Is it better to buy a tablet instead of a laptop for basic ?
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Just need something portable for emails, browsing, and light work.
I like the idea of a tablet because it s lighter and easier to carry around, but I m not sure how practical it is long term. From what I ve seen, tablets are great for simple tasks and on-the-go use, but laptops still seem better for typing and multitasking.
Would a tablet be enough for everyday use, or is a laptop still the safer option? Curious what others here prefer
I like the idea of a tablet because it s lighter and easier to carry around, but I m not sure how practical it is long term. From what I ve seen, tablets are great for simple tasks and on-the-go use, but laptops still seem better for typing and multitasking.
Would a tablet be enough for everyday use, or is a laptop still the safer option? Curious what others here prefer
I had always been a PC fan for years.
I took the decision around eighteen months ago to migrate to a tablet - for a number of reasons - and now work solely on my iPad. I have all of my documents stored in the cloud, and operate Microsoft apps (MS Word, MS Excel etc.) so the iPad is literally the link between myself and the cloud. On the whole, I have been happy with the change.
I run a desktop with a keyboard, mouse and external monitor when I am in the office, and as a tablet whilst out and about on planes, trains and automobiles.
The only thing that I do miss, is being able to have multiple monitors open and the ability to have numerous windows shared around those monitors. People say you can do this with the iPad but I have never found a suitable way to achieve it like you can do with Windows. To be able to do this on the iPad would be my utopia.
I took the decision around eighteen months ago to migrate to a tablet - for a number of reasons - and now work solely on my iPad. I have all of my documents stored in the cloud, and operate Microsoft apps (MS Word, MS Excel etc.) so the iPad is literally the link between myself and the cloud. On the whole, I have been happy with the change.
I run a desktop with a keyboard, mouse and external monitor when I am in the office, and as a tablet whilst out and about on planes, trains and automobiles.
The only thing that I do miss, is being able to have multiple monitors open and the ability to have numerous windows shared around those monitors. People say you can do this with the iPad but I have never found a suitable way to achieve it like you can do with Windows. To be able to do this on the iPad would be my utopia.
Mabel Langley said:
Just need something portable for emails, browsing, and light work.
I like the idea of a tablet because it s lighter and easier to carry around, but I m not sure how practical it is long term. From what I ve seen, tablets are great for simple tasks and on-the-go use, but laptops still seem better for typing and multitasking.
Would a tablet be enough for everyday use, or is a laptop still the safer option? Curious what others here prefer
13" MacBook Air - everything you need; light, portable and very capableI like the idea of a tablet because it s lighter and easier to carry around, but I m not sure how practical it is long term. From what I ve seen, tablets are great for simple tasks and on-the-go use, but laptops still seem better for typing and multitasking.
Would a tablet be enough for everyday use, or is a laptop still the safer option? Curious what others here prefer
I went from an iPad back to a laptop.
Just replaced my laptop and it was still performing well compared to the iPad which was refusing to update to the latest operating system and apps were dropping like flies as they refused to work with the old OS.
I won't go back to a tablet and my laptop is more robust, quicker, cheaper, more expandable and not in the Apple world so I can do what I want not what the ghost of Jobbs wants me to do.
I like that I can hack it, install what I want, use it for design, 3d printing, programming, document management, browsing, media. I can run my floppy disk drive from it and use greaseweazle to copy 70's floppy disks all for free without having to buy a single app.
A laptop is just so flexible and not tied into an inflexible OS.
Just replaced my laptop and it was still performing well compared to the iPad which was refusing to update to the latest operating system and apps were dropping like flies as they refused to work with the old OS.
I won't go back to a tablet and my laptop is more robust, quicker, cheaper, more expandable and not in the Apple world so I can do what I want not what the ghost of Jobbs wants me to do.
I like that I can hack it, install what I want, use it for design, 3d printing, programming, document management, browsing, media. I can run my floppy disk drive from it and use greaseweazle to copy 70's floppy disks all for free without having to buy a single app.
