Tablet PC for under $1000

[wferrari]

Originally posted by: vailr
Only ~$500 with Lindows pre-installed: http://www.lindows.com/lindows_michaelsminutes.php

For that price, I would consider buying this tablet PC. Lindows is not that good though. I would actually wait for a tablet pc version of linux instead. Did you notice the external wireless card in the photo? that's not a great solution.

 

[wferrari]

Originally posted by: DaCurryman

Originally posted by: wferrariI think that they will really be the future as soon as the battery lasts at least 8 hours and the display is foldable. Right now they are just toys.

What do you mean by a foldable display, some of the Tablet PCs have a display that you can flip over so it's closed like a laptop.

By foldable display I actually mean the possibility to fold the screen. This is not sci-fi; it has been already tested. I'm telling this because I had for a while a Tablet PC, and the main problem with it is that you can break the display at any moment. unless you use some of those hybrid solutions (like Acer or Compaq), which are basically sub-notebooks with touchscreen displays, the LCD is constantly under threat. A foldable display would allow it to fold itself, creating a small sturdy metallic box.

 

[Wiek]

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