RE: C-Bus and HomeGate AND tablet PC question

["Marcus Warrington" <marcusw@xxxxxxx>]

Steve,
Steve,

Just out of interest, how much did you pay?

I paid =A3750 for the Compaq TC1000 (cheapest I it found was around
=A31100=
new)
and =A3920 for the Toshiba (cheapest I found was around =A31500 new)

The main reason for buying was I had money burning a hole in my pocket :)
We had our house burgled in February and the took a Fuji510i Web pad (that=
=20
I paid =A3150 for) and an old battered Panasonic 486SX Laptop (=A3100 from
=
eBay).=20
Insurance paid me out in cash.. =A3925 for the WebPad and =A31100 for the
l=
aptop !!

Fujitsu are dumping their first-generation PIII tablets for around
GBP600 to distributors in readiness for the Centrino-based machines.

Steve

If I could have found one at that price I would have been well happy.
There was one on eBay for around =A3900 if I remember correctly, but I
real=
ly
wanted a tablet with a keyboard of some form.
I suppose it like all things electronic.. never buy it as an investment,
next week it will be old hat and half the price.

Marcus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcus Warrington [mailto:marcusw@xxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: 19 August 2003 17:32
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] RE: C-Bus and HomeGate AND tablet PC question
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> Michael,
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> If by "Tablet" you mean one of the new XPTablets then
please=20
> be aware that they aren't touch screen. Part of Micro$ofts=20
> specification is that they must use inductive stylus, meaning=20
> that you must use the stylus to use the screen no fingers or=20
> pencils will do.
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> I just got 2 tablets from eBay (Toshiba and Compaq) and am=20
> very impressed with them. The pen writing stuff is pretty=20
> cool but is really just a novelty.. can't really see how=20
> beneficial it will be (not at the price they charge anyway!).
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> Of the 2 I'd say the Compaq "feels" like the better
machine..=20
> although it is slower.
>=20
> Had a little wardriving fun driving to work this morning with=20
> the Toshiba.. I was amazed to find 10 networks on my way to=20
> work... and only 2 had encryption turned on!