2013: The year tablets finally outsell notebooks?

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    2013: The year tablets finally outsell notebooks?


    Posted: 08 Jan 2013
    Notebook PC shipments have slowed down due to a reduction in worldwide demand. However, new processors scheduled for the second part of 2013 are set to introduce more tablet-like PC features to notebook devices, such as instant on, 24-hour battery life and new physical appearances.
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    whs's Avatar Posted By: whs
    08 Jan 2013



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    such as instant on, 24-hour battery life and new physical appearances.
    Woho! Instant on is a total killer feature. Finally a real tablet. Just need to swap Win7 in the place of Win 8.
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    Nah... you always need a PC to do the hard work, havng a tablet is a way to keep your files with your easily and lightweight.
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    Yeah I know. I need something to get on the net to search for solutions and run diagnostic devices (physical USB devices, not software), and a tablet running 7 is cooler than a laptop for that.

    I have my gaming rig for the heavy duty (like say adding the boatload of updates in my AIO Win7 install USB drive). Anyway, even android stuff can remote-desktop on PCs so if I need it I can always ask it to do some number-crunching over the internet.
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    And now with the release of Razers ''gaming'' tablet. Laptops are going straight to doom.

    *Extreme sarcasm*
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    Erick Aguilar said:
    And now with the release of Razers ''gaming'' tablet. Laptops are going straight to doom.

    *Extreme sarcasm*
    How exactly does gaming and tablets work anyway? And no, I don't mean "gaming" as in Farmville.
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    King Arthur said:
    Erick Aguilar said:
    And now with the release of Razers ''gaming'' tablet. Laptops are going straight to doom.

    *Extreme sarcasm*
    How exactly does gaming and tablets work anyway? And no, I don't mean "gaming" as in Farmville.
    Example: https://vimeo.com/19574982
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    King Arthur said:
    Erick Aguilar said:
    And now with the release of Razers ''gaming'' tablet. Laptops are going straight to doom.

    *Extreme sarcasm*
    How exactly does gaming and tablets work anyway? And no, I don't mean "gaming" as in Farmville.
    Razer Edge Gaming Windows 8 Tablet with GT 640M Graphics - Linus Tech Tips CES 2013 - YouTube
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    I like the side hand controllers. Control on tablets has always been their Achilles heel.


    Still, if I had to choose between a tablet and a notebook - I would choose a notebook simply because it is more 'feature rich'. Better compatibility, more ports, optical* etc.

    I can see tablets outselling notebooks though, because most people will tend have a desktop, notebook anyway.
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    well, yeah, a tablet with external controllers is not that different from a touchscreen laptop in the end. Repacking the same hardware.

    The "X is outselling Y" 99.99% of the times means that people don't have Y atm while most have already a X. That's the same for car market. They still want to sell as high as when the market was booming even now that everyone and their dog has already a car (and the market is saturated).
    The same for mobile phones before Apple turned the old Microsoft Surface (the bigass table) in a hand-held device called iPhone.
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