John G wrote:
Mike Marlow explained on 28/08/2012 :
zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
I can certainly see the purpose of tablets but haven't convinced
myself that carrying a tablet around gets me anything over a laptop
and Droid phone. The phone I can keep in my pocket.
That's my point. I'm not against tablets, but so far noone has told
me anything about them that is compelling. All I hear is crap about
people being ignorant of technology (that from people who have no
apparrent argument, but want to defend their purchase in some way),
and things about using them that closely resembles what I do with
either my laptop or my cell phone. I'm just not getting what I'm
missing here.
Well, I have 2 interconnected Tower PCs on my desk. Maxivista allows
one keyboard and mouse and 2 displays.
But the Tablet allows me to watch TV and occasionally look up things
and help with Crosswords and look at mail when it arrives without
being in the study.
So... since I don't use my computers to watch TV (I use my TV's for that...)
I have to ask - is that something that is an improvement over watching your
TV?
It is certainly not a replacement for a PC or Laptop but it starts
almost instantly and is just easier for the casual times.
The "starts almost instantly" thing is one thing that I see as valuable. I
do get impatient sometimes, waiting for my laptop to boot up. I guess I
just don't get impatient often enough for that to be a big deal for me. My
laptop is on almost all of the time. I seldom have to boot it (except for
the Windows things that can only be resolved by a re-boot...), so I guess I
don't often realize a value in a quick boot time. I just close it, pack it
and open it when I get where I'm going. Time to work is very short and I
suppose I never consdered it to be onerous.
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-Mike-