Laptop or Tablet? Wall Street Journal video

[kennyc]

http://online.wsj.com/video/digits-s...rticle_related

[boxcorner]

Interesting. Thanks for posting this link.

[AlexSno]

Well i once read an article that although people make a lot of fuss about owning a tablet this is one device that is the "last on the list" item when it comes to buying gadgets. The laptop industry still owns most of the market in comparison to what tablets can offer.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by AlexSno

Well i once read an article that although people make a lot of fuss about owning a tablet this is one device that is the "last on the list" item when it comes to buying gadgets. The laptop industry still owns most of the market in comparison to what tablets can offer.

But that's exactly the point. Tablets are NOT laptops. They have different functions, a different market. (though there is some overlap)

[HansTWN]

Ah, our beloved Walt Mossapple, sorry Mossberg.

[boxcorner]

2011 - year of the laptop/tablet hybrid?

http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/lenovo-...et-05-01-2011/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/...t-immediately/

[ebusinesstutor]

Originally Posted by boxcorner

2011 - year of the laptop/tablet hybrid?

Would that make it a laplet or a tabtop?

[grumpy3b]

Originally Posted by boxcorner

2011 - year of the laptop/tablet hybrid?

http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/lenovo-...et-05-01-2011/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/...t-immediately/

oh, dear gaud...don't let Limbaugh get wind of that, you knooooow how "they" feel about stem cell research as well as inter-species breeding via genetic alterations!

[boxcorner]

Originally Posted by ebusinesstutor

Would that make it a laplet or a tabtop?

Or maybe simply transformer. I must admit it's an aspect of that appeals to me, as my laptop died and I'm back using a desktop again. So, I need another mobile computing device - laptop, netbook or tablet ... undecided. The IdeaPad U1 is appealing, but costs more than I want to spend. Think I'll bide my time and wait to see what else appears on the horizon.

[ebusinesstutor]

Originally Posted by boxcorner

Or maybe simply transformer. I must admit it's an aspect of that appeals to me, as my laptop died and I'm back using a desktop again. So, I need another mobile computing device - laptop, netbook or tablet ... undecided. The IdeaPad U1 is appealing, but costs more than I want to spend. Think I'll bide my time and wait to see what else appears on the horizon.

I no longer have a desktop, so my laptop is my primary work device. I run my entire business on it.

So a tablet can't really replace a laptop for me. Where the tablet really shines is for travel. Small and light but still lets me check my email, access maps and browse the web.

And I don't have the problems of US border officials seizing my business laptop if I want to travel to the US. Apparently just entering the US gives them the right to seize and hold all our electronic devices like laptops, cell phones and laptops for months while they check them out.

Better to lose an inexpensive tablet than the laptop I run my business off of.