Re: Advice for a University Student
- From: Jim Gordon MVP <goldkey74@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:48:27 -0500
Hi,
If possible, check your university to see if they have grants or special
funds to help you purchase special equipment such as an expensive tablet.
There's a new MacPro tablet in the works:
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/01/10/modbook/index.php
Check out Microsoft Word's notebook view:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/word2004/using.aspx?pid=usingword2004&;
type=howto&article=/mac/LIBRARY/how_to_articles/office2004/wd_audionotes.xml
Information about Wacom and inkwell as an alternative to a pricey tablet
http://www.wacom.com/productinfo/inkwell.cfm
Use Entourage instead of Outlook. Pretty much the same.
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/entourage2004/entourage2004.aspx?pid=e
ntourage2004
-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Quoting from "asmodius666@xxxxxxxxxxx" <asmodius666@xxxxxxxxxxx>, in article
1171284847.148492.21540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, on [DATE:
(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.
--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
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