<p>forgive me for this repost i didn't realize there was a section specifically for computers.
but...
I have an X220, love it!
I was thinking of getting
wacom bamboo:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-CTL460-Bamboo-Pen-Tablet/dp/B002OOWC3I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310194427&sr=8-1%5B/url%5D">http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-CTL460-Bamboo-Pen-Tablet/dp/B002OOWC3I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310194427&sr=8-1</a></p>
<p>and a software to help type out math notes: (used with wacom)
Enventra</a> - MoboMath, the Handwritten Equation Editor for Calculations and Technical Documents</p>
<p>and as for diagrams for physics and chemistry type classes i would just use microsoft journal.
Both microsoft journal and mobomath work well with microsoft word. As in you could easily paste the diagrams and equations you made into word to make it more organized.</p>
<p>Any inputs? I'd just use normal paper+pencil in class, but I would rewrite them after. (wacom is very portable). Notes would be more organized and easier for my eyes...considering my handwriting that is.</p>
<p>If you can spare the extra cash upgrade to the heavy duty Wacom tablet - not the consumer grade. Our industrial designers use that ($200) plus X220’s and the combination is amazing.</p>
<p>Sorry but what is heavy duty Wacom tablet? Would you mind giving me a link about that product. I am new to this.</p>
<p>I am a prospective engineer who needs a tablet for college</p>
<p>I bought one thinking it’d be cool. I used it once; it’s just plain awful. You can’t see where you’re writing on screen, so it’s extremely awkward to use. I ended up buying a tablet pc to actually write on.</p>
<p>Wacom has the Bamboo series for home and light use and the Intuos for more serious work. The Intuos has higher resolution among other things but is more expensive ($170-200 versus $60-80). </p>
<p>If money is no object get the LCD tablet - our designers use it ($2k) and is out of this world good :-).</p>
<p>I’ve seen the Intuos in action with Corel I think, you can do things like brushstrokes like paint and all that. Will it work as well for engineering and note taking? no idea, I am not big on note taking on computers anyway. </p>
<p>[Intuos4</a> Pen Tablet | Wacom Americas](<a href=“http://www.wacom.com/en/Products/Intuos.aspx]Intuos4”>Pen Tablet / Digitizer Tablet)</p>
<p>Marcdvl: what are main differences between a tablet PC and a Wacom + a regular laptop?</p>
<p>glad my ideas doesn’t seem ridiculous. Main reason i wanted to do this is because years after finishing college (forgetting much of what i have learned) I want to have something i could refer to if ever i want to learn it again (which im sure i will). I doubt paper will give me that opportunity.</p>
<p>A Tablet PC is a standard laptop with the screen attached to the keyboard with a center hinge. This allows the screen to rotate and fold back against the keyboard. The result resembles a legal pad. The Tablet screen which uses a stylus to “write/” on is usually a Wacom licensed device. Check the different brands of Tablet PCs to verify which pen capture software it uses.</p>
<p>The big difference is with the “real estate” necessary to fit your laptop and Wacom pad on your desk. If you’re sitting in one of those high school/college desks with the right side arm rest, where do you put your writing pad? As others have pointed out, writing on the Wacom pad and then looking at your screen is vastly different than writing on a Tablet PC screen which mimics your pen and paper. </p>
<p>The original Tablet PC math program is Xthink’s MathJournal: [url=<a href=“http://www.xthink.com/MathJournal.html]xThink[/url”>http://www.xthink.com/MathJournal.html]xThink[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Further, Tablet PCs come with Microsoft’s OneNote and Journal (both powerful note taking software). OneNote takes either typed or hand written input and allows you to record a lecture using the Tablet PC’s built in mic. As you write down your notes, you can add an audio mark that will play back that portion of the lecture relative to your note. </p>
<p>But wait, there’s more! In OneNote you can enhance your notes with any kind of Web content. Images, video, music, articles, whatever… Unclear about a particular note that you’ve typed or written, find Web content that fleshes out and deepens your understanding of that material. </p>
<p>Now when you go back and review, you can read what you wrote, play back what your professor said about that subject during the lecture, play back any Web based content you attached to a particular note and perhaps best of all, search across notes on particular keywords.</p>