New
#20
I thought that was the Microsoft surface pro commercial:), it claims it can replace a laptop or notebook or tablet.
Wouldn't it really depend on the tablet you buy? Microsoft surface pro comes really close, but it restricts software that you can put on the device. It does have USB. It may or may not have a cd/dvd but you can buy a usb/dvd burner to plug into a usb slot. I think you can add a USB mouse.
I don't really count Hybrid devices as tablets.
IMO, they're more like "breakable" laptops.
Apart from portability, is a $1k Hybrid better than a $1K Desktop?
I'm not even sure a surface 3 pro @ 500.us is better than a 500us desktop ?
Storage wise it sure isn't
Add another 99.us and get a 256 gb ssd put in it :/
I can see and everyone can see that Windows 7 remained,remains and will remain the most used OS in the world for at least some months.:)What will Windows 10 bring to us? Let's see.
Mike,that's why we put tablets as a different category than desktops and laptops.
Tablets are primarily used for portability,otherwise laptops would be more used.
Anyway,I'm surprised to see that Android has a lower usage than iOS.But I use an iPhone and an LG tablet (G Pad 8.3),so I can tell about the two OSes.
Of course,buying a desktop for $500 is smarter,but it depends on whatever someone wants.
If I could,I would just delete 8.1 from my computer but I heard MS will provide 10 as a free update for 8 and 8.1 users.Why lose the opportunity?
If you do the vast majority of your computing at home then i would ALWAYS choose a desktop and i think the overwhelming majority of people do most of their computing at home.
Imo tablets are a pita and if i needed portability i would always go with a smaller laptop or even a netbook over a tablet .
I don't care if the tablet is a few ounces lighter , if i can't handle the extra weight of a smaller lappy or netbook i'll start lifting weights.
Windows 7 is still gaining users while Windows 8 plateaus- The InquirerWindows 7 is still gaining users while Windows 8 plateaus
Can anything stop the meteoric rise of the five-year-old OS?
HIS MONTH'S OPERATING SYSTEM statistics from Net Applications show that the spectre of Windows 7 is simply refusing to shift for Microsoft. The wildly popular operating system shows no signs of slowing down its dominance with a 58.04 percent market share (+2.05).
A full two-point jump is quite an event in these parts at the best of times, but it's just embarrassing for an OS that has already been superseded.
Users are likely to be hanging on for Windows 10 now. The preview build of the upcoming platform is holding steady with just under one percent of the market.
Windows XP, meanwhile, continues its inevitable slump, although still at a far lower rate than one would expect for a defunct operating system. This month it sits at 16.94 percent (-2.21). Poor bedraggled Vista, with its even more painful death, is at 1.97 (-0.14), dropping below the two percent margin.
I'm surprised too ... that anyone would lend credence to numbers derived from such a limited sample.