It would seem that quite recently heated debates were conducted on the topic "what is better - a stationary PC or laptop", and now in the electronics world a new device has appeared that has confidently won the hearts of millions. So, today's review is dedicated to the acute for many topic "what to choose: a tablet or laptop".
What makes a tablet different from a laptop?
Let's start our comparison with similar moments of the tablet and laptop. First of all, both the tablet and the laptop are mobile devices that you can take with you everywhere. They do not require a fixed connection to the electrical network. Both the tablet and the laptop give the user the opportunity to connect to the Internet, watch movies, view text and graphics documents. What is the difference between a tablet and a laptop?
- The first difference between the tablet and the laptop is its much smaller overall dimensions and weight. The weight of the laptop can reach a mark of five kilograms, whereas rarely a tablet can hold up to one. Yes, and the size of the tablet allows you to carry it in your pocket or an ordinary bag, without stretching your hands and not taking up unnecessary space.
- The second difference between the tablet and the laptop is the lack of a full keyboard. This greatly complicates the use of the tablet to work with text or accounting documents. Of course, you can connect the keyboard to the tablet via USB or Bluetooth, but then there will be a question - where to put the tablet itself if the hands are occupied by the keyboard. The purchase of a transformer tablet is unlikely to help: the largest of these diagonals is only 12 inches.
- The third difference between the tablet and the laptop is its lower performance. The gap in terms of performance between the most "heaped" tablets and laptops is still so great that it's too early to talk about full-fledged work on the tablet.
- The fourth difference between the tablet and the laptop is the much smaller number of interfaces in it. As you know, the more interfaces in the device, the more user-friendly. To date, none of the tablet PCs can boast of the same number of interfaces as the most common laptop.
What to choose a laptop or tablet?
As can be seen from the differences between a laptop and a tablet, you can answer the question "what to choose?" Only by deciding on the purposes for which it is planned to purchase such a device. If a mobile PC is necessary for Internet surfing, social networking, watching movies and reading books, then the capabilities of the tablet are quite enough for this. Especially since the light weight and small size allow you to take the tablet everywhere with you, staying constantly up to date. If there is a need to recruit large amounts of text, to introduce a large amount of digital data, to install video, then it is better to choose a laptop, the disadvantages of which in the form of a large weight and relatively large dimensions more than compensate for the convenience and speed of data processing.
Can a tablet replace a laptop?
Having carried out a comparative analysis of the capabilities of each of the devices, we can declare with full responsibility - at this stage we can not talk about a full replacement of the tablet with a laptop. In terms of performance, multimedia capabilities and ease of use with documentation, the laptop is still confidently leading. But leading companies continue to develop in this direction and, who knows, maybe in the near future the alignment of forces will radically change. Today, the tablet can be considered a lighter version of the laptop than its serious alternative.
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