SO, I used to have this tablet:



...and since I can't afford to replace my motherboard & CPU just yet, I decided on a different approach. I sold the tablet, and used the funds to buy one of these:



It's much less resource-heavy, smaller in size, and has a much more pen-to-paper feel than my previous ones did.

I won't get to really test-drive it until the weekend, but we'll see what happens.