To buy a tablet PC or a notebook?
Should you spend your year-end bonus on a tablet PC or a notebook. We look at the options.
To buy a tablet PC or a notebook?
To buy a tablet PC or a notebook?
Should you spend your year-end bonus on a tablet PC or a notebook. We look at the options.
its a little late? how many people still have year-end bonus left? I have wife & kids... so naturally, bonus is but a fond memory :-)
one of them Windows netbook with rotate screen to make it a tablet would be first choice imo, like Gigabyte T1028\1005 or M912... cheaper than some tablets, but a bit heavier, bigger (but i guess not so much when compared to a tablet + leather cover + bt keyboard)
or this new Dell Lattitude ST tablet also looking good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ordHLoXImQ
not great variety to choose from for decent Windows tablets, plus expensive and bigger -battery life.
but if you need full windows compatibility you're a bit stuck.
Last edited by CeeBee; 03-01-2012 at 04:04 PM.
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whats a bonus?
Getting a tablet before owning a notebook or desktop PC will not be a smart move. The slates are slowly evolving in their independence but it is not at the point yet where the user/owner can get away without a PC/notebook of some sort. The best solution is to have both. If not both then go for something like the MacBook Air or similar.
The ultimate solution = notebook PC/MacBook + 7" slate (my pref: HTC Flyer) + 9/10" slate (my pref: iPad 2) ... in that order of acquisition in my opinion.
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2012 looks to be the year that tablets will overtake laptops for certain use cases... With an HD ready screen, up to 64GB storage and quad-core cpu, who needs Windows? And for the times you do need Redmond's or Cupertino's finest, just start up a remote desktop client?
Although I would like to see 12" or 13" tablets soon...
Wonder if Apple's going to crash MS' Windows 8 party by releasing keyboard-less Macbook Airs just after Win8 is announced & before it ships? By the time Samsung/HP, et al manage to get product onto the street, a lot of the market would've been saturated with Mactablets already?
But alas - just daydreaming as I'm also going - "What Bonus?"
"And the stupidity of our electorate confounds all reason."
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this columns is more like iPhone or Notebook, not Tablet PC or Notebook?
Very close to being both I think the Prime will really kick off later this year when it enters our stores.
Having the 1st generation, it is a great all rounder and has successfully replaced my netbook. I think if the Eee was cheaper it would have killed the netbook market completely, if tablets have not already done so. If you limited in cash its a bit hard to justify R5000 for a tablet+keyboard when a netbook can be acquired for around R2700.
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Last edited by Elimentals; 03-01-2012 at 08:25 PM.
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Any idea when the prime will be released in SA?
It all depends on what you wanna do. I assume you want a portable device.
Tablets: great for content browsing, media playing. Minimal local storage.
Laptops: Much better than tablets for content creation and manipulation. Run widely-available applications.
Try creating a large spreadsheet or presentation or document on a tablet, or heavy email responses ... it's just not worth the hassle.
Start with your requirements. Then find the best match.
Notions that tablets will replace laptops or netbooks are ridiculous, though it is true that many bought laptops/netbooks for portability/tethered access to services, and for many of them tablets are probably fine. I have both.
Last edited by Arthur; 04-01-2012 at 05:58 PM.
Do you find there is a lot of overlap between the laptop and the tab?Originally Posted by Arthur
In South Africa even the information superhighway has potholes on it.
No. Virtually none.
I use the tablet for basic email checking, RSS, casual browsing and reading, some media viewing. The laptops and notebooks are used when doing document creation and content manipulation away from home/office.
The tablet is really just a smartphone with a bigger screen for easier reading (even though my phone has a 4.3-inch screen).
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