Economic Research: Tablet Vs Laptop

Friday 18 January 2013

Tablet Vs Laptop

The question for many people isn't which tablet they should buy, but whether to buy a tablet or a laptop. Tablets are capable of many tasks that were previously only possible with a laptop or PC. But that doesn’t necessarily mean laptops are obsolete. There are still limitations to what you can do with a tablet. The obvious difference is that all laptops have a physical keyboard. Typing long documents is easier and more comfortable on real keys, rather than tapping away at a screen for extended periods. However, it's possible to buy keyboards for tablets, too. You can use a Bluetooth keyboard with the iPad (Scosche, for example, produces the KeyPad P2 shown below), and some Android tablets such as the Asus Transformer have an optional keyboard with a second battery built in. Tablets can't compete with laptops on storage, though. Most laptops have hard disks with capacities around ten times larger than a tablet's memory. With a tablet, you'll have to be choosy about which photos, videos, music and documents you store locally. The rest has to be stored online, or on a PC or laptop.