Posted on 07/07/2016 12:50:13 PM PDT by dennisw
When I want to do actual work it’s something with a keyboard that can more than 80 words a minute.
Thanks to Swordmaker for the ping!!
I don't see the big deal. I like my Windows desktop, and I like my Windows laptop, and I like my iPhone & iPad -- each has its place and things it's good at.
A 2-in-1 doesn't seem to do any of those things quite as well...
Precisely.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....
The author is hallucinating.
I use my tablet about 15 times more frequently than my Desktop. The desktop is for long sessions and serious work, but the tablet has been invaluable. I will not go anywhere without it. I use it for 20 different purposes at least.
Thank goodness for the convenient portable tablet. Most useful single tool I have purchased in 25 years.
I am older than your teen, and use the laptop 99% as a laptop. I use the touch interface is only during customer demos.
I suspect that your teen will have a much different usage model than I do, as a digital native.
Switching back and forth is easy and takes little time. The touch screen is always active, and causes me to watch the back of my arm while typing. My family has use the tablet mode to watch Netflix while traveling.
If you go this way, pay more and get a 2-in-1 with a SSD drive and a good video chip set. Well worth the extra money.
Or, if they won't use the touch screen much, just do like I did and buy your student the best Mac that you can afford. I spent over $3000 on a Macbook but it will last for years - and still be usable. -Zero- headaches from spyware, which means my student will not have their personal and financial information sold all over eastern Europe.
You don't need to spend as much as I did but my daughter was heading into chemical engineering. I also bought a friend's kid a powerful Macbook for about $1400 from Adorama.
Kids pick up OSX very fast.
I agree except for the fact that I really can’t find much use for a tablet. It depends on the type of computing you do. I do like convertible laptops, they do the tablet thing just fine when needed except for weight and portability. Thing is I already have the laptop with me, so weight and portability are actually worse if I carry a tablet as well.
This is pretty much self evident. I have 3 tablets. I use my iPad for games and the two Android tablets are used to control TV’s (I’m a cord cutter and use Chromecasts)
I don’t think I’d have much use for a 2 in 1 though.
RCA Cambio 11.6” 2-in-1 Tablet 32GB Intel Quad Core Windows 10
http://www.walmart.com/ip/RCA-Cambio-11.6-2-in-1-Tablet-32GB-Intel-Quad-Core-Windows-10/45804383
149.00
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Michiganders ( 210 Michiganders has a spectacular aura about ) Jul. 11, 2016 at 5:46pm
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I would get an 11” Dell Chromebook for $122 with the code. 4GB memory.
“it’s much easier to get real work done on a Windows-powered 2-in-1 PC than it is on Android or iOS-powered hardware.”
And have it stolen by Microsoft using Windows 10 in the name of “customer service”.
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