Posted on 12/06/2011 7:02:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind
maybe for people who like to swipe around the web and play angry birds.. anyone creating big documents or software is going to want a keyboard
Which is why no one in my household has one.
—maybe for people who like to swipe around the web and play angry birds.. anyone creating big documents or software is going to want a keyboard—
Exactly.
I hate touch screens mainly because I keep touching things I don’t mean to. I have a samsung galaxy s phone. Half the time, when someone calls, I accidentally hang up on them when I pull my phone out of my pocket.
And a friend, who is an Apple junkie, was given the Apple tablet by his employer. He said it is not portable enough to be “more portable” than his laptop. And for him that means they are equally portable. And the laptop gives him a full keyboard. He sees the tablet as pretty useless.
Personally, I’d like to see a laptop with a touch screen.
I hate touchscreens. Love my laptop.
I program for a living, so I won’t be giving up my Mac Book Pro anytime soon.
I would have believed it if this was a story about the desktop PC.
Just try to swipe and copy a few words of text on a tablet.
How would I used Photoshop, Illustrator or Premiere on a tablet? Where is the large amount of storage for an hour of video.
The only way those platforms will take off (besides the novelty of it) if it’s integrated into a larger primary computer system ala the pads used in Star Trek.
I use my iPad for everything except Photoshop. I’m a photographer, so I need Photoshop (and Lightroom). I have a wireless keyboard to use with my iPad, so I can type long emails without wanting to scream. I hate typing on a flat surface! I make spreadsheets with my iPad. I shop with my iPad. Like I said, I only need my PC for photo editing and for storing my photos.
Ditto. Touch screens get dirty, and have no reasonable input device.
Does anyone know how to cut and paste on a Android Galaxy? Just wondering.
I can tell my kids “I can remember a time when computers hadn’t been invented yet”. They’ll be able to tell their kids “I can remember a time when most computers sat on desks. My great grandchildren may never actually see a physical computer.
If you think about it, engineering is really magic in ultra slow motion.
I should probably add to my post above by saying that I’ve been going back and forth about buying a laptop because I’d like to be able to edit photos when I’m not home. But, that would be the only reason I’d buy one. So, this article really captured my interest. I just don’t know if I want to shell out big bucks just to be able to edit away from home. I only do my photography part time.
Tryy making a Visio Network Diagram with an Ipad. try reading a CAD plan on an Ipad........
NOT.
Sorry but this needs editing for truth.
Why Smartphone manufacturers want Laptops are an to become an Endangered Species.
Two words: Proprietary Content
My husband is always talking about those kind of keyboards. I would never be able to use one effectively. I need feedback when I hit a key. I love my iPad, but hate typing on it. I use a bluetooth keyboard and I love it.
The past few days have seen me creating some Jazz DVD’s with video I collected off of YouTube. I also update websites, maintain a newsletter, create and revise documents and presentations, much of the stuff computers were developed to do. Tablets (and especially smart phones) are a far cry from this type of need. Surfing the net, watching a movie, listening to music, reading a book, sure. But hard core computing, no. Sure, there are keyboards you can plug in to a tablet, but who want’s to carry another device just so you can use the main device.
Perhaps someday some other device will replace laptops, or maybe laptops will become smaller (the notebooks are now but don’t have the processing power). But until then, laptops are for me and will be in the future.
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