Why does everyone care about tablet computers now?
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I remember back in the early 2000′s, I saw doctors use these tablet computers with Windows XP on them. I remember thinking “Hey those look pretty cool, but I don’t see why I’d need one.” When Apple launched the Ipad, I had huge doubts that it would be successful. But now all of a sudden, people actually want tablet computers to the point where there are plenty of ipad imitators. I know apple has always had a thing for taking existing technology and managing to make it cool, but why is there now a following for tablet computers? From the looks of its operating system, it looks like your just carrying an oversized Iphone with slightly more functionality minus the phone, so whats the real advantage to using this thing over a laptop computer?
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Answer by Andrew L
At the moment I’d agree. If you have a smartphone either iOS, WP7 or Android then you really don’t need any of the existing tablets. However, Windows 8 is being targeted specifically at the tablet form, and then we may start seeing that touch screen is (in a lot of ways) better than mouse only. It’ll only be a matter of time and Apple will release a tablet sporting OSX. It is all just being held back by the availability of cheap SSDs, but the prices are falling almost daily. So, this time next year we can expect to see 250GB SSD Tablet PCs. Then we may prefer them to the laptop.Also, the fact that the hardware has to be more specific for tablets means that games etc written for that tablet spec will work. No more having to invest in the brand new Radeon 9billion to run a game, or wondering if your laptop will run it. There will be games written specifically for those chip sets.
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