09-14-2012, 10:03 AM | #61 |
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hah, who are you kidding? going back to read on a LCD screen with a hot laptop atop your lap? If you accept reading on a LCD screen, why not a LCD screen the size of a book on your hands?
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09-14-2012, 11:03 AM | #62 | |
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I've not yet had much experience with tablets, except what I've tried in store demos, and I don't think I'm the target demographic for them. They don't appeal very much to me, for whatever reasons. (I guess it's the touch screen functions) I don't mind doing some reading on my netbook. I am typing this post right now on it, but it wouldn't be my first choice unless like I said, standalone e-ink readers became a thing of the past, a "former trend". I guess the actual possibility is a bit of a stretch, but I do hope the "basics" remain, to make e-reading accessible for all people. Last edited by spindlegirl; 09-14-2012 at 11:11 AM. |
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09-14-2012, 12:30 PM | #63 | |
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Given e-readers dead and given the choice of reading on a LCD tablet or on a LCD netbook, you'd be reading on a netbook?! That frankly makes no sense. |
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Netbooks are non-touch and those I know no glare. |
09-14-2012, 01:51 PM | #65 | |
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My netbook has a matte screen and I have seen people on the bus struggle or squint when a burst of sun glare hits their tablet's screen.... I've watched entire videos on my netbook on the bus with no problems. And, also, keyboard vs touch screen. I so far haven't found many problems with my netbook. Edited to add: The closest thing to a tablet I've used is a HipStreet e-reader (I bought it for my daughter and test drove it for her) which also takes videos. I tested a few videos riding on the bus, as well as a few epubs, and it was not as good an experience in reading as my netbook's screen. Last edited by spindlegirl; 09-14-2012 at 01:56 PM. |
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09-16-2012, 08:51 AM | #66 |
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I like my netbook more than Tablets as well it has a 10+ hour battery and matte led backlit screen, I do use my Samsung smart phone a lot and it has the advantage of always being on me but sometimes you just need a proper computer for tasks.
I just see Tablets as to fragile to really be used out and about and then theres the glare issue. |
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Trouble is, it's hard to find a netbook nowadays - tablets have driven them out of the market. I was looking for a little netbook for my son to have at school, and can't find one anywhere.
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09-16-2012, 09:59 AM | #68 |
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The netbook I have is an Asus eeepc.(900 i think) It's the second one I've owned so far in the past 5 years. I still see that brand of netbooks in stores. Aren't they just like laptops, only cheaper and lower CPU etc? Tablets may be the new gizmo du jour, but I can't see them taking over... to me they seem to be like a different thing altogether for different functions. This is an actual computer with Debian Linux installed on it, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I most certainly hope I'll still be able to have a netbook a few years down the road. I've yet to meet a tablet that I'd drop my precious eeepc for. Last edited by spindlegirl; 09-16-2012 at 10:13 AM. |
09-16-2012, 10:06 AM | #69 |
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My Headache with the Touch is I will be reading & suddenly it skips several pages either ahead or back! Lay it down come back its again 3-4 pages off! I spend a LOT of time trying to find my place again.... Very Flustrating! Sticking to my K3
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09-16-2012, 12:26 PM | #71 |
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Sounds like the problem I had with my T1 when it first came out. I returned it & then bought another one when Sony came out with an update to fix that problem. I no longer have that problem with my T1. Not that I'm saying multi page turning is not likely to happen more than with button use.
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Most people aren't actually involved in much computer-based production, so tablets are likely to become the dominant form over the next several years. However, authors don't write novels on tablets; movie-makers don't make films on them; accountants don't aggregate data from multiple spreadsheets on them; magazine editors don't do layout and photo-touchup on them. There are probably isolated exceptions. One *could,* if necessary, do most (all?) of these things on a tablet. However, tablet software and hardware isn't well-designed for them, and isn't going to be; making them as versatile as computers would kill their main function: buy-and-play usability. (I am keeping my PRS-505 active until it DIES because I dislike touchscreens, and the new BeBook is the only thing that seems to have the handful of features that matter to me--long battery life, file support for html or doc/rtf as well as an ebook format--and as far as I can tell, it's not sold in my country.) |
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Yes, My husband says that there is faster CPU in the newer ones. And yes, on a tablet, typing stuff like I do now would give me hand cramps. I like real keyboards, not some glorified texting gizmo. |
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Agreed. i have two notebooks with a 11.6 inch screens:
One has Core i5 with 6 gigs of RAM the Second has Core i7 with 4 gigs of RAM.. Small and powerful with full keyboards...better for production in my opinion than a tablet..and the both way just over 1kilo each.. Quote:
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