A laptop is just so flexible and not tied into an inflexible OS.
Hoofy said:
The way I see it: desktop with 2 screens > desktop with 1 screen > laptop with 2 screens > laptop > tablet > phone. Everything is a compromise if it's not a desktop with 2 large screens.
Bit of a pain sitting on the sofa with two large screens on your thighs and a PC between your legs, and where you put your mouse without getting a smack from the wife !I've yet to use a tablet where typing on a bluetooth keyboard is anywhere near as good as a proper one. I'm currently on a Surface Pro for exactly that reason. I need to type lots of emails when travelling and every other solution frustrated me.
However, if your tying needs are really "light" then yes, a tablet is a lot cheaper.
However, if your tying needs are really "light" then yes, a tablet is a lot cheaper.
Gary C said:
Hoofy said:
The way I see it: desktop with 2 screens > desktop with 1 screen > laptop with 2 screens > laptop > tablet > phone. Everything is a compromise if it's not a desktop with 2 large screens.
Bit of a pain sitting on the sofa with two large screens on your thighs and a PC between your legs, and where you put your mouse without getting a smack from the wife !Look for a recent used cheap laptop there are some really nice machines for very little money, they work from the mains so there is no hassles with charging all the time.
Tablets are ok for browsing the net and the likes but you can't beat having a keyboard under your fingers for even basic productive work, larger screens too which helps.
Tablets are ok for browsing the net and the likes but you can't beat having a keyboard under your fingers for even basic productive work, larger screens too which helps.
Where do you want to sit \ where do you work?
Office\study\dining room table - laptop every single time!
Lounge\chair\toilet\bed - tablet
Laptops can be used in a chair (my daughter seems to manage) but it's a right faff!
Also consider how much you use your phone and will the tablet replace it, otherwise you're just buying a bigger phone!
Office\study\dining room table - laptop every single time!
Lounge\chair\toilet\bed - tablet
Laptops can be used in a chair (my daughter seems to manage) but it's a right faff!
Also consider how much you use your phone and will the tablet replace it, otherwise you're just buying a bigger phone!
Griffith4ever said:
thebraketester said:
Have you considered a BBC micro?
I'd go Spectrum for Basic myself ;-)The language itself has structured features that no sinclair product ever had. It also had an integrated 6502 assembler and the OS itself exposed all the vector tables so that you could intercept them and include your own code into the OS really easily. I wrote a bit of code to intercept characters as they were sent to the screen and put them out to a speech synth I had made.
Castle of riddles with speech was really fun.
I even ended up programming nuclear reactor control systems based on what I had learned on my good old BBC B
danb79 said:
Mabel Langley said:
Just need something portable for emails, browsing, and light work.
I like the idea of a tablet because it s lighter and easier to carry around, but I m not sure how practical it is long term. From what I ve seen, tablets are great for simple tasks and on-the-go use, but laptops still seem better for typing and multitasking.
Would a tablet be enough for everyday use, or is a laptop still the safer option? Curious what others here prefer
13" MacBook Air - everything you need; light, portable and very capableI like the idea of a tablet because it s lighter and easier to carry around, but I m not sure how practical it is long term. From what I ve seen, tablets are great for simple tasks and on-the-go use, but laptops still seem better for typing and multitasking.
Would a tablet be enough for everyday use, or is a laptop still the safer option? Curious what others here prefer
Gary C said:
Griffith4ever said:
thebraketester said:
Have you considered a BBC micro?
I'd go Spectrum for Basic myself ;-)The language itself has structured features that no sinclair product ever had. It also had an integrated 6502 assembler and the OS itself exposed all the vector tables so that you could intercept them and include your own code into the OS really easily. I wrote a bit of code to intercept characters as they were sent to the screen and put them out to a speech synth I had made.
Castle of riddles with speech was really fun.
I even ended up programming nuclear reactor control systems based on what I had learned on my good old BBC B
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