Will ultrabook tablet hybrids obsolete tablets?

[Akvod]

PlaystaionGamer said:

Akvod said:

PlaystaionGamer said:
nope.

the real reason? Apple make the iPad. /microsoft can try do all they won't but the mass market won't care.

1) Why would you want to spend hundreds of dollars on a tablet and laptop, when you can get both functions in one?

2) Do you know useful having the functionality of a tablet and laptop combined can be? Say for example you're a student in college. I personally hate writing notes by typing, so I can just notes down on PowerPoint or something using a stylus. Then the professor wants to show us something in Excel (I'm imagining this is a finance class), so then I just pop out the keyboard.

There's so many scenarios. I could be on a bus or something, where I could be playing games on the tablet, and then once I find a place to sit I could set up a mouse and play a shooter on the laptop.

In work, this can be really useful. The tablet mode will allow you to be really mobile, jotting notes, talking with customers, and then when you need to write a longer email or analyze data, you can quickly use a laptop on the same device.

 

 

IMHO this has huge potential for Microsoft, Apple, and Google.

1) Microsoft: This gives the company a huge chance to actually let Windows 8 become a huge player in the mobile OS scene.

2) Apple: This will pressure Apple to offer something similar with its iOS.

3) Google: This could give a chance for Google to introduce its own OS for laptops/desktops.

when did i say it wasnt useful? 

people dont care about combining the two.. Apple make the iPad. so the ipad wins over anything anyone else comes up with. 

unless apple combines the two (they wont) it wont take off. Like the fact the tablet market was beyond dead. then apple released a tablet and now its rediculously massive.

i never said the untrabook was usless... im guessing you didnt mean to quote me

Sorry, I guess I was a bit confused. To me, people will care if it has the funcitonality and use. Your second post clarifies that you mean people only care if it's by Apple.

I disagree. You're discrediting Apple too much in a way. I'm not sure about the iPod, but they really did a great job with the iPhone and iPad and while I'm sure somebody could bring up a tablet or smartphone that came out before Apple's, I'm sure it wasn't as ergonimical and user friendly as Apple's.

For all people talk about innovation, to me the defining feature of Apple's product is easy to use. They're extremely simple and intuitive (ergonomic). And I guess... as dumb as it sounds, good technology products are products that simply make sense.

 

There's no reason to have a tablet in my opinion. It's essentially a dumbed down laptop. But it DOES have a huge advantage in certain scenarios where you can use it in positions you can't with a laptop, and you have a really easy to use controls with touch (depending on what you want to do). But the value really isn't enough to justify it as a standalone product. As a hybrid, you essentially have everything wrapped up into one. It makes sense to combine the two products.