17 years after my first Bachelors degree, I find myself having to go back to school. I was/am a hardware person and becuase of a leg amputation, in May 2005, I made the decision to become a software person. More specifically, an IT Network Security Administrator. I go to a local community college for the Microsoft and network classes and go to physical therapy 3 times a week.

Enough of the mushy pity party. The reason I want to be part of your community. I want to buy a tablet PC and have been reading and researching. I have narrowed my search to Toshiba's M7 or R 25. I don't want to give the impression that money is no object. Texas' Rehabilitation program is going to help me pay for school from this point forward. So, the money I was going to spend on school, I can now spent on my Tablet and software,

Through an advertised link on my school's website, I purchased Office Pro 2003 with One Note ($239) and Visio Pro ($159). Now my requirements for the Tablet.

I want a Duo2 Ghz and 4MB cache
2 MB Ram
Multi layer DVD
Bluetooth
80 GB or > ---need help on 5400 or 7200 rpm---
I am going to buy a 3-4 yr total protection package (I can't see paying $2500 for a Tablet and not having the extended warranty

Some other requirements because of school

I will have to partition for Linux and XP Tablet
I will also have to run Virtual PC


This brings me back to my original problem the M7 or R25. Also, if anyone has a better suggestions, I'm all ears.

Thanks
Tacotime

Welcome to the forums.

If you have not read the review of the R25 on TabletPCReviews then you might be interested in this statement:

For many years the Tecras stood as a faster, sturdier and more secure business notebooks compared to the Satellite line. But now both models overall and security specs are practically identical offering magnesium alloy casework, spill resistant keyboard, shock protected design including the HDD and even a fingerprint reader. The only major difference is a TPM module in the M7 and two customizable application launch buttons instead of media buttons.

Linda from TabletPC2 reviewed the Tecra M7 and this should give you a contrast.


Hope this helps.

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