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Tablet V Laptop
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I am thinking about buying a tablet, mainly for portability on planes and so on.
What are the pluses and minuses of a tablet over a laptop please, I am bit ignorant on these things.
Can I watch films on a tablet, plug in a portable DVD player, send mails etc?
Any advice appreciated.
What are the pluses and minuses of a tablet over a laptop please, I am bit ignorant on these things.
Can I watch films on a tablet, plug in a portable DVD player, send mails etc?
Any advice appreciated.
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Well I'm not techie and I'm set in my ways so my opinion might be relevant to you. I use a laptop with mouse all day be it for work or leisure but I do have an 8 inch tablet mainly used for taking away somewhere or playing certain games like Candy Crush or just the convenience of reading AB etc while lying back on the sofa for example. BUT I regularly want to chuck it out the window in a temper mainly because for me working with text is a nightmare, I cannot bear tapping on an onscreen keyboard. It's slow, it wants to change every other word via autocorrect. I've no idea how to do a link, highlight text etc, this I can do on my laptop itu my eyes shut.
In conclusion have a play with one first, it might cure your desire to post long answers on here ;-)
In conclusion have a play with one first, it might cure your desire to post long answers on here ;-)
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Well I'm not techie and I'm set in my ways so my opinion might be relevant to you. I use a laptop with mouse all day be it for work or leisure but I do have an 8 inch tablet mainly used for taking away somewhere or playing certain games like Candy Crush or just the convenience of reading AB etc while lying back on the sofa for example. BUT I regularly want to chuck it out the window in a temper mainly because for me working with text is a nightmare, I cannot bear tapping on an onscreen keyboard. It's slow, it wants to change every other word via autocorrect. I've no idea how to do a link, highlight text etc, this I can do on my laptop itu my eyes shut.
In conclusion have a play with one first, it might cure your desire to post long answers on here ;-) //
Doubtful - my answers are posted on my desk top, my typing speed is a respectable forty wpm, and I type what i think, so your hopes for less from me are unlikely to be realised any time soon!!!
xx.
Well I'm not techie and I'm set in my ways so my opinion might be relevant to you. I use a laptop with mouse all day be it for work or leisure but I do have an 8 inch tablet mainly used for taking away somewhere or playing certain games like Candy Crush or just the convenience of reading AB etc while lying back on the sofa for example. BUT I regularly want to chuck it out the window in a temper mainly because for me working with text is a nightmare, I cannot bear tapping on an onscreen keyboard. It's slow, it wants to change every other word via autocorrect. I've no idea how to do a link, highlight text etc, this I can do on my laptop itu my eyes shut.
In conclusion have a play with one first, it might cure your desire to post long answers on here ;-) //
Doubtful - my answers are posted on my desk top, my typing speed is a respectable forty wpm, and I type what i think, so your hopes for less from me are unlikely to be realised any time soon!!!
xx.
Andy I think you missed my point, it was a mild poke of fun but my comments very valid and meant to be helpful. Try posting those long answers on a tablet keyboard and you will get my drift - but if lots of text work is not what you're going to use a tablet for then fair enough. I wouldn't be without one for taking on holiday etc.
