dvjames wrote:
>>> Loved the tc1100.
>>
>> I still love it and use it day-by-day - now happily running under
>> Vista and with new Bluetooth 2.0 module ;-)
>>
>>> Don't know why Compaq didn't continue with it.
>>
>> Don't know. Maybe HP didn't like it because it was a COMPAQ.
>> The "hybrid" construction with the detachable keyboard was unique.
>> I did not yet find anything which might make a decent successor
>> :-( :-(
>
> The Motion 1700 Tablet is pretty good and can go to 4gb,
I thought of this model too, already.
> but their attached keyboard is make-do.
The description on Motion's website is a bit ambiguous. I would have to
see and touch it.
Too bad that nowadays things like that cannot be found in any store.
> If I need to use a keyboard, I set it up on a stand and use an
> Apple Bluetooth keyboard and a Microsoft Bluetooth mouse.
> Or I could use a USB keyboard and mouse.
> the tc1100 keyboard solution seems more elegant.
For sure it was "elegant" - especially in the "portfolio" bag.
But we wont get it back {siiiigh}.
Rainald
P.S. It seems that we have gone a bit OT :-(
Excuses to all others.