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Originally Posted by covfam
The Tablet as it keeps getting better it will kill off the pc, the Netbook and the laptop for the average american. why? because its does EVERYTHING the average american needed those devices before, you can do minor photo editing, music and movie editing on them, surf the web, check email & news, watch videos and play light time waster games, read books, calender and othe productive tools.
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I'm not so sure...
With the exception of surfing the web and reading books, all of the things you've mentioned above are actually easier to do on a netbook (assuming you're using a device with the same screen resolution as the tablet).
Minor photo, music, movie editing: more control on a netbook, and ergonomically easier with keyboard available and acting as a stand.
Check email and news: Reading email and news groups surely about the same on both - netbooks are pretty much instant on from sleep and have similar battery capacity now - but replying easier both from having a physical keyboard and the arrangement of keyboard and screen.
Watch videos: both the same for the quality of the video, but you have to prop the tablet up on something and the netbook will generally have greater storage capacity for a lower price.
Play light time waster games: more than you'll ever really need available for both, with the netbook capable of also playing more sophisticated games, and those with a more complex control set.
Calendar: as for email and news, reading the same as on a tablet, new entries benefit from the keyboard.
Other productive uses: clearly as you increase the sophistication required, the netbook comes into its own. Even a cheap XP netbook can happily cope with the full Microsoft Office suite, including Access (I use mine for these every working day).
Plus, the clamshell netbook acts as its own cover to protect the screen and comes in at approximately half the price.
I'm regularly working and socialising side-by-side with iPad-using friends, and enjoy playing with the iPad and using it for web-browsing and reading - they're great devices for having around the living room to grab to check things and keep up-to-date, but I do think we'll see a swing back towards the netbook format for 10" devices - probably with detachable screens - as the novelty wears off over the next few years.
Graham