<p>Troy, there’s a reason why I only recommended the 2710p. It hardly matters what kind of battery life other tabletpc’s get because I didn’t recommend those. In Amy’s price range, I see that the NC10 looks to have the best battery life at 6 hours. I’ve heard of 5 hours with the 2710p. I’ve been able to get over 10 hours of battery life with my tablet, but did I recommend it? No, because it costs way more than Amy would like to spend. As far as saying a tablet has lower specs to a laptop, dude, you recommended a netbook! Come on! If power and screen size is what you’re after, a netbook is the worst expenditure of money ever. The advantage of a netbook is its size, but for a student, I believe the tablet is still a better solution.</p>
<p>I seriously doubt a computer will be the only thing Amy will carry around, but it just about can be. With a tabletpc, Amy can scan in her textbooks so don’t have to carry those around either. Since the tabletpc literally becomes her notepad, textbooks and laptop, the amount of bulk to carry around can be reduced considerably. Now if she never carries textbooks around campus, this won’t help her. Sure, I suppose textbooks could be read on a netbook or laptop, but you certainly can’t quickly grab a pen and handwrite in the borders and highlight like you can with a real textbook and like I do with a tablet.</p>
<p>Now I do wish I could show you how thin and light my bag is, but I’m usually on campus for 14 hours. That means I carry food, water, gym clothes, along with my motorcycle jacket and overpants. Oh, and an ac adapter because even though my batteries could probably stretch long enough to last all day, I’d rather not gamble. 4-6 hours, no problem, but I start getting nervous as I approach the 8 hour mark.</p>
<p>Amy, if you’re local, I’ll be happy to let you check out my tablet. I may even be able to let you try it out during a lecture. Mine is faster, thicker and heavier than the 2710p I’m recommending, but it’ll help you understand how these may or may not benefit you. You may find it too big, or you may find that you can carry around less with a tablet, in addition to saving or even making money.</p>
<p>Troy, you’re welcome to check mine out too. I won’t exclude you just because we disagree. Hopefully we both walk away with more knowledge and understanding than we started with.</p>