No that my opinion is better than the next. I have used pda,laptop,tablet computer, digatal recorder, paper, and tablet (no keyboard). Depending on your software if you can click with the stylus I say go with the tablet computer. I set up in the kitchen and go back to the kitchen to add comments. I found the pda a pain. Every time I took it out to make comment had to put it back. Sometimes I left it somewhere and had to go back and get it. Sometimes I make comment to quick without getting the whole picture. Correction on pda is a pain. If you do a tablet computer get extended warranty. Catain