Laptop vs. Tablet

dcole07 · 08-23-2006, 06:35 PM

Do you think the Laptop will die? and be replace by Tablet-laptops... which can do every thing a Laptop can, plus flip the monitor over and you can write on the monitor.

Or what would keep Laptops around?

Tomassi · 08-25-2006, 03:38 AM

tablets are cool, especially the big wacom tablet screen, love to have one of those!

But thats pretty expensive at the moment...

A lot op people who have laptops are business people that use it for email and spreadsheet/word like programs, they have no use for drawing on a screen.

RedruM* · 08-25-2006, 03:47 AM

I like my laptop and my windows xp. Nothing else will ever change. I'm like the other 100 million microsoft xp noobs.

bermuda · 08-25-2006, 04:08 AM

I prefer laptop, they certainly will be the first choice for the travelers and the chiefs, Tablets are for young, enthusiasts.

RedruM* · 08-25-2006, 04:10 AM

young, enthusiasts. = uni students and emos.

littleFella · 08-25-2006, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by bermuda

I prefer laptop, they certainly will be the first choice for the travelers and the chiefs, Tablets are for young, enthusiasts.

The young enthusiasts I bought a few tables for are municipal workers who travel around to track road surface conditions, municipal assets, cemeteries, roads signs, drainage system and a whole lot of other things municipalities are responsible for. For all these tasks they need a decent laptop with a GPS system to automate data collection.

A regular laptop is too cumbersome to operate under those road conditions as it needs a horizontal surface which is not so easilly available inside a trucks cabin. Tablets make much more sense, and they can be mounted vertically close to the steering wheel inside the trucks. Also, data input is easier, if the software is well organized to allow for input through option selections rather than through typing.

These guys are anything but PC enthusiasts, many with zero to poor typing skills.

Tablets do offer some real benefits, and no, they are not just for the young enthusiasts. I just wish the lower priced models had a a real touch screen functionality, instead of requiring a special stylus.

dcole07 · 08-25-2006, 08:13 AM

But alot of new Tablets these days are "convertible laptops" ... so it can be a laptop or a Tablet.

I guess price is a issue for most...
FYI: at Walmart you can buy computers with Linux on them (to bring down the price)

I always buy the slightly expensive stuff, since you get what you pay for... (but I do bargon shop... I'm not going to get ripped off.)