Another New Toy!!

[kim]

I'm excited! I got a new laptop. I know, I know...there are newer and better ones out there, but this is the one I wanted. It's a HP tm2t...it's a laptop that the monitor turns into a slate. It incorporates the Wacom tablet and is a touchscreen. I am still dependent on keyboards and didn't want those tiny little screens and HP quit making this one. I can use the pen tool and draw on the screen. Now I can start trying to do some "designing" once I learn and practice node editing. I'm technically challenged, so this is a huge deal for me!

[kate3]

Yay Kim! You go girl and if it is the one you wanted it is the right one. Sounds really good to me.

[Elizabeth]

Good for you, Kim! Have fun with it.

[Angel135612]

Congrats Kim... enjoy your new toy!!!!

[Gigi]

Great Kim - excited for you! Enjoy your new toy!

[Suzan]

That is so very awesome Kim. My whole life with cutting changed when I got my wacom. And mine is as old as dirt. But I love it to death. You will be amazed at what you can do.

[Thyme]

Congrats Kim!

[Retta]

Kim that sounds so cool. I've wanted a Wacom, but didn't and don't have the money. Sounds like the best of both worlds. Wish they wouldn't have stopped making them.

[LisaH]

Congrats Kim!!

[sherri]

Yea! Kim...let us know how you like it! i have always liked the idea of it.

[kim]

So far I am just loading programs onto it and finding features that I didn't know it had, like I don't have to startup Windows to browse the Web and get email. I also didn't have to load the CD's for the drivers to the printers as it found it thru the wireless network. Also set up my email for me (found it somehow) after typing in my email address and password. The thing that excites me so much about this laptop is I wanted a Wacom tablet soooooo bad, but trying to draw on something that I can't "see" was daunting. This is like drawing on a piece of paper. And, of course, I love my touchscreen pc, so have been wanting the same for my laptop. It gets to be a habit and would always get confusing when using my laptop and when I touched the screen, nothing happened. Sort of like getting new contacts lenses after wearing glasses for so long....you keep trying to push up your glasses, but they aren't there anymore.

The new little "notebooks" that they have now are so small (which is great for some people) but I find that when I am doing something to a file, that I want the bigger screen. This screen is 12", which is as small as I want to get. And I love that I still have my keyboard attached. It will be interesting to try and use it as a notepad, taking notes and see how it does that. The other issue is that the new notebooks usually only have one USB port which I can't live with just one. I have a hard time with the three that comes on the other laptops and always have to add a USB hub to get more ports and that is with having a lot of my stuff being wireless.

This will definately make learning how to manipulate nodes and designing cut files a lot more fun.

[PennyDuncan]

Wahhhhhhhhhhoooooooooo!!!! CONGRATS CONGRATS Kim!!! How exciting....I bet you're having a blast with it!!!