The H-Factor

A customer emailed today with the following question:

"We do a lot of work in the field,
doing lots of measuring and drawing/checking the buildings where we are
working.  I would like to be able to enter the data we generate directly instead
of copying to paper and then copying from there into AutoCAD back in the
office.

I have never used a tablet computer,
but it seems like the right thing.  Does anyone there have experience with and
thoughts on what capabilities are required to do the kind of field work that I
am describing?  I understand that there are stylus devices that can be used with
tablet computers, or if there are other input devices (besides a mouse or
trackball) that I should consider I would appreciate your
suggestions.

Also, once I return from the field,
I would presume that this tablet would also serve as my desktop, so it would
presumably be nice to be able to easily dock the tablet to a large monitor and
regular keyboard."

I do not know of any tablet PCs that would be strong
enough to run AutoCAD. However, one option is to get Autodesk Design Review.