Best and worst tablet notebooks
The Apple iPad may have everyone talking, but tablet PCs have been around for ages. Here are some of the best
The tablet space may be currently exploding thanks to the popularity of Apple's iPad, Dell's Streak, the Telstra T-Touch Tab Android Tablet and Samsung's Galaxy Tab, but tablet-convertible notebooks have been around for many years and are a good tool for graphic designers and other professionals.
In this round-up we've included a selection of the tablet-convertible notebook PCs that we've reviewed since mid-2008. The most prominent manufacturer of tablet PCs is Fujitsu, but Lenovo, Dell, HP and Panasonic (with its Toughbook notebook PC) also play in this space.
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For mobile professionals who want to forget they're even carrying a tablet-convertible notebook, the P1620 is a valid candidate. It's not perfect, but it has enough features to be a useful office productivity tool while on the road.
- Review Date:
- Reviewer:
- Manufacturer:
- 22nd April, 2008
- Elias Plastiras
- Fujitsu
- Rating:
- Price:
- $ 2,699.00
- Pros:
- Tablet-convertible notebook, runs cool and is very quiet, very light
- Cons:
- Can be difficult to type on, temporary image retention was noticed, no optical drive