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Boox Tab Ultra C Pro: 4 Months Later
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I'm really happy with this purchase.
I bought this as a replacement and upgrade from the Remarkable 2. I didn't expect it to replace my (admittedly old) iPad (6th Gen), but it pretty much has.
It's been awesome for the following tasks:
- Reading (PDF, ePub, or just content in a browser) [I don't read comics/manga, but tested out a Garfield Comic and some random Manga and the Boox Tab was great for this too].
- Browsing the web. It's great. A perfect e-ink experience when it comes to the sorts of websites I might peruse. Hackernews, reddit, slashdot, various blogs, forums, regular ol' websites like The Verge, Phoronix, and Education/Training websites like Amazon AWS Training, ACloudGuru, PluralSight and RHEL RHCSA course all worked fine. The video playback is more than adequate for the sort of content you would get in a tutorial video.
- Email Clients: I've only used GMail on it, and it's great. No different to using a regular OLED/LCD/Whatever Tablet. Just that, it's colour E-Ink.
- Handwriting / Note Taking: As in, using the 'pen'. It's great. A significant improvement over the Remarkable 2. Anyone who says otherwise is.. Well, they're welcome to their opinion. But writing on the Boox Tab Ultra C "feels better". It just does. Try both, you'll see. And don't get me wrong, the RM2 is an EXCELLENT note taking / drawing experience. The Boox Tab is just better. If RM2 is "Excellent", then the Boox Tab Ultra C is "Excellent+++".
It's been perfectly adequate for things like:
- Chat Clients like Discord, RocketChat... Not something I used this for much, but they both work fine on it and I have no complaints. I don't use Discord on my iPad, because, well, I just don't. That's a phone/desktop applicaiton for me. Touchscreen typing on a screen larger than 7 inches just isn't my jam. Hence, not something I used much on the Boox Tab.
- ChatGPT / AI Chat: It's fine. Just fine. For much the same reason that Discord is just fine. Perfectly adequate.
- Anything you would typically do on an Android tablet. It's not necessarily an iPad replacement.
What it's not Great for:
- I bought the Boox Tab Ultra C with the Keyboard Add-on. I detest it. It's mostly collected dust for the past few months. I tried to get used to it. I want to get used to it. But the keys are just compressed too tightly to meet a level of usability that would make me actually use it productively. I do a lot of typing. I'm good at typing. Fast as lightning, and could type all this out with my eyes closed. I can't do that on the Keyboard Add-on that comes with the Boox Tab Ultra C. Instead of typing "Write" I'll type "qTOYR". Instinctively hitting the wrong key every time. It's the most frustrating thing ever.
- Because typing with the offical keyboard add-on is a dismal, damn-near appalling experience, it puts a large number of the use cases I envisioned for it back into the "Maybe a future E-ink device will get it right" territory. For example, Discord and ChatGPT on this are perfectly adequate, but they'd be great if the keyboard wasn't seriously testing my sanity.
- Typing out long documents while staring into that blissful Kaleido 3 E-Ink display? I wish. The display isn't large enough for me to justify the hassle (A minor one, but still) of connecting a bluetooth keyboard and propping up the display at a desk for use with said bluetooth keyboard. If it was a seamless experience that I just pop it open and good to go? Sure, I'd love that. That'd be great. But it's not that. At least, not for me.
- Typing out longer-form or more thought out comments during a coffee-fueled sleep deprived marathon social media session on hackernews or reddit (or wherever) just isn't happening either.
- Essentially, all the "negative" experiences I can attribute to this device come down to the keyboard attachment being a steaming turd taunting me with what could have been, while never living up to it. Writing and responding to emails? Only if its a short reply. Writing and responding to literally anything? Again, only if its a short reply, because that keyboard is a freaking travesty.
What it's obviously not for:
- This is not meant for viewing video. Sure, you absolutely can. But if you're someone that wants to actually enjoy watching that latest Netflix blockbuster, you're not going to achieve that on an E-ink display - and you never were meant too.
