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Will P
(X-posted to Mac software and Office groups)
Hi,
First off, apologies for the long query, it's also quite multifaceted, so it
might be more applicable to other groups, if someone could advise me where to
cross-post to I'd be grateful.
I'm a disabled student, about to transfer to another university in England.
Due to my needs I require electronic solutions to note taking (OneNote seems
to be the best solution so far).
I need a notebook computer, but I'm not sure what would be the best solution
in terms of OS and software.
If I had a Windows solution, I'd want Vista as a clean install, every PC
with an XP upgrade I've seen had a noticeable performance drop.
Ideally I'd use a tablet PC (not a slate), but other here they're hard to
find and ludicrously expensive for the spec(around £1200), plus the only ones
I've seen are XP. I looked at the Samsung ultra-mobile ones, but I'd need to
be able to run subject-specific software too.
My current solution is a Wacom Tablet attached to a PC using OneNote 2003,
the only problems I have encountered are the lack of stylus-inputted date to
text on non-tablet PC's, and the lack of keyboard short cuts to switch pen
colours, or from pen to typing quickly.
The new student package for Office has OneNote, but not Outlook, which I've
always used to organise myself (and to a lesser extent Microsoft Project).
How do calender and Mail in Vista work? I use a Smartphone activesync'd
with Outlook at the moment, and I can't get on with the Hotmail web app,
which I'm guessing Mail is based on.
My other option is a Mac with Office (and Parallels for windows programs).
Entourage sounds like a decent organising package, and the notetaking
features in Word for Mac look helpful, plus I've had no end of trouble with
Windows laptops, I've got a powerful XP rig at home for tinkering with, I
just want something portable to get the job done, it's only going to be used
for Office programs and chemistry software.
In short:
-I need decent organising software (email/calender/tasks).
-I need a notetaking solution close to OneNote on a tablet.
-I don't have a huge budget.
What would work best? I tried asking in stores around here, but they'll tell
you anything to get a sale.
Hi,
First off, apologies for the long query, it's also quite multifaceted, so it
might be more applicable to other groups, if someone could advise me where to
cross-post to I'd be grateful.
I'm a disabled student, about to transfer to another university in England.
Due to my needs I require electronic solutions to note taking (OneNote seems
to be the best solution so far).
I need a notebook computer, but I'm not sure what would be the best solution
in terms of OS and software.
If I had a Windows solution, I'd want Vista as a clean install, every PC
with an XP upgrade I've seen had a noticeable performance drop.
Ideally I'd use a tablet PC (not a slate), but other here they're hard to
find and ludicrously expensive for the spec(around £1200), plus the only ones
I've seen are XP. I looked at the Samsung ultra-mobile ones, but I'd need to
be able to run subject-specific software too.
My current solution is a Wacom Tablet attached to a PC using OneNote 2003,
the only problems I have encountered are the lack of stylus-inputted date to
text on non-tablet PC's, and the lack of keyboard short cuts to switch pen
colours, or from pen to typing quickly.
The new student package for Office has OneNote, but not Outlook, which I've
always used to organise myself (and to a lesser extent Microsoft Project).
How do calender and Mail in Vista work? I use a Smartphone activesync'd
with Outlook at the moment, and I can't get on with the Hotmail web app,
which I'm guessing Mail is based on.
My other option is a Mac with Office (and Parallels for windows programs).
Entourage sounds like a decent organising package, and the notetaking
features in Word for Mac look helpful, plus I've had no end of trouble with
Windows laptops, I've got a powerful XP rig at home for tinkering with, I
just want something portable to get the job done, it's only going to be used
for Office programs and chemistry software.
In short:
-I need decent organising software (email/calender/tasks).
-I need a notetaking solution close to OneNote on a tablet.
-I don't have a huge budget.
What would work best? I tried asking in stores around here, but they'll tell
you anything to get a sale.