No? Droid hardware is behind iPad hardware by a small margin (or last I looked at least) plus droids have a lot more app choice than iOS does... last I saw at least...
tablets to replace PCs?
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No? Droid hardware is behind iPad hardware by a small margin (or last I looked at least) plus droids have a lot more app choice than iOS does... last I saw at least...
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Why on earth dose this look like a PS3/Xbox360; PC/Mac, Nvidia/ATI, Intel/AMD thread.
Define 'anything'? You can change a lot of things. You can hack it to pieces if you wish via Jailbreaking. Why do you need to do this?
I don't understand what you mean about the iPad being more focused on hardware, and Android tablets being more focused on software... it's more like the opposite?
Why are custom versions and hacking important when I'm talking about what the general masses want, I don't care about what you want. You'll still be on a PC regardless of anything else.
Erm, not really. They have more apps that allow you to modify things more easily, like custom launchers, but the quality and availability of iOS apps is generally better.
You're being very vague and making extremely sweeping statements that are rather confusing.
Because you have trouble understanding the content that's been written?
Ummm a lot of people would disagree with you.
Tablets will never replace a desktop machine, the graphics, and pure power both in Ghz and usage just aren't comparable.
Tablets are great for general usage but can you really see COD, Halo or Diablo being half as good on a tablet as they on the PC? Not in this lifetime.... Angry Birds is about as good as it gets
Tablets are great for general usage but can you really see COD, Halo or Diablo being half as good on a tablet as they on the PC? Not in this lifetime.... Angry Birds is about as good as it gets
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No; it's because people cant just understand there are advantages and limitations to every platform, and accept it.
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the way I see it long term:
Desktops - Every day home use
Laptops - Will get phased out for hybrids for every day use and taking to office/mates
Tablets - Occasional browsing and using on a train or something for youtube/iplayer
Smartphones etc : Portable browsing
all of them have a purpose, but nothing will replace anything, apart from the gradual laptop-hybrid change.
I disagree...
In fact I bought a tablet and it got slowly replaced by my laptop and a subsequent new one. the fact it stands up on its own is a big positive and posting on this forum also means a proper keyboard is much better to use. On the other hand I spend £1400 on a small, thin and light laptop to replace my £120 tablet (touchpad firesale). Most people won't want to spend that money...!
But that's the point of a decent keyboard dock, you can solve that very quickly and have something that stands up.
Do you realise what an absolute load of garbage that post is? Unless you were being ironic, in which case be better.
I've typed all of the replies in this thread, in fact most of the replies I've posted on this forum for the last few months while using my laptop on my bed...
I am currently laid down on my back, head propped up with my pillow with my laptop sat on my belly.
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but your wrists man, your wrists, for the love of all things holy think of your wrists.
I just have a table next to my sofa and one next to my bed I can sit the laptop on and my wrists so far have not exploded, imploded, fallen off, seized up or anything else bad. but I fear this day will come as it is not a tablet I am required to hold whilst using
Exactly. A small 12" tablet running windows, and a dock. All most office workers would need.
Attach the usual monitor/keyboard/mouse to the dock and have the network connected over wifi and companies have device that people are more likely to take home, use on the train to work etc. At the moment iOS and Android are gimped from that perspective.
Now lay down on your front, with laptop out in front and try again.
but your wrists man, your wrists, for the love of all things holy think of your wrists.
I just have a table next to my sofa and one next to my bed I can sit the laptop on and my wrists so far have not exploded, imploded, fallen off, seized up or anything else bad. but I fear this day will come as it is not a tablet I am required to hold whilst using
What did I say to start with?
Was it not that you couldn't, but you couldn't use it in as many positions. Oh wait you've jsut confirmed what I said, you can only use it Ina limited amount of positions,
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That's exactly the sort of home I'm thinking of in the future. A small NAS style box in the corner connected to the internet and your printer for use as a storage, streaming and printing device then everything else connected to that. Your tablet/phone as the remote and your smart TV/Projector streaming straight of the NAS (or using a BD player). Most people who have a HTPC actually just have a tiny device like a WDTV however with more and more TV's using "smart" interfaces it won't be long before your tablet can be used as a large remote for your TV (or at least the small device under your TV).
I can use a tablet in less positions as 1 hand has to be holding it at all times
Really? never heard of a smart case, keyboard dock/case or asus transformer.
Try again. You keep bending what I say and make uneducated points.
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but that is just turning it into a friggin laptop, so why would I want to trade my laptop in for something that is, umm....well a friggin laptop. what part don't you get? once you connect a smartcase or dock, it becomes a friggin laptop.