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Previously on "Switching wholesale from laptop to tablet?"

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  • kyber
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    I think old age is knackering my eyesight and ruling out tablets for all but basic consumption of streaming content and reading magazines. I have a 12.2" Samsung Note Pro tablet but prefer using a 15" Retina for most things.

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  • unixman
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    Micromart - coming up to its 30th birthday.

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  • Boo
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    Surface Pro 3 got good / best review in the current edition of MicroMart.

    Boo

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  • woohoo
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    When I look at a surface I cannot see how to type on it when its perched on my lap...

    So I'm off to treat myself to a macbook instead...
    yet people seem to manage it. Enjoy your MacBook.

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
    It's replaced my laptop, so yes

    Obviously everyone's usage requirements are different but it does what I wanted my laptop to do.
    When I look at a surface I cannot see how to type on it when its perched on my lap...

    So I'm off to treat myself to a macbook instead...

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    So, if you take a tablet, and clip on a keyboard, you don't need a laptop?

    It's replaced my laptop, so yes

    Obviously everyone's usage requirements are different but it does what I wanted my laptop to do.

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  • DimPrawn
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    So, if you take a tablet, and clip on a keyboard, you don't need a laptop?

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  • LondonManc
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    Got a Surface 3 which I'm very happy with. Good for both scenarios - home and work.

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by unixman View Post
    Agree with good ol' wishy-washy Charlie Brown. Tablets great for consuming but laptop needed for generating, ie. work.
    wishy washy

    goddammit!

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  • expat
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    Originally posted by unixman View Post
    Agree with good ol' wishy-washy Charlie Brown. Tablets great for consuming but laptop needed for generating, ie. work.
    I agree too, but in my case the client provides it.

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  • unixman
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    The only thing I will say is that I find tablets great for consuming - e.g movies, data, presentations etc.

    However if you want to create I find them not so great and prefer a laptop!
    Agree with good ol' wishy-washy Charlie Brown. Tablets great for consuming but laptop needed for generating, ie. work.

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  • VectraMan
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    I was a bit cynical about tablets, but I've had one a year now and it is pretty much all I use at home. As said I'll fire up the laptop or even the desktop if I want to write something beyond a few words or do some useful work. I've remote desktop'd from a tablet into a server before, but it's just too much of a PITA to do anything without a mouse and keyboard.

    Best to have both.

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  • woohoo
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    Originally posted by expat View Post
    I am thinking of switching to a tablet, since I see little use for my own laptop nowadays. I do use a computer all day at work but it is always the client's computer.

    I know it's up to me to spec my requirement and verify that the proposed hardware and software fits, but I wonder if anyone has any experience of this?
    I have a Lenovo Helix, so it's a hybrid. You can detach the tablet from the keyboard. Using the tablet on it's own is fine for reading, light surfing etc but if I want to write an email then I connect the keyboard. Not sure I could get by without a keyboard.

    If I was after a hybrid now then I would probably go for the Surface Pro, thinking of buying the missus one actually.

    I've got a portable DVD player for the rare times I need an actual DVD.

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  • expat
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    The only thing I will say is that I find tablets great for consuming - e.g movies, data, presentations etc.

    However if you want to create I find them not so great and prefer a laptop.

    Therefore I reckon the best option is one of those laptops with a detachable screen so you get both - in 1 package!
    Indeed, but I find myself creating little or nothing on my own computer now.

    My only reservation would be movies: currently I usually buy them on DVD and rip them (then give the DVD to a charity shop). Downloading seems impractical: I am very mobile so I do not have frequent returns to a broadband landline; in most countries you can only get a PAYG SIM if you don't have a local bank account, and downloading a movie on a PAYG SIM, even a local one, can get pretty expensive.

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  • original PM
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    The only thing I will say is that I find tablets great for consuming - e.g movies, data, presentations etc.

    However if you want to create I find them not so great and prefer a laptop.

    Therefore I reckon the best option is one of those laptops with a detachable screen so you get both - in 1 package!

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