Tablets v Laptops

hesmy

I can't see on here where anyone has touched on this,but how do tablets compare with laptops or netbooks.My old laptop still does the bizzo,but I'm thinking of weight and battery life,etc.Anyone done the switch?

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InsideInsurance

In my opinion they are for different things.... tablets are great for browsing on the sofa or the train, checking your bank balance etc but I wouldn't really want to type out a 50 page Word document on one nor does it have the ability to run the "professional" photo editing software I use.

I will get a tablet when if the next generation of iPad is the predicted higher resolution and I expect to use it a lot as I did my work one whilst commuting etc but I am certainly not considering ditching the laptop.

neilwoods

If you use a laptop for browsing and basic stuff then yes you could swap it for a tablet, especially something like the asus epad transformer. But for anything more serious, no chance, at least not for a while. Android is ok but a long way off as being useful for serious use. Even the iPad is extremely limited.

Be interesting to see what happens when windows 8 comes out, they will be the ones who take the tablet forward to be a serious contender to laptops and pcs

GunJack

neilwoods wrote: »

Be interesting to see what happens when windows 8 comes out, they will be the ones who take the tablet forward to be a serious contender to laptops and pcs

still can't see this for a looong while..had a play with the W8 pre-beta over xmas....it was awful. I really don't like the whole "tablet" layout anyway (it's all too iThing for me), and it was particularly awful on a proper-sized lappy screen