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Latitude Tablet XT, nice but pricey tablet from Dell
The Dell tablet is an very sleek looking 4 lbs notebook.  As with most of the tablet PCs this one foregoes the optical drive, opts for a low voltage processor, uses a 1280x800 LED display, has a capacitance touch N-Trig digitizer, and has a 100GB 1.8" 4200rpm hard disk. All in all, I like the build quality and the quality of the keyboard.  The LED screen is exceptionally bright, with an ambient light sensor to help adjust brightness and extend battery life. Over all this machine is a great tablet.  But due to the Low Voltage processor, slow 1.8" 4200 rpm hard disk, it may not be able to satisfy those in need of fast performance.  The Toshiba M700 (btw, I own a M400 so I may be biased) would be a better machine for this as it has faster Core 2 Duo processors and support for 2.5" SATA disks which can go up to 7200 rpm.  The Tablet XT's battery life is fair, with 2+ hours with the default battery.  In my mind the Lenovo Thinkpad X61 Tablet would...
Posted: Mar 10 2008, 07:40 AM by alex | with no comments
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