Tablet V Laptop

[andy-hughes]

I am thinking about buying a tablet, mainly for portability on planes and so on.

What are the pluses and minuses of a tablet over a laptop please, I am bit ignorant on these things.

Can I watch films on a tablet, plug in a portable DVD player, send mails etc?

Any advice appreciated.

[Gromit]

Only get an Android tablet if you have an android phone.
Don’t get an Android tablet f you have an iPhone - get an iPad.

[Zacs-Master]

I have an iPad and an Android phone and have no issues.

[Gromit]

That is bonkers :-)

[Zacs-Master]

What, that I have no problems? :-)

What problems do you think I should have?

[barry1010]

I have an iPad and Android phone, too. No issues with that combo.
I also have use of an Android tablet which works just as well as the much more expensive iPad

I would not recommend any Amazon Fire tablet although I know they are popular and cheap.

[Prudie]

Well I'm not techie and I'm set in my ways so my opinion might be relevant to you. I use a laptop with mouse all day be it for work or leisure but I do have an 8 inch tablet mainly used for taking away somewhere or playing certain games like Candy Crush or just the convenience of reading AB etc while lying back on the sofa for example. BUT I regularly want to chuck it out the window in a temper mainly because for me working with text is a nightmare, I cannot bear tapping on an onscreen keyboard. It's slow, it wants to change every other word via autocorrect. I've no idea how to do a link, highlight text etc, this I can do on my laptop itu my eyes shut.

In conclusion have a play with one first, it might cure your desire to post long answers on here ;-)

[barry1010]

Sorry you have problems with your tablet, Prudie. What make/model is it?
Both my Samsung Android and iPad are whizzy and copy/pasting text and links is a doddle. You should be able to turn auto correct off.

[ToraToraTora]

14:09 I totally agree prudie, why anyone would use a tablet is beyond me. Older laptops are heavy etc as som above has said but the new light weight ones are much much better than a tablet. I have an ASUS VivoBook for travelling with and it's great. At home I have an old T410 think pad.

[Canary42]

////My techie friend to whom I would normally turn, is laid up with a broken leg so I set about setting it up by the installed voice instructions////

I presume you mean your laptop, not his broken leg LOL

[andy-hughes]

Prudie - // Mark as Best Answer
Well I'm not techie and I'm set in my ways so my opinion might be relevant to you. I use a laptop with mouse all day be it for work or leisure but I do have an 8 inch tablet mainly used for taking away somewhere or playing certain games like Candy Crush or just the convenience of reading AB etc while lying back on the sofa for example. BUT I regularly want to chuck it out the window in a temper mainly because for me working with text is a nightmare, I cannot bear tapping on an onscreen keyboard. It's slow, it wants to change every other word via autocorrect. I've no idea how to do a link, highlight text etc, this I can do on my laptop itu my eyes shut.

In conclusion have a play with one first, it might cure your desire to post long answers on here ;-) //

Doubtful - my answers are posted on my desk top, my typing speed is a respectable forty wpm, and I type what i think, so your hopes for less from me are unlikely to be realised any time soon!!!

xx.

[Prudie]

Andy I think you missed my point, it was a mild poke of fun but my comments very valid and meant to be helpful. Try posting those long answers on a tablet keyboard and you will get my drift - but if lots of text work is not what you're going to use a tablet for then fair enough. I wouldn't be without one for taking on holiday etc.

[barry1010]

Prudie, as I said earlier I have a fab Bluetooth keyboard that connects quickly to my tablet when I want to do a lot of typing.

[Prudie]

Thank you barry, that is worth considering, I assume it is quite bluetooth and requires no mini receiver thing like my wireless mouse on laptop? My tablet has no usb port.