[olug] Contemplating an iPad.

[T. J. Brumfield]

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-T91SA-VU1X-BK-8-9-Inch-Netbook-Computer/dp/B002GCR04Y

<http://www.amazon.com/Asus-T91SA-VU1X-BK-8-9-Inch-Netbook-Computer/dp/B002GCR04Y>$369
for a netbook that converts into a tablet. You have a physical keyboard. You
can run Windows. You can run Linux. You do anything you want.

Asus has a whole line of convertible tablet/netbooks.

-- T. J.

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> I'm thinking about an iPad to replace my dead PDA. I want the screen
> size so I can use it as my always available eBook reader and Google
> answer-retriever
>
> From a business perspective how well does it work? Guess what I'm
> asking is if it plays well with Outlook, connect to a Microsoft PPTP
> VPN server, etc?  I know it has an SSH/telnet app so that will help.
> And if I really need a keyboard the are bluetooth keyboards for $60.
>
> Does it play well with Linux?  Or will I need to have a system running
> iTunes to put files on it?
>
> DanL
>
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