- An iPad replacement. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely a viable tablet replacement. (Excluding heavy consumers of image and video media). Let me rephrase that. It's definitely a viable Android tablet replacement. I've used both Android and iOS extensively. And without turning this into an iOS vs Android debate as old as time... This Android e-ink device is never going to seamlessly sync with my Apple Notes, Airdrop, Messenger, my iPhone, Apple Watch, and all the lovely features that make using Apple products the actual quality of life joy they portray in the smiles of their advertisements. While I own an iPad, it's not something I use extensively. Never have. So this was a non-factor for me. But I just thought it was worth noting. I often wish it ran iOS, and could sync into the Apple ecosystem that I've come to take for granted. Even just my Apple Notes syncing over iCloud...
- Gaming. Video. Super-enthusiast image viewers (?). It's not good for any of those things. Although, I did install a GBA Emulator and test out Pokemon. That was cool. It was good for that actually, apart from being a tablet form-factor and not, you know, a handheld gameboy.
Overall, I'm happy with this purchase. I was really on the fence about it, thinking "Why not just get a new iPad with the keyboard attachment and Apple Pencil instead?" And honestly, that would have been probably a great choice and an excellent experience. But it's no e-ink. Anyone on here who's looking at premium e-ink devices like this is probably someone that's had an introduction to e-ink through something like a Kindle and gone "Wow!". There's just something about it. A clarity of image displayed in such a way that no other display technology can accurately replicate the great experience that comes with reading crisp long-form text outside on a sunny day, or indoors on a cozy winters day. Only, instead of that experience being limited to the magazines, comic books, and paperbacks on your shelf, it's extended and expanded to the entire internet with many of the benefits that come with it, while simultaneously reducing or impeding a lot of the negative repercussions the ubiquity of a hand-held internet brings with it.
No more fuzzy vision from screen-induced eye strain at the end of the day. No more trouble falling asleep after staring into that endless glowing abyss late into the night. No more overstimulation and that strange back-of-the-mind feeling of exhaustion that subtly became seemingly normal when hours upon hours of daily screen time became as accepted as simply breathing. On the days where I opt for or make a conscious effort to give my attention to e-ink, rather than my 4K monitor or my iPhone, I end the day feeling genuinely better for it. The difference is honestly remarkable. It's a great device, and I can't wait to see what the future brings. A nice 15" E-Ink Laptop with comparable quality to a Macbook would be amazing... And I'd love it if I could afford a dual monitor 28 Inch Colour E-ink setup.. And even a Boox Palma or similar form factor device to take over the roll of mindless screentime on my iPhone would be worth pursuing.
The Boox Ultra Tab C, for the first time ever, has made me see e-ink as a viable replacement for many of my personal and professional needs. It makes me want to replace these devices, despite how unconsciously addicted I'd become to them without even realising it before it was as ingrained as the heaviest addiction in my life, and the lives of those around me.
Boox Tab Ultra C - It's a game changer. The first e-ink device outside of an e-reader that genuinely shows the viability and future potential, and all the benefits associated with using e-ink as the main window into my computing environment.
TL;DR: It's a great tablet. It's a crummy laptop. The official keyboard add-on sucks. It's the first e-ink device to make a measurable impact on my relationship with modern technology.
Top Comment: Thanks for comprehensive experience review. I have some questions. Can we buy this without the keyboard? Have you tried a better Bluetooth keyboard? Is the DPI good enough? What about battery life? Is 10inch screen good enough for PDF, I have 10 inch black and white eink reader and I feel like I could benefit from full sized A4.
Is it not possible to use pro-c for everything?
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Noob here, I'm confused as to why producers use different kinds of compressor plugins all the time, sometimes multiple different ones on one track. Is the pro-c not a general purpose compressor which can just compress everything? Why is there a noticable difference when people slap on different compressors on a track etc. aren't pro-c presets enough for that? (I do hear the effect of using different plugins, i just don't understand why it's that way)
Top Comment: You can definetly use Pro-C only if you know how to use it, you don't need emulations, pro-c already comes with different algorithms. I tested lots of emulations against pro-c to respond exactly to that question, i was curious too
Support for Pro*C files
Main Post: Is there really no way to see C code issues in Pro*C code? Over 80% of our C code is Pro*C (in source files we name *.sc). It would be great if it could scan the C code, even if it ignored the embedded SQL. I’m evaluating SonarQube for our project, and this could really prevent it being useful fo…
Top Comment: Is there really no way to see C code issues in Pro*C code? Over 80% of our C code is Pro*C (in source files we name *.sc). It would be great if it could scan the C code, even if it ignored the embedded SQL. I’m evaluating SonarQube for our project, and this could really prevent it being useful ...