Difference between revisions of "Petition to abolish tablet requirement"
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==Other unhappy people== | ==Other unhappy people== | ||
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20090227184253/http://vt.freeculture.org/wiki/Killing_the_tablet_requirement Free Culture at VT] | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20090227184253/http://vt.freeculture.org/wiki/Killing_the_tablet_requirement Free Culture at VT] | ||
Revision as of 22:28, 22 March 2012
This is a crowdsourced petition, meaning anyone that has access to this can help compile(pour hate and trash the requirement) it.
Dissatisfaction with requirement
- Tablets are expensive compared to other laptops of similar specs
- Available models are limited to a 13.3" maximum screen size
- USB Wacom tablets are available for fairly cheap and fuction as well as onscreen tablets. Many studets prefer USB tablets because the keyboard can be used while writing
- Students can't use Macbooks, as they lack tablet functionality.
- Tablets can not be upgraded nearly as extensively as full-scale laptops. Lenovo tablets support a maximum 320GB hard drive, and are limited to a dual-core i7 2620M.
- All available tablets are pre-installed with Windows, forcing students to buy an individual Windows license in addition to a VT Windows site license.
Signatures of students not happy with the tablet requirement
- Lukas Lozovski
- George Burgess
