HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
I became another year older today and usually with each birthday I treat myself to some new gadget. Although there’s a ton of stuff on the list, I went with something not on the list but in the back of my mind for a long time.
I picked up a HP/Compaq TC1100 Tablet PC. This is the pseudo-convertible model where the keyboard can be detached and it can operate in full slate mode. It’s 3lbs alone or 4lbs with the keyboard attached. So far, I’m using it for school and it’s a very handy tool to have. The specs on the system are:
- Pentium M 733 (1.1GHz / 2MB cache)
- 1GB DDR Memory
- 40GB 5400RPM Hard Disk
- Geforce4 Graphics with 32MB
- HP W500 802.11a/b/g (Atheros)
- Integrated Bluetooth
- Integrated Microphone
So, pretty beefy specs for a little system. It’s super fast and is changing the way I think about computing. I’ll have a more in depth look at it once I’ve had more time to play around with it in real world situations. If anything, it’s made me think a lot more highly of Microsoft’s vision of Tablet PCs.
