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Tablet or lightweight laptop?
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Originally posted by wurzel View PostWhat did you buy? In the market for something myself at the moment with the same requirements as the OP. I need to use Photoshop so that rules out a tablet - was thinking of an ultrabook of some description.
I bought the Toshiba Protege Z830. Its a basic ultrabook but I wanted a light laptop for travel and to just run Visual studio whenever I wanted.
For Photoshop you might want to look for one with a bigger RAM and SSD, there are ultrabooks with 256 GB SSD and 8 GB RAM costing about a grand.Vote Corbyn ! Save this country !Comment
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Originally posted by fullyautomatix View PostI bought the Toshiba Protege Z830. Its a basic ultrabook but I wanted a light laptop for travel and to just run Visual studio whenever I wanted.
For Photoshop you might want to look for one with a bigger RAM and SSD, there are ultrabooks with 256 GB SSD and 8 GB RAM costing about a grand.Comment
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Originally posted by norrahe View PostGoing to be travelling rather a lot and wondered what others use.
Looking for something for surfing and general admin (odd spreadsheet,docs, plans), so not something heavy duty.
Current laptop is a tad on the heavy side, great for working from home but not lugging about the place. Not sure whether to go with a tablet (android preferably) and bluetooth keyboard or laptop. Been looking at the Nexus 7, not sure about laptops, possible Acer or Asus.
Recommendations for anything mac related will be studiously ignored.
That said the spreadsheet apps are wank, the word processing app isn't too bad. Using google docs is a chore.
Not the answer you wanted, sorry, but for a surfing machine I can check emails on, take meeting minutes and play angry birds on it's brill
Perhaps I am not using it properly though, and there's a ton more stuff I could be doing on it. Most sites have apps (Sky, IGIndex etc) so there's always some new gadget and something to learn so it satisfies my inner geek.
Best of luck with the lappy hunting, hope you get what you want.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Originally posted by norrahe View PostGoing to be travelling rather a lot and wondered what others use.
Looking for something for surfing and general admin (odd spreadsheet,docs, plans), so not something heavy duty.
Current laptop is a tad on the heavy side, great for working from home but not lugging about the place. Not sure whether to go with a tablet (android preferably) and bluetooth keyboard or laptop. Been looking at the Nexus 7, not sure about laptops, possible Acer or Asus.
Recommendations for anything mac related will be studiously ignored.
Whatever option you choose, I hope you enjoy your new toy.Comment
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Originally posted by Gentile View PostDepends whether you're going to use it mainly as a consumption or as an interaction device. Tablets are great for lying in bed having a surf, or sitting on the train reading a book. But anything you need to type for, they've got their limitations (although some hybrid devices like the Asus Transformer are closing the gap, since as you said they have an optional detachable keyboard, as does the iPad). The minute you mention spreadsheets and documents, though, I'd be thinking micro laptop if I were you. Tablet devices simply don't handle that level of interaction at all well yet (and may never do).
Whatever option you choose, I hope you enjoy your new toy.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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