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09-19-2012, 10:36 AM | #32 |
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A laptop has all the heavy stuff under the keyboard. A tablet has all the heavy stuff in the screen. A tablet with a keyboard dock is a slow netbook with a touch interface that's continually trying to topple over. I bought the dock with my Transformer thinking I'd use the keyboard a lot, but about all I do use it for is a quick power boost when the tablet battery is running out. If I actually need to type something I use the laptop instead. |
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It's a Transformer with more RAM running Windows instead of Android.
I have a Transformer. It's a pretty good tablet but makes a crappy netbook for the reasons mentioned above. Anyone buying this thing expecting to use it as a netbook instead of a tablet should just buy a netbook. It will do more for less and do it much better. It will also be upgradeable and run all your old Windows software. |
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09-19-2012, 10:59 AM | #36 |
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TF300. But they're all essentially the same design, and putting the heavy stuff in the screen makes for lousy ergonomics when the keyboard is attached unless you're going to stuff the keyboard full of big batteries or depleted uranium weights to counterbalance it.
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09-19-2012, 11:22 AM | #38 | |
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09-19-2012, 03:29 PM | #39 | |
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I use a keyboard with my iPad2 and the keyboard that was included with the Student Edition with my GTab 2 7.0. No danger of tipping with either setup. But it is annoying to have to touch the iPad screen. My bluetooth mouse works with the GTab 2 and it is perhaps the most enjoyable keyboard/mouse w/tablet experience. For the GTab 2, I keep the keyboard dock and mouse on my desk for use in my home office. Then when I'm on the go, remove the tablet from the dock and go. |
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What it looks like is the sideloading system requires apps to have a signing key like App Store apps do, which means that MS now has a way to deny FOSS software whose maintainers probably don't have the money to shell out for a signing key of their own. It also allows them to deny competitors who might try to edge into one of their key markets- web browsers and office softwares. I wonder what Teddy Roosevelt and William Taft would say about this, assuming they were brought up to speed on the technologies involved. |
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Imagine you are working at a computer all day. At the end of the day, you pull your tablet out of the dock and head for home. It switches from wifi/ethernet to 4g for the ride home them wifi again once you get home. You get an email that requires attention beyond the capability of an email response, so you drop your tablet into a dock in your home office and proceed to solve the problem. In the morning you head to the airport with your tablet in tow. You keep in touch with the office as you travel to your destination. When you arrive at the hotel, you drop your tablet into the hotel's docking station and have the use of a full blown computer station. When you arrive at your business meeting, you again plug in your tablet for full computer access.
You cannot do that with a Fire or an iPad. These things have the potentional to be the next amazing paradigm in the evolution of personal computing. |
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Tablets with mobile OSs will become like the e-ink devices of today. Banished to the price range of $150.- and below as an ultra-cheap convenience, but they won't go away. Because by spending just a little bit more you will be able to get a full-fledged PC or Mac in a tablet and that can do so much more. The alternative is, of course, that tablet OSs become more flexible and will be able to do the same things Windows can. |
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