. The graphics on my laptop isn't bad.
Yeah, bloody hell that's expensive about £1,400 here. I have Intel GMA 4500HD Graphics and my windows 7 rating is 4.1 and thats not bad for built in graphics.
Yes, it's expensive, but it's a really good computer.
I get a 4.5 for graphics and a 5.2 for gaming graphics.
My gaming graphics is rated at 6, so good for older games but I didn't buy my laptop for graphics but more for power
Same here. I don't do much with computer games besides some of the older ones.
True, most older games are better anyway. I use alot of labour intensive programmes so need the Ram and CPU power, but couldn't spend that much on a compueter lol
I couldn't either, at the moment, but my parents did.
Virginia Tech, my college, requires tablets, so there's not too much you can do to save on the price. I've seen a few people with a USB writing pad connected to a normal laptop, but they look really awkward to me.
Yeah, well I've seen a few tablets that are just god awful. If you're gonna get one you may aswell get a good one
Yeah, some of them do look terrible. This tablet is definitely not bad at all - it looks good, feels good to use, and performs very well.
Yeah, I think the biggest problem with them at the moment is pure build quality
If you two should be the same thing. If you only get one it should be with what you have. Add a 1 GB stick if you do not have dual channel, even if your motherboard supports it. Only you can know that you can afford and how much you need.