The thing sucks.

Hello everyone! It's been so long since my last post, so I'm coming to you know with a reinitialization of my rather long, annoying and mostly boring posts.

So, to start with a little blurb about how I've been doing, i graduated highschool fully only a week ago and am now entering university to go into med school and hopefully begin my career as a doctor. Of course, such a path is filled with academics and heartaches, but with a brazen attitude i am sure i can overcome such challenges. This leads me to the conclusion that i really wanted something that i could take with me to university, jot down notes with, browse the internet, read books, and other things. Of course, from one of my previous posts i was considering the apple IPAD; but using this thing only gave me the conclusion, you can't do jack spoon with it.

So, out of luck and hope i tucked away my dreams for a mobile companion that could play all my anime/shows, books, notes, and internet without all the headaches of having to run to my macbook/computer syncing until one day i saw a deal at one of my local electronic stores. That was, the t-91MT, i was quite skeptical about it being a netbook with a 1.33Ghrz processor and 1GB of ram, but, since it was 370$, it seemed quite a deal.

Of course i was worried that this thing would be way too clunky for my tastes, so here's some specs:

1.33ghrz atom z530(something like that)
1GB RAM
GMA 500
5~7 Hour battery life
Windows 7 Home premium
32GB SSD

Because actually reviewing the laptop would be another thread for another day, i just wanted to highlight what i can do with this thing and what you can do with the ipad. Just to note, the netbook is only 1/3 more heavier than the ipad is, so browsing the internet with one hand is very feasible :D. Also, this list includes everything i can do WITHOUT having a computer to help out.

The tablet netbook i can:

-Watch HD videos (I tried 1080p and it worked very well, but i guess it was an anime so i may have to use something else for the bench mark)
-Download Files
-Read ebooks
-Write up notes in onenote
-Write up documents in word
-Do whatever i want to do and choose from a HUGE amount of software available for the windows platform.

The ipad:

-View the internet
-Play Plants Vs zombies

I have to say, when you see the alternatives out there in life, the ipad is really a sucker. The only downfalls of this netbook is that it's screen isn't the most awesome piece of tech, with bad visibility in sunlight and bad viewing planes. All in all, when i see what i can do with this netbook compared to the ipad; all the frustrating headaches and trying to get the ipad to AT LEAST help out with your daily life is something i would not want to deal with.

Yeah, I'm hypocritical to say this, but the ipad sucks; find something like i did.

P.S. I have since upgraded it's ram to 2GB, it's really damn snappy now <3 <3

(This post was last modified: 26/06/2010 07:34 PM by Tetris999.)

(26/06/2010 07:33 PM)300nukez Wrote:   Derp derp...

The only good use of the iPad is if you want to how someone your photography portfolio.  That just can't be replicated on a laptop.

Glad to hear you got a netbook :)

i wish i could show you guys it in action :p

p.s. thanks for the replies

(This post was last modified: 26/06/2010 08:14 PM by Tetris999.)

Twit | DA | G+ | Last.fm

(This post was last modified: 26/06/2010 08:46 PM by 1-R.)

(26/06/2010 07:31 PM)Tetris999 Wrote:  So, to start with a little blurb about how I've been doing, i graduated highschool fully only a week ago and am now entering university to go into med school and hopefully begin my career as a doctor.

Must have done really well in your exams?  Don't know about the US, but over here, you need like at least 98 to have a chance of getting into med (unless you like top the umat, then 95 will do).

(26/06/2010 09:22 PM)Assassinator Wrote:  

(26/06/2010 07:31 PM)Tetris999 Wrote:  So, to start with a little blurb about how I've been doing, i graduated highschool fully only a week ago and am now entering university to go into med school and hopefully begin my career as a doctor.

Must have done really well in your exams?  Don't know about the US, but over here, you need like at least 98 to have a chance of getting into med (unless you like top the umat, then 95 will do).

Well, I'm taking regular university courses to get a degree in science; then transferring into med school, but yes my exams did come out well. Of course i do not want to boast (i hate people like that) but it was around the percentages you gave.

Unfortunately, i couldn't get into my initial university because i hadn't done a secondary language and now i have to go into a "university" for first year then transfer into my selected university (UBC = University of British Columbia). I still have sciences, but it's basically at a branch university i need to attend because of my stupid mistake; oh well.

Also, it's lower here in canada than what you gave, 90% to get into sciences from what i heard.

(This post was last modified: 26/06/2010 09:56 PM by Tetris999.)