Do you think Tablets will replace laptops in the future?

[Coke Robot]

The Surface Pro is a lovely device, but $1,000 dollars for it just seems to high for me when I spent almost $1,100 on my desktop rebuild.

That's why I got the Transformer when it was on sale for $329. It is a great machine. Fast and flexible and the battery seems to last forever - they say 11 hours.

The SSD is small but after installing Office and another dozen programs I still have 13.5GB of free space. All my user data is on the 64GB MicroSD card. I also put a couple of images on there - just in case. And should I ever need really large masses of data, I'll put them on my 128GB USB3 stick - I got it for $49.99. It is also good to run virtual machines off it.

I actually had the pleasure of working on one of those just recently. It's actually a very nice little PC. The only thing I had issue with was that it seemed as if a piece of double sided sticky tape was needed on the back left section of it as the case was able to be flexed in a bit. Not a big deal though. The speakers are lovely on that thing! Oh my gosh! That hands down takes the cake for best Windows tablet speakers!

If it had a Wacom stylus, I'd buy it for sure. It would match my ASUS motherboard.

 

[whs]

Coke, You are too picky. I actually bought it for my wife. She wanted a small laptop for travel and that was the best price/performer. All the other 10" options with the dismal AMD A4s cannot match it and they cost about the same. Of course I have to maintain the thing so I have to use it from time to time.

 

[Coke Robot]

Coke, You are too picky.

I know.....

 

[jimbo45]

The Surface Pro is a lovely device, but $1,000 dollars for it just seems to high for me when I spent almost $1,100 on my desktop rebuild.

That's why I got the Transformer when it was on sale for $329. It is a great machine. Fast and flexible and the battery seems to last forever - they say 11 hours.

The SSD is small but after installing Office and another dozen programs I still have 13.5GB of free space. All my user data is on the 64GB MicroSD card. I also put a couple of images on there - just in case. And should I ever need really large masses of data, I'll put them on my 128GB USB3 stick - I got it for $49.99. It is also good to run virtual machines off it.

I actually had the pleasure of working on one of those just recently. It's actually a very nice little PC. The only thing I had issue with was that it seemed as if a piece of double sided sticky tape was needed on the back left section of it as the case was able to be flexed in a bit. Not a big deal though. The speakers are lovely on that thing! Oh my gosh! That hands down takes the cake for best Windows tablet speakers!

If it had a Wacom stylus, I'd buy it for sure. It would match my ASUS motherboard.

Hi there
I think you've answered your own question here --- the configuration you are using is by any stretch of the imagination a PC even if it's called a tablet.

Some tasks need to be done on a more PC like device - other tasks can be accomplished on a simpler device without any extra peripherals (i.e a "classical tablet").

Sure things like micro SD cards and usb sticks can be made smaller and have much larger capacities -- but once you start adding peripherals --even tiny ones to a tablet it essentially becomes a computer -- so the real answer to this thread is actually - that there isn't a real answer.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[whs]

Jimbo you are right. As soon as you have a keyboard, mouse and lots of storage, it is a computer. The only difference is that you can take off the screen (tablet) part and use that for 'consumption'. But doing serious work on that piece is far fetched.

 

[Coke Robot]

That's why I got the Transformer when it was on sale for $329. It is a great machine. Fast and flexible and the battery seems to last forever - they say 11 hours.

The SSD is small but after installing Office and another dozen programs I still have 13.5GB of free space. All my user data is on the 64GB MicroSD card. I also put a couple of images on there - just in case. And should I ever need really large masses of data, I'll put them on my 128GB USB3 stick - I got it for $49.99. It is also good to run virtual machines off it.

I actually had the pleasure of working on one of those just recently. It's actually a very nice little PC. The only thing I had issue with was that it seemed as if a piece of double sided sticky tape was needed on the back left section of it as the case was able to be flexed in a bit. Not a big deal though. The speakers are lovely on that thing! Oh my gosh! That hands down takes the cake for best Windows tablet speakers!

If it had a Wacom stylus, I'd buy it for sure. It would match my ASUS motherboard.

Hi there
I think you've answered your own question here --- the configuration you are using is by any stretch of the imagination a PC even if it's called a tablet.

Some tasks need to be done on a more PC like device - other tasks can be accomplished on a simpler device without any extra peripherals (i.e a "classical tablet").

Sure things like micro SD cards and usb sticks can be made smaller and have much larger capacities -- but once you start adding peripherals --even tiny ones to a tablet it essentially becomes a computer -- so the real answer to this thread is actually - that there isn't a real answer.

Cheers
jimbo

That's the great thing about the Personal Computer, it can quite literally be whatever you want it to be: desktop, tablet, laptop, or phone.

 

[jupit3r]

I have a W700, too. It has a wonderful and vivid display, but the battery performance is horrible.

 

[scottw324]

I have a W700, too. It has a wonderful and vivid display, but the battery performance is horrible.

Battery life is what was keeping me from trying out a windows tablet in the first place. The Asus Transformer T100 has pretty good battery life. I get at least 8 hrs of normal use (web browsing, email, some video streaming, sometimes some work).

It is pretty good. My only issue with it is I wish it was an 8" screen. I like the smaller iPad mini form factor (yes I own a rMini and love it). Well the form factor and the cellular connection since I hate having to tether my phone to the laptop for connection while I am out.

But the T100 is a pretty good product with a great price.

 

[HippsieGypsie]

Welcome to Windows EightForums, jupit3r.

Not so good, hah? Doesn’t last as the specs say? Are you sure it’s not just a “lemon” battery?

 

[whs]

But the T100 is a pretty good product with a great price.

I absolutely agree. It is a great machine that performs well, has Office included and the battery seems to last forever.

I don't think it would do as well with an 8" screen. I compare it to my Nexus 7 and I think it is much more useable because of the bigger screen. I have a BT keyboard with trackpad for the Nexus too, but it is not the same to operate on the small screen.

 

[robinpe]

Well I never thought a tablet would replace my 15.6" Acer Aspire, I have had a 7" Android tablet for quite a while and that definitely wouldn't. However, I recently bought a 10.1" Asus Vivotab Smart at Amazon (uk) for only £250 which was approx. half the price from what it was a year ago. It was my understanding that is was designed as a competitor to the I-Pad. It is a fantastic machine with 64 Gb and 2Gb of Ram and a micro SD slot. As a touch typist I can't operate a keyboard one finger at a time. So I bought a keyboard/case, but of course that is too small as well to touch type on. So I started practising using the onscreen longhand keyboard with a cheap stylus. The computer soon picked up my writing style and that is how this post has been written. I also studied the "Speech Recognition" method for dictating & again the tablet is getting used to my voice. I very rarely use my laptop now, just to download MS Updates. So in conclusion I'm saying that the absence of a keyboard doesn't have to be a deterrent for tablet usage.
I don't think I will ever go back to my laptop full-time again, except in emergencies. Everything on my laptop transferred automatically to my tablet, including all my apps. I might add this tablet's battery lasts 9 hours, way longer than my laptop.

 

[seomantor]

What a strange question
Tablets and laptops are both inferior.
I don't care i they replace each other.