Toshiba Portege
Review
PROS- The handwriting
recognition on Tablet PCs is a lot more
sophisticated than I expected. I had imagined
that it would be something similar to Palm's Graffiti
at best or simply replacing pen input for mouse
input at worst. Instead I was pleasantly
surprised to have actual hand writing recognition
that worked not only in Microsoft apps like Word
and Notepad but in Emacs and bash as well.
- Dual mode rocks. I can
use it as a laptop at meetings or on flights but
can flip it into tablet mode for taking notes
when needed. The way the screen automatically
detects the switched modes and flips is quite
cool.
- Built-in wireless card
means I don't have to goof around with wireless
NICs.
- Shortcut buttons in
tablet mode (i.e. for scrolling up and down on
the selected window plus CTRL-ALT-DEL shortcut)
quite useful.
CONS
- Too heavy to use as a clipboard for extended
periods of time. I sat in the dentist's waiting
room playing tic-tac-toe and after a few minutes
it became quite uncomfortable.
- Sometimes the screen cannot detect I've
switched from Tablet mode back to laptop mode and
I end up having to tilt my head sideways while
using my laptop. This hasn't happened often but
when it has it's been rather annoying.
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Growth
After a several years long hiatus, I've started
reading fiction in my free time instead of just
computer books, research papers and blogs. I just
finished reading
American Gods and recently started on
Good Omens. I've loved everything from Gaiman
I've read although this is limited to
Sandman
(the entire series) and
Dream Hunters.
The plot for American Gods was very innovative
although the end of the story left me dissatisfied.
For some reason I drew parallels between American
Gods and Alan Moore's
WatchMen although the latter had a more
unsettling ending in my opinion.
I have a real, live, decorated Christmas tree in my
apartment. This almost makes up for the fact that
this will be the first Xmas I spend away from any
close friends or family. Almost.
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