Laptop: 'tablet is just a technology toy' (Part 1)

If compared to "seniority", obviously the tablet (tablet) is much younger than laptop "old friend" laptop, but never the technology world has witnessed strong and rapid development. to the point of the tablet, will there be times when the laptop will be replaced by the tablet?

The following article summarizes the views of two writers Tony Bradley and Tom Dunlap of PC World technology magazine to answer this question.

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Tablet and laptop, what is the trend users really need? - Artwork: Internet

"The reasons why laptops are better than tablets" - Tom Dunlap

Note: although the title on the author's original article, Tom Dunlap, refers to a tablet, but most of the author's reviews and reviews are based on iPad devices from Apple, there will be a couple of places that do not match tablet lines from other manufacturers

Recently, I went everywhere to hear my friends criticizing my laptop. They said that I was wrong when choosing an outdated device, a PC (personal computer), and I didn't praise the device they called 'post-PC products': the popular iPad Apple.

After they pulled out the iPad so lovingly, I looked with admiring eyes, and asked, 'So where are you going to put the DVD now? How do you compose a long e-mail with a virtual keyboard? Oh, and guess how much less I spend on a Lenovo ThinkPad X30 laptop than your iPad! '

I agree that the iPad is thin, light and extremely portable, I am fully aware of the usability of portable entertainment devices. But I must emphasize, if not the most new-and-ultimate-technology-addicted, you can have all these things on hand and more than that, just have to hook A lot less than a tablet. You just have to carry 0.5 to 1 kg heavier.

Here are the top reasons that I think my Lenovo (second-hand) price of $ 200 is worth and more effective than the iPad 2, which cost between 499 and 800 USD - depending on configuration. make a choice:

My Thinkpad has a DVD burner: If you need to store images, music, or movies permanently, or if your work requires backing up data and hard drives, you'll need to burn them often. piercing, and a lot. To put it more simply, when you want to send something to your distant relatives, the optical disk is still the most convenient.

It has a physical keyboard: Most iPad users are willing to admit that long-term use and regular virtual keyboard on this tablet is quite difficult. And I said straightforwardly: I hate using a virtual keyboard. Even PC World pen Jon L, Jacobi was also ironic when it said that the virtual keyboard on expensive tablets is now-as-well-not. Even hard keyboard creaking appendages don't help much. I need a real and solid keyboard like my Thinkpad, and I also like to use traditional Trackpoint.

It has larger storage capacity: If you want to download and store many high-definition movies, TV shows, videos, music files, PowerPoint files, PDF . then the 64GB hard drive of iPad 2 may not be able to meet . Even an average 250GB hard drive in a laptop can fill faster than you think. (Of course, I know you can store almost any kind of data into an external hard drive, or some online storage service).

It has useful flexible expansion ports: the iPad doesn't have a USB port. Of course you can buy an adapter (adapter), but its price won't be cheap at all. Not to mention if unfortunately you need to use more mice, digital cameras and / or a printer? For my part, I can completely plug in a USB drive or any device that uses this communication standard on my laptop.

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Laptops also have "descendants" as netbooks, which are widely used by many users, especially women - Artwork: Internet

And here are the reasons why I hate the iPad:

It's limited to iTunes: Jared Newman, a PC World blogger, summarized the following: 'Even if you never sync (sync) any data from your computer to your iPad, you're still need the iTunes software installed on that computer to update the software on your iPad. This needs to change. '

The iPad's battery does not change: I know the iPad has a bad battery life, but if at any time you need to work on a long trip, or sit at a café without an output power source, you need one. extra battery (back-up cell) to prevent it. This, unfortunately, is impossible for all iPad versions as well as all other mobile products from Apple: the battery is locked and not-able-to-replace.