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The transition from my IBM T23 to my Compaq TC 1000 has been painless and after a week and a half the TC 1000 has become my primary computer. After reading numerous reviews of TPCs I felt compelled to write my own. If you are considering a tablet do not be put off by all the early adopter talk! The product works very well and is hands down the best computer I have ever used. I chose the Compaq because I wanted the convertible features of a traditional laptop with the flexibilty to ditch the keyboard and go "slate" when I wanted to. I am using the pen to write this on my couch through a wireless connection - I love it! Seriously, if you are considering an "ultra-portable" laptop and you don't take a good hard look at the TPCs you're crazy! With the Compaq, Toshiba and the Acer there is no excuse to buy a regular ultraportable for nearly the same price. I get three and a half hours of battery, the processor, while slower than my T23, is fast enough to run all my apps without any lag and the pen input is surprisingly accurate and easy to use (I am a Pocket PC user too and I expected the performance to be like Transcriber - the TPC is light years beyond). This is an excellent product and as a user the Tablet PC is without a doubt the future of computing!

Very neat device.
Handwriting recognition works pretty well, but may take some getting use to if you are a Palm user, as I am. Can be tedious at times... but far easier to use than the Virtual Keyboard option.

Don't liek the fact that it has no DVD/CD/3.5" floppy drives. The two USB ports can be used to add those drives externally but then it defeats the portability...

Love the pen... beats a mouse, although I can't see playing realy games with it.

Speed is a bit sluggish at times.

The fold/swivel to a normal keyboard is alos very nice.

Overall it is a nice device but lacks some serious items that would make it a laptop replacement. Not worth the steep price just to be able to fold it and use a pen with it. I could justify paying about half the price...

I've been using my (first) Tablet PC by Compaq for a little over two weeks now, and the results are showing. Some of the comments that other reviewers have are totally right on: indeed, the tablet heats up a bit (now, I wouldn't have it sit on my lap, regardless). Also, there's a certain degree of instability inherent to the system when you take if off its docking station without powering off; and, finally, true that the only way to install software on it is downloading it or... the way it was meant to be done, through a CD-RW/DVD-rom drive as part of its docking station.

Truth be told, the Tablet PC cannot be without its companion docking station for "desktop work" purposes. Also, highly recommended is a companion second screeen (flat or traditional, doesn't matter). It is neither your typical power workstation, in spite of a not-too-slow CPU courtesy of Linus Torvald's Transmeta, however it will handle several relatively common applicaions simultaneously open (Outlook, Explorer, Word, Excel... you get the picture). Now, the true beauty of this piece of gear lies in its light weight, readability (and "writeability" in digital ink) and the fact that it comes wireless ready, so it makes it an ideal companion to take advantage of the increasing number of hot spots across the nation. Sit at a Borders library sipping a cup of coffee, while taking digital notes in your own handwriting and be able to search your notes later (as you would normally, using Windows' search capabilities); read an article on the 8.5"x11" screen, which makes it a not-so-distant relative of the magazine already (except for the bulk, of course)... in general, it's a very nice piece of hardware.

To me it's been a jump and it still takes a bit of getting used to, yet, I can appreciate the step in technology evolution that the Tablet PC represents. I have yet to try other ones, but I'll give four stars to this one. The pros overweigh the cons in my book, but it still needs some more work.

The TC-1000 was all I hoped for. I am writing this from my sofa with the stylus while I lounge on the sofa and connect to the internet without wires. In due time I expect to be using it as I wait between flights surfing the internet without any wires at all. The battery life is excellent-thanks to the advanced technology transmeta crusoe processor and it is cool to the touch. All in all the best computer I have ever purchased!

The transition from my IBM T23 to my Compaq TC 1000 has been painless and after a week and a half the TC 1000 has become my primary computer. After reading numerous reviews of TPCs I felt compelled to write my own. If you are considering a tablet do not be put off by all the early adopter talk! The product works very well and is hands down the best computer I have ever used. I chose the Compaq because I wanted the convertible features of a traditional laptop with the flexibilty to ditch the keyboard and go "slate" when I wanted to. I am using the pen to write this on my couch through a wireless connection - I love it! Seriously, if you are considering an "ultra-portable" laptop and you don't take a good hard look at the TPCs you're crazy! With the Compaq, Toshiba and the Acer there is no excuse to buy a regular ultraportable for nearly the same price. I get three and a half hours of battery, the processor, while slower than my T23, is fast enough to run all my apps without any lag and the pen input is surprisingly accurate and easy to use (I am a Pocket PC user too and I expected the performance to be like Transcriber - the TPC is light years beyond). This is an excellent product and as a user the Tablet PC is without a doubt the future of computing!