tablets to replace PCs?
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so because its a hybrid, I wont strain my wrists using it in hybrid mode like I would a laptop because it becomes all magical? no I think it would still be as awkward as you make out a laptop is. so I would have a choice of hold it in tablet mode and get really annoyed, or whack it into hybrid mode and think, oh, that looks and behaves just like a laptop, but I do have the option to break it into a tablet if I ever feel the need to sit there holding something.
You have a choice. You can use it as a laptop or tablet, so when would you be straining your wrists?
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For me, a tablet will never replace a PC.
Yes, you can do the things I want to do on a tablet, gaming, DJing, and music production.
But it isn't the same. I like the flexibility of a PC/Laptop combination. And the pure power of my desktop just can't be found on ANY tablet.
Yes, you can do the things I want to do on a tablet, gaming, DJing, and music production.
But it isn't the same. I like the flexibility of a PC/Laptop combination. And the pure power of my desktop just can't be found on ANY tablet.
This is why tablets are bad.
Nothing to do with tablet. Everything to do with braking it then having a bunch of cowboys fix it. Which means its more broke. Then me not wanting to get it fixed yet, as I'll scratch it up and I want to maximize money return when I sale it in October.
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but I cannot see when or why I would use it without a keyboard. a 15"+ device would be too big to use whilst walking around and a pain to carry. so I would use my phone whilst on the go. and for everything else I would use a keyboard, so a laptop suits me just fine. the thought of having to sit there holding a 15"+ device just seems stupid.
Were going round in circles, why 15" why not 12" or do you have cash to buy multiple devices? I don't elect economy to go back to boom Times this decade or next.
As I said lets see what the Ralph's say in 4 years time. I expect desktops sales to peak and shrink first, followed by laptop/ultra book to follow suit but a several years later.
Mobile phone will hold the largest sales and market share, with tablets being second in both.
As I said lets see what the Ralph's say in 4 years time. I expect desktops sales to peak and shrink first, followed by laptop/ultra book to follow suit but a several years later.
Mobile phone will hold the largest sales and market share, with tablets being second in both.
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no I don't have cash to buy multiple devices, so I would have to replace my 15.6" laptop for a hybrid in your philosophy of them being the thing to have. the reason it would be 15"+ is the same reason I have a laptop and not a netbook, because I don't want anything smaller. and if this is also going to replace my desktop in your world to, then I would probably want it to be nearer 20". why would I trade my 15.6" laptop for a 12" hybrid?!?! that would be a downgrade in my opinion.
and if you expect my gran to do the same and swap her 17" laptop for a 12" hybrid then you can sit there with her and read whats on the screen to her, coz she wouldn't be able to do it herself.
E: IF I had endless money, then yeh, a 7" tablet for portability, a 15" one for work type stuff and a 17"-21" one for gaming or something. but as you think 1 item is going to replace ALL my other items then I would have to settle for a happy medium of 15" as I don't have endless money to buy different ones, and like you said, no one want multiple devices anyway.
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Pft. Yeah cause desktops are going to go out the window. It's like laptop introduction all over again. "we have more powerfull laptops now why do we need desktops?" BECAUSE a mobile device WILL never EVER touch on the amount of power and usability as a desktop has. Tablets customizability? oh zero? great. Not saying tablets are bad or anything of the sort. But desktops are always going to exsist. Laptops will probably be replaced by the hybrids you speak of I must admit... But I would rather have an android device over a windows/IOS device.. simply put because I can do literally anything I want to an Andriod OS. Where as IOS/Windows will always be less flexible. (at least from my point of view for a tablet/phone)
I haven't said they will go out the window. This also isn't a decade ago. Most people have far more computing power than they ever need. Computing power has far outstripped increase in program computing need. In all but a few areas.
I said they will decline over the long term. Nothing to do with instant switch or even the death off them.
I said they will decline over the long term. Nothing to do with instant switch or even the death off them.
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I just had two tablets, for the headache this thread gave me.
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I feel there will be enough people that will get frustrated by 7"-12" devices (lack of mass netbook sales show this) so why are these 12" and below hybrids going to suddenly change everyones minds? and if people are going to go for 15"+ ones, then that defeats the tablet aspect as it would be too big.
Because people want the features. It's a balance between pros and the cons which every system will have. As allready showin in stats. People wont portability over pure power, size or anything else.
I suppose so. But then they would already be declinign (which they probably are but so slowly it's not noticeable) Desktops have a lot more uses than just the consumer grade side of it. Tablets probably won't migrate into the business sector etc since they aren't really specialized but are more general use and for those whom have little to know idea about computing at all...
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If you put tablets, smart phones, laptops, pcs and macs under the label of computer devices. I only see new and additional types of computer devices as expanding the computer devices market. This means that it will definitely grow in size as a result of new types of computers devices. Some customers will be new, some will customers of existing devices and switch, others will be customers of multiple devices.
The component pc market was always a small part of the computer devices market and people that have custom desktops are more likely to be in the multiple devices group rather than the switch group. Laptop users (mac and pc) are more likely to switch to tablets and ditch an old laptop when upgrading. Whether the tablet market can keep these customers from going back to laptops remains to be seen.
The component pc market was always a small part of the computer devices market and people that have custom desktops are more likely to be in the multiple devices group rather than the switch group. Laptop users (mac and pc) are more likely to switch to tablets and ditch an old laptop when upgrading. Whether the tablet market can keep these customers from going back to laptops remains to be seen.