HP Slate 500 compared to MacBook Air

Here are a few comparisons between Apple's MacBook Air laptop and HP's Slate 500 tablet (MTB) with a business-oriented approach.

Size and weight

The MacBook Air 11.6-inch (~ 29.5 cm) is the size of a sheet of paper with measurements of 30 cm x 19.2 cm, thickness of 1.7 cm, weighing 1.04 kg. The HP HP Slate looks a bit slimmer with dimensions of 23.4 cm x 15 cm, 1.5 cm thick, weighing 0.68 kg.

Battery life

The HP Slate 500 has a maximum battery life of 5 hours - a low level compared to the standard MTB. In fact, HP Slate's battery life will be great if it is a laptop, but only average if it is a netbook. By comparison, the MacBook Air 11.6-inch (29.464 cm) laptop also has a battery life of 5 hours (and up to 30 days in standby mode).

Input

The MacBook Air has a multi-touch trackpad that allows you to interact with the system as if it were an iPhone or iPad. It supports inertial scrolling, interrupt, rotate, flicker and many other gestures other than Apple mobile devices. The HP Slate 500 also has a multi-touch interface, but it can also accept input from the HP Slate digital pen, allowing notes or marking up documents right on the MTB screen.

Windows

From a business perspective, HP Slate 500 runs the Windows 7 Professional 32-bit operating system (OS) that has attracted many users. Other MTB devices like the iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab are capable devices, but they won't allow mobile users to install and use the software they need from their Windows computer.

Configuration and price

Both the HP Slate 500 and MacBook Air have 2GB of RAM, 64GB SSD, but the HP Slate 500 has a 1.8GHz Atom processor and the MacBook Air has a dual-core processor. HP Slate 500 costs 800 US dollars (800 USD, ~ 15.57 million) and MacBook Air is 1,000 USD (~ 19.61 million).