Budget TabletPC (aka a convertible)

[BayouPinoy]

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Ang budget tablet PC (Averatec C3500).Works as a decent laptop. Converts to a Tablet PC, making possible screen inputs via a stylus. Potential applications include student interactivity and certain editing and annotation activities. One can get pretty creative with this equipment. Includes DVD+CD-RW combo, 802.11g, AMD Athlon XP-M2200+, 512 MB DDR, 60GB HD, and 12.1" TFT. Not a gaming machine, but it does a pretty decent job for entry-level and related uses. One bad aspect that sticks out: battery life is really, really, really bad (around 1 hr, and that's just running MS Word)... This would have been a perfect budget, entry-level convertible if it weren't for the anemic battery life. Maybe the next gen models will be better. Edit: recently had to RMA due to some CMOS battery problems as documented by other users. Averatec will probably replace the mobo.

A laptop.
[img width=256 height=192]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b279/BayouPinoy/convert003.jpg[/img]

The LCD swivels...
[img width=256 height=192]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b279/BayouPinoy/convert002.jpg[/img]

and snaps into place with screen orientation already in "portrait" mode. Then a TabletPC.
[img width=256 height=192]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b279/BayouPinoy/convert001.jpg[/img]

[azn_boi]

pila na ingana bai? thnx

[BayouPinoy]

Can be bought for around USD1,200. They have a Taiwan web site at http://www.averatec.com.tw/. I dont know how much this is in Taiwan, although this page provides information about Taiwanese online retailers: http://www.averatec.com.tw/wheretobuy/retail.asp (no clue on what pricing is).

[cHoLoCoY]

short battert life datz coz there usin' AMD CPU,...

Intel (specifically Centrino) is da best CPU for laptops,.....
i am AMD da way,..... but whn it comes to laptops,..... i'll get one with a Intel CPU,....

ay BayouPinoy,.... they hav dat kind of laptop in another brand or a few brands,.... i'll post it whn i remmber or see it online,...

[BayouPinoy]

Yup---it may be rebranded in some form or another. Anyways, some users are reportedly "undervolting" the CPU as well as underclocking it and increasing battery life.