Lawlight said:
sc94597 said:
Lawlight said:
sc94597 said:
Lawlight said:
So, do people who game on PCs and have desktops also buy a laptop? |
Only because I got a laptop as a gift a few years back. I'm transitioning to high-end desktops for scientific computing (physics major) and gaming with a tablet and smartphone to suit my portable computing needs (the tablets being under $200 Android tablets.) It fills in gaps only having a simarly priced laptop would not.
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Your situation makes sense but, in most cases, it doesn't make sense to have a desktop without a laptop.
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I can't really imagine a situation in which a laptop is any more necessary than a tablet. I guess the only big instance is if you're a business person who needs a fully capable portable computer for presentations, and slideshows. Otherwise, a tablet is perfectly fine for mobile web-browsing and minor word processing. For the college student, there are computers in almost ever 5 ft radius. Often, with expensive programs that you need to take advantage of anyway. Most students on my campus (admittingly a more high tech research university) keep their laptops at home these days, and just use tablets. If the laptop is going to stay at home anyway, why not just get a desktop for a cheaper price that is more capable, and can possibly be just as portable when it comes to moving residence? I'm sure there are individuals who absolutely need a laptop over other portable computing devices, but I can't understand (as you do) it to be the rule rather than one of many exceptions.
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A tablet is ok for very, very light-weight web browsing. Can't even browse vgchartz on one. You can't type long posts on post in an adequate amount of time on one. There's no DVD/Blu-Ray drive. You cannot save files to it.
What would the students do with their tablets at uni other than checking mails? You can't do much else with that. I take my laptop with me when I go travelling (I take both tablet and laptop actually).
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I can browse vgchartz fine on my rooted Nook HD+ with CyanogenMod 11 (heck I've done it on my cheap android phone with Kit Kat.) In fact all the browsing I need to do: Youtube, Email, Facebook, Web Forums I do fine on my tablet. The only thing I really use my laptop for is downloading large files when I go to school (they have super fast internet.) And before I built my desktop a few months ago I used my laptop as my main computer. My tablet has all of my ebooks and most of my web-browsing is done on it. Everything else is done on my desktop. I guess if I travelled more, a laptop would be necessary, but usually the places I do travel to are for recreation (camping/hiking/etc) and internet would be iffy to come across. Some people seem to get by fine without dvd drives in their Macbooks and ultra-thin laptops. And any movie you want to watch you can just rip using your desktop/external drive and put it on your tablet. I actually have about 15 gb of MIT Courseware Lectures in various subjects on my tablet, which I watch when I'm on the bus.
