Seemed to take forever to extract 'Washu' from the evil UPS. Alright, I name my computers after Anime characters. Mihoshi's the NeXT cube in the corner.

First impressions are that it is wonderful. Outside of the harsh enviroment case it is sleek and cool looking. Like something straight out of any number of SF movies or shows.

Inside the harsh inviroment case it is happy and save from splashes and rain. The straps on the back make it very handy to hold onto for comfortable writing. The zipper along one edge makes it easy to open just enough for a land line or power cord.

I'm glad that I picked up the harsh enviroment case. In fact it turns out that I have an old courier bag that the system and some components fit nicely into.

Thanks to the Wacom Pen technology, the pen works through the various layers of screen protectors without a hitch.

I had a bit of trouble with my access points at home, but that's due to the access points being old. I had no trouble hooking onto the net at the local Green Mill from an unprotected open access point. Guess I'll need to upgrade my access points!

It took a bit to convince the folks I was eating dinner and beer with tonight that I *really* was surfing the net in about 15 seconds flat from the time I pulled the system out of the courier bag.

I dislike the pen, but that's because I'm used to the much nicer pens for the high end Wacom tablets. I really wish Wacom made an airbrush for the unit. Makes me really want to get a couple of the Wacom pen-enabled monitors for my fixed location machine at home.

Battery life is better than I'd expected, but then I haven't really done anything taxing to it yet. Extra batteries are number one on my things to purchase next. Extra batteries and an external charger.

Alias Sketch Book Pro is worth the money IMHO. Of course since I own several Wacom tablets, I qualified for a major discount on it, making the price even nicer. Tomorrow will be a good test, it will be the first role playing game session I've been in since Washu arrived.

I was happy to see that I don't need to upgrade from Microsoft Office 2002, there is a big jumbo patch available to add ink support into MS O2002 products, including Visio.

Somehow from the various descriptions of the ST5010D I'd been under the impression that it did *not* have an external monitor port. I'm happy to have been wrong.

My technical friends think it is really cool, while my non-technical friends see it as proof that I've sold out humanity to the evil space aliens.