Laptop or Tablet with Keyboard?
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We have a Samsung Tablets with a Samsung Keyboard covers. They still function too much like a tablet to properly replace a laptop, but for general usage it's fine.
Samsung have a "Dex" mode that makes them behave a little more like a laptop, but even that's not great. My wife's one seems to lose the keyboard format when in dex mode so certain keys don't correspond to the keyboard characters.
Samsung have a "Dex" mode that makes them behave a little more like a laptop, but even that's not great. My wife's one seems to lose the keyboard format when in dex mode so certain keys don't correspond to the keyboard characters.
FMOB said:
Mark300zx said:
Ok, so I've ditched the idea of replacing my laptop with a tablet, so the next question is what's the most reliable laptop?
Probably a question for things you always wanted to the answer to thread.In my experience that is a Macbook.
Mark300zx said:
FMOB said:
Mark300zx said:
Ok, so I've ditched the idea of replacing my laptop with a tablet, so the next question is what's the most reliable laptop?
Probably a question for things you always wanted to the answer to thread.In my experience that is a Macbook.
I have a MS Surface pro 8, (not the arm chip!) it does everything I need and is about the same size as a iPad Pro. Has a keyboard case, and stylus.
I do some fairly hefty excel stuff on it and it is just about powerful enough. I had a gaming laptop before with 17” screen and never took it anywhere and used my iPad instead, but the surface pro is brilliant now and can fit in a small messenger bag easily.
I do some fairly hefty excel stuff on it and it is just about powerful enough. I had a gaming laptop before with 17” screen and never took it anywhere and used my iPad instead, but the surface pro is brilliant now and can fit in a small messenger bag easily.
David_M said:
Mark300zx said:
Ok, so I've ditched the idea of replacing my laptop with a tablet, so the next question is what's the most reliable laptop?
Lenovo Thinkpadhttps://www.howtogeek.com/119825/whats-the-differe...
A few thoughts.
I'm getting quite tired of windows as of late but for office, there isn't really anything better. I do use Google docs occasionally too and have been fine dealing with simple word or spreadsheets, one example is watching and updating stock for my brother was simpler on sheets as once updated, a quick message over and he had the latest version of stock whilst he was away instantly.
For operating system, I've found over the last few years Linux actually is incredibly stable for most days to day tasks, but if you need office, then there's some alternatives to use. Truth be told, that's my next step as I already have a Lenovo machine (Yoga i3 - good specs but the CPU lets it down when working a little harder. Still is fine for 90% of my work) but find the battery life doesn't quite cut it.
You could get a Mac and install parallels on it (is that still a thing with the new M based chips?) then slap Windows on. Battery life is the best on these and will only really catch up on the Windows front when the Snapdragon chips are released.
Or, find a used ThinkPad from yesteryear that's powerful enough, which I think are better built than other Lenovo models frankly. Keyboard is miles better too. For work, they work. For entertainment, personally, they suck.
Asus make good laptops. If you're willing to have a look at their models. They do sometimes have offers on.
The surface Pros are also an option. Looking into this myself but some have had battery life issues again.
Alternatively, stick to a PC for work at home and an iPad or Android tablet (Samsung are really the only other who make higher end tablets) for entertainment and occasional work. There was a really good thread a few weeks ago for a chap going iPad only for most things and it seemed he found a decent way around most of his job issues.
Other options are to buy an older laptop and install the latest Linux. Ubuntu has come out with their latest version that has support for 10 years apparently.
Overall, depends on how many devices you're willing to put up with. If it's just one device, then a portable Windows with touchscreen might really be the only thing. Don't expect amazing battery life though.
I'm getting quite tired of windows as of late but for office, there isn't really anything better. I do use Google docs occasionally too and have been fine dealing with simple word or spreadsheets, one example is watching and updating stock for my brother was simpler on sheets as once updated, a quick message over and he had the latest version of stock whilst he was away instantly.
For operating system, I've found over the last few years Linux actually is incredibly stable for most days to day tasks, but if you need office, then there's some alternatives to use. Truth be told, that's my next step as I already have a Lenovo machine (Yoga i3 - good specs but the CPU lets it down when working a little harder. Still is fine for 90% of my work) but find the battery life doesn't quite cut it.
You could get a Mac and install parallels on it (is that still a thing with the new M based chips?) then slap Windows on. Battery life is the best on these and will only really catch up on the Windows front when the Snapdragon chips are released.
Or, find a used ThinkPad from yesteryear that's powerful enough, which I think are better built than other Lenovo models frankly. Keyboard is miles better too. For work, they work. For entertainment, personally, they suck.
Asus make good laptops. If you're willing to have a look at their models. They do sometimes have offers on.
The surface Pros are also an option. Looking into this myself but some have had battery life issues again.
Alternatively, stick to a PC for work at home and an iPad or Android tablet (Samsung are really the only other who make higher end tablets) for entertainment and occasional work. There was a really good thread a few weeks ago for a chap going iPad only for most things and it seemed he found a decent way around most of his job issues.
Other options are to buy an older laptop and install the latest Linux. Ubuntu has come out with their latest version that has support for 10 years apparently.
Overall, depends on how many devices you're willing to put up with. If it's just one device, then a portable Windows with touchscreen might really be the only thing. Don't expect amazing battery life though.
FMOB said:
David_M said:
Mark300zx said:
Ok, so I've ditched the idea of replacing my laptop with a tablet, so the next question is what's the most reliable laptop?
Lenovo Thinkpad
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