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Question

Please Help me pick a tablet for Uni!

Jul 31, 2014 11:14PM PDT

Hi Everyone,

I am in need of a tablet for Uni work. I'm planning to use it for note taking (annotating PDF Lecture slides) and generally housing all my notes and work for tutorials/labs etc.
I'm considering an Ipad, Galaxy Note 10.1, Windows Surface Pro 2

The main features I need are:

- PDF Annotation (I know they all have their respective apps - so this isn't really a deciding factor, but I've heard the Ipad doesn't ignore your palm on the screen while you are writing)
- A digitizer stylus - I do Engineering so I'm going to need to be drawing/writing greek symbols et)
- 10 inch screen for reading
- keyboard cases: lots of typing will be done on this!

I'm also really concerned about the ease of organising files and whatnot (which was why I was leaning towards Surface Pro, I figured I would understand the windows interface better and would be able to organise my files easily - but it is terribly expensive compared to the other 2 options!)

Thanks for your opinions in advance!

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Remember this won't replace your laptop.
Aug 1, 2014 1:25AM PDT

However if you want to cut other folk's GPA, tell them a tablet is all they need.

Nod to the iPad since apps are there to do what you asked.

Now the Surface Pro 2 comes closest to a laptop with the keyboard so it's the Chimera of tablets so it may be the one.

If you go with the others, you'll want a laptop.
Bob

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surface pro 2
Aug 4, 2014 12:24AM PDT

The surface pro 2 is great for work and taking notes on but is not practical for managing your social life (ie Facebook). So if you want an expensive machine that can perform the tasks you want easily then this is the tablet i would suggest.