Can a Tablet be used for everyday work? - Jacqui Cheng at ars technica does it.
Can you replace your everyday computer with a tablet and be as productive? Jacqui Cheng, Senior Apple Editor at arstechnica.com thinks so....Masochist me? An Ars writer's iPad-only workday
We are living in interesting times in the tech world! Soon we will carry our computing device in our pocket, but connect it to a wireless keyboard and wireless monitor on our desk. A top of the line smartphone has a dual core ARM processor. Soon it will have quad core ARM processor. That is more than enough power to run a desktop full of apps. What does the average person use a computer to do: web browsing, word processing, email, maybe a spreadsheet, and a few other odds and ends. That does not require a supercomputer. It does, typically, require more than a 4" touch screen. As soon as our mobile devices can seamlessly use our desktop screens and keyboards, the PC as we know it is toast. That is why Microsoft Windows 8 will be so drastically different from Windows 7. But, that is another blog post....
We are living in interesting times in the tech world! Soon we will carry our computing device in our pocket, but connect it to a wireless keyboard and wireless monitor on our desk. A top of the line smartphone has a dual core ARM processor. Soon it will have quad core ARM processor. That is more than enough power to run a desktop full of apps. What does the average person use a computer to do: web browsing, word processing, email, maybe a spreadsheet, and a few other odds and ends. That does not require a supercomputer. It does, typically, require more than a 4" touch screen. As soon as our mobile devices can seamlessly use our desktop screens and keyboards, the PC as we know it is toast. That is why Microsoft Windows 8 will be so drastically different from Windows 7. But, that is another blog post....
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