Difference between revisions of "Petition to abolish tablet requirement"

Revision as of 06:21, 9 March 2012

This is a crowdsourced petition, meaning anyone that has access to this can help compile(pour hate and trash the requirement) it.

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.
Many students hold the opinion that the univerity bookstore is evil.

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 * 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.
+* Many students hold the opinion that the univerity bookstore is evil.