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Are people really actively using tablets? I thought that was more of a hype and is now something that lies around and gets occasional use on the couch, but not really productive.
I've been using tablets since the first generation (Galaxy tab), and I must say that it kind of veered to that side after a while, since getting a convertible laptop. A few years back I got a Huawei tablet with a pen and keyboard, that had impressive battery, and it took the place of my convertible. While I'm a Linux-Android-occassional Windows guy, I now use an ipad (As much as I hate to admit, in the tablet space they are vastly superior), with keyboard and pen, for most of my away needs, and for general around the house stuff. I do a lot of graphic design and photo stuff, and thanks to Affinity's suite, I can actually do real work on the thing.
As a student, yeah, I see lots of people using tablets for their work instead of laptops.
please tell me they have those little external keyboards which would make them basically a shitty laptop
Some do, but a lot also use it with a touch pen for notes.
Honestly tablets are perfectly sufficient for most education related things, plus they're thin, light weight, and don't need to be plugged in constantly unlike the goobers who bring gaming laptops.
I would've sprung for an iPad and done the same (though used a BT mechanical keyboard instead a chicklet one) if I wasn't in a CS degree that requires me to have a real OS that can run compilers, interpreters, multiple browsers, and uses a real folder structure.
oh thank goodness. An image of students typing their notes with the on screen keyboard flashed in my mind and i was scared
Your average computer user is mainly using it for interacting with various web based services and playing media. Don't need good input methods for that so tablets are a cheaper and easier to maintain alternative to a laptop.
Old people are actively using tablets. Lots and lots of them. A significant cross-section of my Boomer-and-up client base uses an iPad to do absolutely everything. It's broadly the same experience as what they have on their phone, so I guess it's familiar, but the screen is giant so they can actually see it. They seem to like that.