Tablet PCs....

Hello all, I'm currently on the search for a good Tablet PC that meets the requirements, yet is relatively cheaper than those that I've found already. This is for college and apparantly, just this year, they are requiring a Tablet PC, rendering my notebook useless. So without further ado, the minimum specs:

Quote:

Platform: Tablet PC Convertible
OS: Windows XP Pro Tablet Edition w/ SP2
PC Processor speed: Pentium M single core 2 GHz or higher or Pentium Duo dual core 1.83 GHz or higher**
Memory (RAM): 1 GB or higher
Hard Disk Drive: 80 GB or bigger
Video RAM: 64 Discrete memory or 128 MB shared (in preparation for Windows Vista)
CD/DVD drive: DVD/CD-RW
Input/Output Ports: USB 2.0
Wireless: 802.11 b/g
NIC/Ethernet Card: 10/100/1000 Ethernet Card
Modem: 56k internal
Warranty: 3 Year onsite with accident coverage (recommend 4 years)***

That last one I could care less about but the others I need to have. I have been searching long and hard, and the best deal I've found was Toshiba's Tecra M4-ST1112 Tablet PC with the following specs....

CPU: Intel® Pentium® M Processor 760 (2.00GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 533MHz FSB)
OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP Tablet Edition 2005
RAM: 1024MB PC4200 DDR2 533MHz SDRAM (512MBx2)
Display: 14.1" Diagonal SXGA+ Wide View Angle display (1400x1050)
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 6600 TE with 128MB VRAM memory
HDD: 80GB HDD (5400rpm, Serial-ATA)
Optical Drives: CD-RW/DVD-ROM Multifunction drive
Wireless: Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG (802.11b/g)

Cost: $1772.10

It's cheaper than the others I've found while being pretty decent. Is there any cheaper? and how good is a GeForce Go 6600 TE with gameplay? and what is "TE"?

Thanks for your help.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

lu....if you're getting a tablet, sell me your laptop lol....here's a deal I found, it's not as good as the one you found...the screen is smaller and I don't think you'll go for a 12"...but here it is anyways, I'll keep an eye out for any new deals!!

http://shopping.msn.com/Specs/shp/?itemId=168859436

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Yeah dude, I'm probably going to sell it after finding out that they definitely won't go with a notebook. The one I found has the GeForce Go 6600 goin for it, so that's what's getting me. I just need to find out performance with the GeForce Go 6600 TE is.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Uh...

I'm pretty sure "TE" is "Tablet (PC) Edition"

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Lu, I dno if I can buy your laptop....I want to take it off of your hands to help you out so you have some cash for the tablet...but my rents want me to buy a new one or buy yours for a discount (not full price) and I don't want to do that to you because tablets are really expensive...so for now I don't think i'll be buying a laptop....but I think zach wants one...ask him if he'd like to buy it (he said that he would buy it if I didn't so yea!! thanks again lu)!!!!

I was speaking idiomatically.