Surprise!
When you use a tablet for something they weren’t designed for, they don’t do it very well!
It must really suck to spill so much e-ink writing an article that everyone beside you knows proves you’re a moron.
I’m not real impressed by the 2-in-1’s. If you have a good smartphone and a good laptop, a tablet is pretty useless. My iPad is strictly for my 4 year old at this point, and I never miss it.
I have a Yoga 2 Pro from Lenovo. It is pretty awesome as far as I’m concerned. Once the Windows 10 issues were resolved it has ran my engineering and CNC programming sofware quite well. While the graphics are not up to par on my Dell Workstations or M6700 it sure beats lugging around my huge 20 lb dell on my frequent travels. For a product that was the same price of an Ipad and just a little bit bigger I have a full mobile office that can run my high end software.
...switch between tablet mode and keyboard mode...
Do you have to switch? Can’t you touch-screen and type back and forth at will?
I’m quite interested in 2-in-1 for my teens.
The last two tablets I bought cost me $60 and %70. Desktop PCs can be had for $25-75 at any swapmeet. A Raspberry Pi is $35 if you’ve got a monitor and keyboard and the new Chip is called the “nine dollar computer” for a reason.
They’ve got to do better than this PC-pimp.
What gets me is when people tell me they only do the web on their phones. I explain to them that its like looking at the world through a toilet paper tube. So limiting..
Say what you will.
I find that for a multitude of reasons the *only* way to fly
is with a traditional desktop and a full size keyboard.
A keyboard that clicks when you depress actual keys that move.
Grated this is personal.
But you know what they say about guys who have a size 12
ring finger and wear 2XL gloves .....
They need old fashioned keyboards.
Aging eyes also appreciate the 17” Hi-Res display.
And for mobility?
Ever hear of “I’ll call you back later?”
(By the way ...what is this “App” of which you speak?)
I used a MSFT Surface for a few days recently, and was not impressed. The attached keyboard wasn’t much of an improvement over an onscreen keyboard. I ended up taking it off. And I just don’t like Windows, never have. Tablets have their limitations, but if I need more than that, I’ll use a regular laptop.
What good is a tablet that only uses Microsoft apps?
And the author STILL doesn’t understand the purpose of a tablet. Tablets are for LEISURE, not productivity. Sure, you can do work on them, but when you pull up a virtual keyboard, you lose about half your screen. That is not a practical solution for work, is it? See, this isn’t hard?
Conversely, you can read a tablet on a plane, on the sofa, in bed and even in the bath tub. The tablet is light weight and portable. Try doing this with a laptop and odds are you will damage if. This is because tablets are made for LEISURE activities. Like surfing the net, reading email, reading books, watching movies, or playing games. Stuff you can do with a tablet easily in cramped spaces, such as a plane, train, automobile, sofa or bath tub.
The author is apparently clueless
I’m getting by with a smartphone and desktop. No tablet. Got a laptop in the closet for emergency.
To each his own. My take on a 2 in 1 is ultimately you have one. If it breaks and that’s all you have, you now have zero. I’m kind of partial to redundancy. Two separate processors is better than one. Just my opinion.
“it’s much easier to get real work done on a Windows-powered 2-in-1 PC”
Or a Mac or a Linux powered computer.
Tablets and smartphones have ruined many good websites.
Now, they are ‘mobile friendly’ and load like crap on a laptop or desktop browser.
The infinite scroll is abhorrent. About the time you arrow/scroll down, the website expands at the bottom and the location is moved. Then, one has to scroll back up to find where they were. They waste time when one has to relocate the cursor after every expansion.
Uh, a Linux Box with Windows in a VirtualLockBox is even better for productivity once set up.
I attempt to stay away from Windows 10.
I personally do not like the Surface.
I am a Windows man, however I have a Mac running Windows 7 via Parallels. It’s quite stable and reliable - better than any dedicated Windows machine I’ve ever had.
IPad? Sure I have one, I use it for business to swipe credit cards. It was purchased for that single purpose (at the time Square only had the ‘register’ app available on the iPad.) It is still used to this day for that purpose, however it is a mainstay in our kitchen for weather, recipes and music/movies that we have on our dedicated server.
Setting up a very nice MacBook Air for a client tomorrow with Windows 8.1 via Parallels. She needs Windows software integration for work and expressed a desire to ‘face time’ with her grandkids. A single, nimble, computer for her needs is better than a new Windows machine and a new iPad/iPhone (Android phone).
So, yes, my next PC will be one of these convertibles.
I now carry a Dell Win 10, 2 in 1, and it meets my needs.
I work with several people, and we spend our own money for our computers. Many of them have tried iPads over recent years, but the trend it back to laptops (with or without touch screens).
I have found that I rarely use my 2 in 1, as a tablet. So next time I will probably not go for that feature (folding it back onto itself).
The sturdiness of the 2 in 1 machines is not good. The iPad beats it
Too many failures
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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...