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Author:  SKaVeN [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Laptop vs Tablet
I've always been a desktop PC man but am thinking of contemporising my thinking & getting one or the other.

Which option did you folk choose & why?
Author:  bigdan [ Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Laptop vs Tablet
I've had them all! Currently toting a Acer Aspire 5740G laptop, Acer Aspire One D255E netbook and Dell Streak 7.

depends on what you want to do with it and how much you're willing to spend.
Author:  Macc [ Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Laptop vs Tablet
I concur, it depends what you want it for. I recently got a quad 4.2GHz PC with 16GB of RAM and 2TB HDD for less than a low end tablet.
Author:  sharkboi [ Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Laptop vs Tablet
Macc wrote:
I concur, it depends what you want it for. I recently got a quad 4.2GHz PC with 16GB of RAM and 2TB HDD for less than a low end tablet.

Less than a tablet!! What brand is it? Where do I get it?
Author:  njruss [ Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Laptop vs Tablet
I bought an ipad instead of a lap top. I love it, but found it definately has its limits. Although I use it regularly, little things frustrated me, such as can't upload files on this site and some webpages where you would put a mouse curser over an icon for the menu to appear, doesn't happen on an ipad. So A month later I bought a new laptop. Windows tablets may be different, but I guess you know 100% what a PC/lap top can do. An I pad can only do about 90% of that. However it does have benefits that laptops don't, mainly through apps.
Author:  wolverine [ Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Laptop vs Tablet
If you are only going to buy one thing, it's got to be a PC. Tablets are handy for casual internet browsing, but there is no way you could be as fast on it as you would on a PC. Typing on a tablet is only just tolerable, if you have to write for long it will drive you crazy.
Author:  Macc [ Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:58 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Laptop vs Tablet
sharkboi wrote:
Macc wrote:
I concur, it depends what you want it for. I recently got a quad 4.2GHz PC with 16GB of RAM and 2TB HDD for less than a low end tablet.

Less than a tablet!! What brand is it? Where do I get it?

Remember I'm in Brisbane. The shop is called Precision Computers in Geebung.
Have a look at some of these: http://www.precisioncomputers.com.au/product/pc.php

I should have added that was only the box. I already had a relatively new monitor, speakers, etc and because I run Ubuntu I didn't need to buy Windoze. By going into the store and discussing different options, and paying cash, I was able to negotiate the price waaaaaay down.
Author:  sharkboi [ Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Laptop vs Tablet
Macc wrote:
sharkboi wrote:
Macc wrote:
I concur, it depends what you want it for. I recently got a quad 4.2GHz PC with 16GB of RAM and 2TB HDD for less than a low end tablet.

Less than a tablet!! What brand is it? Where do I get it?

Remember I'm in Brisbane. The shop is called Precision Computers in Geebung.
Have a look at some of these: http://www.precisioncomputers.com.au/product/pc.php

I should have added that was only the box. I already had a relatively new monitor, speakers, etc and because I run Ubuntu I didn't need to buy Windoze. By going into the store and discussing different options, and paying cash, I was able to negotiate the price waaaaaay down.

TY, I should start looking around here.
My PC is 9 years old and although it does everything I need to do, more speed would be nice sometimes.
Author:  SKaVeN [ Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Laptop vs Tablet
Well, after many, many years of loyal service, my trusty desktop finally committed suicide.

I have now got a Acer A6-3420 AMD Qad-Core laptop. I've been told you need quad-core for when Windows 8 comes out.

It will take me a while to get used to a 16" monitor after my 25" one...
Author:  bigdan [ Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Laptop vs Tablet
SKaVeN wrote:
Well, after many, many years of loyal service, my trusty desktop finally committed suicide.

I have now got a Acer A6-3420 AMD Qad-Core laptop. I've been told you need quad-core for when Windows 8 comes out.

It will take me a while to get used to a 16" monitor after my 25" one...


You can plug in the laptop to the monitor...I've done that when I had to switch to my laptop when my desktop PC's hard drive died on me...
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