For those who have a tablet and a laptop..

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Which do you use most?

Having thought I wanted a laptop I'm not so sure now.

I'm trying to decide between a, laptop, hybrid device or laptop and tablet

Something I can use in the living room while watching TV sort of device but also something I can use to start learning programming

What I can't decide is do I need a bigger screen than a hybrid device provides vs the convenience of a dual role device. I also don't want to buy both of I don't have to

So I'm after opinions as to
how useful people find tablets
And
Is it annoying using a small screen laptop

I'm thinking laptop with w7 over duo device with w8 currently

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Use the tablet far far far more. If I could play games on the tablet and the file system wasn't so locked down on iPad, I wouldn't need a laptop.
Roll on haswell tablets, they will easily play my games, have office and no ***** about trying to download files, seeing as the games run ok on intergrated gfx on an i3.
 
mrbell1984 said:
If you want to learn programming you won't really be able to do it on a tablet just yet. Programs require to be compiled so a starting point would be a laptop if this is a major thing you require on your device.
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If I was to get a tablet it would be one of the new laptop hybrids. I assumed they were same as a laptop essentially?
 
Glaucus said:
Use the tablet far far far more. If I could play games on the tablet and the file system wasn't so locked down on iPad, I wouldn't need a laptop.
Roll on haswell tablets, they will easily play my games, have office and no ***** about trying to download files, seeing as the games run ok on intergrated gfx on an i3.
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Really? You use it that much? Is it not a hassle with such a small screen for some things?

As above interested in the tablet laptop hybrid (where you can remove the keyboard), but cannot decide if the screen is too small for using it as a laptop

I guess I am asking if a laptop/tablet hybrid can do the job of both sufficiently?
 
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al4x said:
If I was to get a tablet it would be one of the new laptop hybrids. I assumed they were same as a laptop essentially?
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al4x said:
Really? You use it that much? Is it not a hassle with such a small screen for some things?

As above interested in the tablet laptop hybrid (where you can remove the keyboard), but cannot decide if the screen is too small for using it as a laptop

I guess I am asking if a laptop/tablet hybrid can do the job of both sufficiently?
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Post some tablet/laptop devices that you are considering to purchase if you don't mind. I have both which enables me to do documents on the laptop and iPad for quickness. (iPad Mini/Macbook Air)
 
I have a laptop and a Nexus 7, and to be honest, I rarely use the Nexus. I mainly bought it to read books on the train, and I don't even use it for that.
 
al4x said:
Really? You use it that much? Is it not a hassle with such a small screen for some things?

As above interested in the tablet laptop hybrid (where you can remove the keyboard), but cannot decide if the screen is too small for using it as a laptop

I guess I am asking if a laptop/tablet hybrid can do the job of both sufficiently?
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We browsing etc its perfect size.
For games, office it's a little small.
Would like a 12-13" tablet ideally.

Something like the surface pro with the grunt can do anything a laptop does, obviously battery life is worse and comparatively costs more.
But tablet for me is the dominant formfactor for browsing, netflix etc.
can't wait to ditch the ipad and get win8, just need someone to release the hardware.
 
I don't see sliders as a good solution, just the worse of everything.

Too big to be used as a tablet properly.
Yet over priced compared to laptops.

I wouldn't buy a co veritable ATM though, haswell is significantly better for high end.

And bay trail atom is massively better at low end and bay trail tablets are expected to be around the $300 mark, where current gen atom tablets are around the $500 mark, so not just a massive difference in perfomance, but significantly cheaper. Not the $200 price mark intel where aiming for, but still a decent slice off.

As well as the next gen win8 tablets having decent screen resolution.
 
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I've had three tablets and I sold them all because:

a) I can't type properly on any of them b) I can't use them for productivity work e.g. photoshop c) my HTC One is pretty good for internetting
 
1) you can type on a phone but not a tablet?
2) win8 tablets you can do productivity work
3) a phone even a phablet doesn't come close to the experience of a tablet for web browsing.
 
Glaucus said:
1) you can type on a phone but not a tablet?
2) win8 tablets you can do productivity work
3) a phone even a phablet doesn't come close to the experience of a tablet for web browsing.
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1) Could just about manage it on the Nexus 7 but the Galaxy Note 10.1 was far too big... just really couldn't the hang of it. I'm such a fast touch typer that a laptop is just much much better for anything long, and the phone for short stuff.

2) That's as maybe, but will they run Photoshop, Bridge, InDesign and Illustrator as fast as my laptop (i7, 8GB RAM, Crucial M4)? No. So not for me then.

3) My HTC One might have a pokey screen but it's more powerful than any tablet on the market.. so yeah. I'll get out the laptop if I need to do anything serious.

For me, the thin sliver between laptop and phone just isn't worth it. Tablets aren't fast enough or flexible enough. But I can see that for some people... they are. Someone's buying all those iPads.
 
Lol, it's not even close to being more powerful than any tablet on the market.
You think your htc one is more powerful than an i7 tablet?

Of course it won't be as powerful as a desktop, but you can get i7(mobile version) tablets with 8gb ram, ssd drives etc. a desktop is not portable, a tablet is. A tablet is also a tablet as well as a laptop, meaning you don't need so many devices.
 
