<p>muteki: I was looking into buying a tablet, but am not sure if $1500 is worth it to upgrade to one. I already have a laptop that would work decently for another year or two (1.6ghz dual core, 2gb memory, it's usable.)</p>
<p>Are there any significant advantages over simply scanning in handwritten notes to a laptop? I know it'd be a PITA, but assuming my time is worth $10 an hr, I doubt a tablet will save 150 hrs of work.</p>
<p>I'm not yet in college, so I was wondering how often you actually use your tablet in classes. Do you take only a pg of notes each class, or 7-8? Do you use it almost every class every day, or do most college classes tend to emphasize few notes, but more listening to a professor?</p>
<p>Also, I tend to type most of my notes, except for diagrams and math.</p>
<p>I really like the idea of keeping everything digital, including scanning in books, but is there $1500 worth of an advantage over using a plain laptop and scanning in afterwards? Do you really use a tablet that much in class, or if not, wouldn't typing be just as easy except for special cases (math, chemistry)?</p>
<p>Looking at the kinds of desktops you can buy with $1500 makes me second-guess.</p>