Tablet vs. All

The recent tech boom has had learners from a wide array for age groups rushing to buy a computer. And why not? With a computer you feel as though the world is at your finger tips. So far, I have talked about the various uses of computers, from useful software to awesome web applications. But this time, I am going to drag your attention to the computer itself.

Handwriting

Now, if you are a person who is heavily dependant on computers, then when it comes to the examinations, your handwriting will definitely be slower than before. True some manage to keep their handwriting swift, but most do not. And the ones that did had exceptional printing costs!

Printing

If you are serious about your subjects, then you will definitely do a lot of question papers. Now, the first thing that comes to mind is the insatiable need for paper and ink, that nearly had me bankrupt! If you want to look at the question paper on the computer, be my guest, but do not blame me if your eyes pop out like grapes! With the tablet PC, you will be able to write on the question paper, and keep a back up of what you have done so far.
You can see you past mistakes, and also if you have Adobe Acrobat, you can have layers in your Acrobat, that show you different fill outs at different tries. You can compare them in real time, and what more, this will be remarkably faster than if you were trying to find the completed question paper that you most probably tore up and put in the bin.
Printing costs these days are just so expensive, even if you buy a laser printer, you need to refill the ink, the drum at regular intervals. Now, I know what you were thinking, “I am never going to print more than 4000 pages a month”. My Lexmark can print 4000 pages per toner, which costs a fortune! But, the truth of the matter is, that you really do print more than that.
One past paper question (write on) is often more than 25 pages (Cambridge IGCSE). Now say you are going to doing more than 5 for each subject and, you have 8 subjects. Now lets see how much that adds up to: 1000 pages. Now, the figure is mostly lower than that when you are talking about a day’s average. But you also need to add the expense of the time needed to print this. And for some of us, we do not have laser printers, we are cursed with DeskJets!
Believe me, buying a tablet will save you a lot of money!

Everything in one place

The freedom you enjoy of having your notes, and your documents in one place is so satisfying, that it is ineffable. You can write your essays, listen to music while you are doing it as well as literally drag stuff with your fingers (always use a pen, but its fun dragging pictures with your hands)! If you are trying to help your friend by explaining a question, you can use the pen on msn, and you can explain math formulas as if he was next to you. You have less clutter, (exercise books, sheets of paper, a trash basket full of ripped papers) and everything in one place!
The truth is, when you consider the cost cutting benefits, the drawbacks are not that bad. You have to handle the device with caution, because the touch screen is sensitive, preferably you should buy a cover, so that your hands do not get burnt. You also need to make sure that it is clean. Also another draw back, is that this should be for normal use, such as word processing, and other work, this is not a PC for games(unless you buy the super expensive one). But, most importantly, it is the care that it needs the most.
Considering this, I still think that the tablet is an ideal thing for the student. You can read books, newspapers as if they were really in one little box. You also need to carry less stuff in your bag pack.
Just take a look at a tablet, and try it out for some time. I can almost promise you will not be disappointed (unless you break it while playing with it!).
My personal favourite would be the HP Touch Smart tm2t. But you can look at the ones that are idea for students on this webpage.

Happy writing!