"Just try it. You'll love it I promise. Its so much more convenient around the house and while traveling!"
Wise words of tablet flattery! Oiy Ve. The last two months of my life brought to test this theory that the laptop is dead.
Day 1: To the couch we go! The T.V. is on and I'm happily downloading apps to my beautiful new Galaxy Tab 10.1. The lovely display is complimented by the sleek looks and interactive touch screen. Email? There's an app for that. Facebook? an app! Ebay? an app! .............. Apps are just so damn exciting! (smiley face).
Day 2: Back at it. Lets check my blog, see who's reading!? Oops, the flash player didn't quite load right. No sweat back to my apps, love em to death!
Day 3: Grab that tab! Why not see what the world has to say on Facebook. loooooooaaaaddddding... but alas here we are. "OMG did you see dancing with the starrrrs?" Sweet, the worlds still the same! Maybe someones on chat. Oooops, chat doesnt work with this app. No sweat. The touch screen is still cool.
Day 4: Whats happening on the interwebs today? Choices...Choices... Laptop come hither!
Why does everything on a tablet have the same convenience as a smartphone? Simply put, the operating systems just aren't there yet. Browsers are slow. Apps don't support all the features. Typing sucks. And the biggest draw for most people the games..... are either hard to play or boring after 30 minutes.(If you justified spending 600 and change for a tablet just to keeps the kids quiet in the car then... Yikes). Not to mention the business aspect to these devices. Do you really see yourself working on an excel spreadsheet with your tablet? Good luck, grab a beer and hunker down its going to be a long frustrating while. Maybe you want to take some notes in word... Sure can! Type away at 10 WPM then get back to me, and don't even think about formatting those notes without your computer. And yes you can play that PowerPoint, but try and make one with your lovely tabby. That tablet is a glorified flash-drive if all your doing is using its hard drive.
Yes the portability and battery life of the tablet has its advantages, but the features aren't there yet. Games are short and boring, productivity is convenient only when your bored, and the price is ridiculous. Each and every app that is advertised with deity status comes standard with most laptops for the same price or less. And laptops are keeping up, battery life with ultra-portable laptops running fully featured operating systems are approaching double digits, for a slightly higher price than your coveted tablet. Throw in all the adapter your need to meet that laptops connectivity, 1-5 dollars for most worthwhile apps you download, and we are in a dead heat.
Put the best tablet and a Macbook Air on a table side by side(and I hate Macs). I'll take that Macbook any day of the week.
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