<p>What software and accessories do you have for it so far?</p>
<p>it came with the stylus and a remote for windows media center. it also came with some random software, like this webcam program, because i got it from buy.com, and it was refurbished.</p>
<p>Are you going to be using pdf books, or even have an interest in it? If you can acquire your textbooks as pdf’s, you’ll almost certainly want a program that allows you to highlight and write (annotate) on those books. Grahl PDFAnnotator is a nice reader and annotator that costs $30 for students, but it doesn’t do a very good job of printing annotations. Bluebeam PDFRevu isn’t quite as friendly for annotating, but it’s still quite good, is much faster to open up, much more robust, and prints annotations perfectly…and costs $60 or $70 for students.</p>
<p>I personally use Journal for handwritten notes and homework, but I really like Onenote too. Journal is free and already part of Vista and Windows 7. Onenote is part of Office. You can get Office for cheap thru your school or by [Microsoft</a> Office Discount for US Students -The Ultimate Steal- Office 2007 Software for $59.95](<a href=“http://www.theultimatesteal.com%5DMicrosoft”>http://www.theultimatesteal.com) which is a Microsoft affiliate that lets you get one of the best Office packages for $60. I currently recommend Office 2007 instead of the upcoming version because the new version uses the ribbon toolbar and makes it cumbersome to switch between writing/drawing tools.</p>
<p>If you wish to sketch, you can get Autodesk Sketchbook Pro for free as a student. It’s best for sketches that you’d do with a pencil. If you wish to do drawing that’s more like painting, I recommend TwistedBrush. There’s a robust free version that probably does everything you’d want for a long time, and then there’s a pay version should you become very proficient with digital painting.</p>
<p>If you wish to digitize your books, I can help you out a lot there. I haven’t found many books that you can buy as an editable pdf, so I prefer to buy regular textbooks and scan them myself. It takes a lot of work, but I really want to have all my textbooks all the time without actually having the weight of any textbooks. This also lets me almost always sell my textbooks by the first day of class for more than what I paid. If you think you’re serious about exploring this option, let me know. There’s more advice than I care to share unless there’s a good chance it’ll be used.</p>
<p>I have a bunch of other things that improve my tabletpc experience, but I think the stuff above is a great place to start.</p>
<p>I’ve used a tablet for the last four years in my private practice. It was especially helpful when i worked in a number of locations, with no permanent office. Even in my office it can be a way to take notes during an appointment and still maintain a degree of eye contact. Until recently, I used it with an electronic medical record, although I must admit, I kept a paper record as well.</p>