Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet (Windows Vista)

Pros: excellent screen, runs Vista well

Cons: nonstandard keyboard layout, other small annoyances

Summary: While I love the tablet PC and the idea of a tablet, this particular model has some odd things that take some getting used to.

The keyboard has the CTRL and FN keys reversed from every other keyboard I have ever used, and is endlessly confusing to use when cutting, pasting or using CTRL+ESC to open the start menu. Oh, I wish I could reverse those two keys.

The lock attachment is adjacent to the power cord and results in a very tight fit. Invariably, I wind up disconnecting the power cord to lock the device, and again when unlocking. A minor hassle, admittedly.

The big stuff that's wrong: our team ordered 5 of these. 4 immediately went bad ( in 2 weeks) due to faulty ram. Got that replaced, 2 more went bad again. Obviously, there are some quality control problems somewhere...

The utilities which came with it caused nothing but problems. The RNR (keeps a mirror of your data on the hard drive in case you drop the darn thing) started blue screening after a week. Uninstalling it fixed the problem and freed up about 15% of the disk to boot.

Also, none of the device we had could fit into the docking stations Lenovo sent. More frustration.

Last frustration: when going to the Lenovo site to get updates, the web page cannot autodetect the tablet.

On the plus side, the screen is excellent and has about the best feel I've experienced when using the pen to write on it. Also, the hardware (when it works) is very high quality and runs Vista without a problem. Some of the Thinkpad utilities don't work yet with Vista, but the utilities are for the most part resource hogs, so having them disabled is no big deal.

It's fairly light for all its capabilities and has pretty good battery life as well. I like the easy to use lock to lock the screen down.

Summary: there are probably less annoying tablets out there, but this one (when it works) is pretty fast. Can't recommend it though - shop around and make sure the key placement on the keyboard is where you expect it to be.