I sort of think the same.

A 13" inch tablet probably is too big but yet a 10" inch laptop is too small
I dont much see the point in 7in it's not much bigger than a phone

Someone suggested a lenovo y500 as I stipulated if I was getting a pure laptop I wanted a backlit high res keyboard

As for suggestions I really don't know.

Whatever it is I want a good screen both resolution and colour, viewing angle
A nice metal design would be nice for a laptop

I had a hp touchpad but this has just broken but was good tablet size, if a Lil heavy

Seems to be a lot of funky devices coming out at the moment, I even read about asus or acer which has atom and i7 cpu, one tablet and one for laptop use.. It was called a trio
 
i had a tablet and a laptop. in the end sold the laptop because the tablet was more convenient. BUT i wouldnt have if i didnt have a desktop pc too..

i couldnt live with just a tablet.
 
al4x said:
I sort of think the same.

A 13" inch tablet probably is too big but yet a 10" inch laptop is too small
I dont much see the point in 7in it's not much bigger than a phone

Someone suggested a lenovo y500 as I stipulated if I was getting a pure laptop I wanted a backlit high res keyboard

As for suggestions I really don't know.

Whatever it is I want a good screen both resolution and colour, viewing angle
A nice metal design would be nice for a laptop

I had a hp touchpad but this has just broken but was good tablet size, if a Lil heavy

Seems to be a lot of funky devices coming out at the moment, I even read about asus or acer which has atom and i7 cpu, one tablet and one for laptop use.. It was called a trio
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I think you are looking for what I am.
11.6", i5 haswell, 4-8gb ram, 2560x1440 resolution, which is basically why the tablets towards the end of the year will be. Apart for most will be 10 or 10.6 rather than 11.6 but there should be one or two about. Trouble is doesnt look like any one will release them before win 8.1 is out.
Haswell is meant to offer double the battery life, 10% CPU and double the gfx.
So I'm expecting 6-7hrs battery life, which would be great with that power. You could double tat life by buying one which has a battery in the keyboard as well.
 
Glaucus said:
I think you are looking for what I am.
11.6", i5 haswell, 4-8gb ram, 2560x1440 resolution, which is basically why the tablets towards the end of the year will be. Apart for most will be 10 or 10.6 rather than 11.6 but there should be one or two about. Trouble is doesnt look like any one will release them before win 8.1 is out.
Haswell is meant to offer double the battery life, 10% CPU and double the gfx.
So I'm expecting 6-7hrs battery life, which would be great with that power. You could double tat life by buying one which has a battery in the keyboard as well.
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Those figures.. Particularly the gpu and battery are impressive

Is 1440 overkill on such a device?

Looks like haswell will be worth wait particularly with tablets! Would seem I still need a laptop tho. It's hard to work out without having them to use day to day already
 
I don't think so, as in tablet form you hold it closer to you, but also when people post large pictures, websites won't load oddly, as well as 4way snap feature in win8.1 etc. they should look great.
Those are only my guess with battery life, we will have to wait for reviews.
Haswell was meant to double battery life, but CPU obviously isn't the only power draw so I'm not expecting it to actually double tp say the surface pro battery life of 4-6hrs, it also depends what you do, if you use 100% of the CPU it will hardly change the battery life over the surface pro, but when watching films or we browsing, it'll shut down most of the CPU and go into a massive power saving mode as you need very little grunt.

Again this is just my guess, I'm expecting win8.1 around October and hopefully oems will have tablets out as soon as that's officially released.

HP is even planning to release a fanless haswell tablet.

The only thing a laptop overs over a tablet is dedicated gfx if you need it, longer battery life and bigger screen if you need it.
Best thing is go to John Lewis and have a play on a surface pro, that'll give you a good idea.

Most of us can't afford and/or carry around a laptop and tablet. So there is a bit of compromise. Personally tablet format wins hands down, nothing comes close to general usage and with win8 you can still work on them.
 
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Glaucus said:
I don't think so, as in tablet form you hold it closer to you, but also when people post large pictures, websites won't load oddly, as well as 4way snap feature in win8.1 etc. they should look great.
Those are only my guess with battery life, we will have to wait for reviews.
Haswell was meant to double battery life, but CPU obviously isn't the only power draw so I'm not expecting it to actually double tp say the surface pro battery life of 4-6hrs, it also depends what you do, if you use 100% of the CPU it will hardly change the battery life over the surface pro, but when watching films or we browsing, it'll shut down most of the CPU and go into a massive power saving mode as you need very little grunt.

Again this is just my guess, I'm expecting win8.1 around October and hopefully oems will have tablets out as soon as that's officially released.

HP is even planning to release a fanless haswell tablet.

The only thing a laptop overs over a tablet is dedicated gfx if you need it, longer battery life and bigger screen if you need it.
Best thing is go to John Lewis and have a play on a surface pro, that'll give you a good idea.
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A good excuse to go to JL
Guess I need to figure out if I want an entertainment device (tab) or something for productivity while on the comfy sofa.

Probably won't use it for heavy games, htpc has a 7850 in it
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