Comments on: Is This the End of Minisog?

By: sogrady

sogrady — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:32:23 +0000

Danno: thx for the add’tl feedback. i’m struggling with the divide between what i need as a Linux platform for compiles and such and the desire to be able to drag everything i need around with me everywhere. not sure where i’ll end up, but maybe i should give the tablets more of a chance.

Floyd: i’d think you’d be more appreciative of everything that mini’s done for you. your presentation at CU, for example?

By: Floyd

Floyd — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:01:06 +0000

Noooooooooooooo! Not miniSOG!!!!

I wonder if Atari makes a laptop…

By: Danno

Danno — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 08:21:49 +0000

Oh, yeah, I’d personally always RATHER type than write (My handwriting is also slow chicken scratch), but writing and being able to spatially differentiate ideas just provides too much utility. (I also find that recall is improved when writing things out by hand. I don’t know if there’s any Cognitive Science research that backs that up, but it’s been my experience).

Plus, I find that I tend to take notes that I actually READ when I use my Tablet. Of course, I’m sort of the target audience for the device (College Student that needs to be able to draw graphs and stuff), so maybe my opinion is skewed for them.

It really depends on what you use your laptop for. I code on my desktop rig and use my Notebook for notes and mobile communication and stuff like that. So it just seems to work out.

One thing that’s particularly nice about the Tablet is using the slate format and reading long text articles. It just feels much more natural and booklike.

PS: If you go tablet, get a convertible, any other choice isn’t really a choice at all.

By: sogrady

sogrady — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 07:03:07 +0000

Danno: so you like the tablet? apart from Scoble, i haven’t run across too many evangelists of them. my big problem is that i’d *always* rather type than write by hand, as my printing both sucks and is slow. a tablet, therefore, is probably not the ideal form factor for me, but maybe i’m missing the point.

Cote’, Cote’, Cote’…c’mon now. you just *know* i can’t go to OS-X in all seriousness, though, i do like the hardware. and the OS. i’m just addicted to Linux applications and Portage - i can’t give it up.

By: Cote'

Cote' — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 05:47:39 +0000

Come on, you know you want a 12″ PowerBook! It’s so sleak and wonderful. Nothing but good things could happen ;>

(Nevermind that whole Linux angle.)

By: Danno

Danno — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 05:26:41 +0000

I was going to suggest a Toshiba Portege Tablet, but I haven’t got a CLUE if there’s good Linux support on them or not.

I’ve been enormously satisfied with mine (aside from a weird dust problem that you occasionally have to take the protective cover off to clean).