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* The 'Buying a Tablet or Netbook' Thread *
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Yep, all linked to the account not the device so just log in and you can re download everything you've bought in the past.
I'm tinkled off. I'm buying one but Google's offer finished yesterday (if you buy a Nexus 7 you get £15 for free to spend on Google play)
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Pascal Chimbonda
you'll probably be tinkled off you're missing this 25p sale on google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...fbXVsdGlfR0JfXzFfcHJvbW9fMTM0OTAzMzU5ODEzOCJd
DHSF
Les Ferdinand
I am thinking of buying a new macbook as mine is about five years old however after doing my own little cost benefit analysis I figured that to spend £1500 on a laptop that all im gonna do with is watch porn, chat on here and download shows - it aint fudgein worth it. I have a work laptop if I need to type up anything or to send emails etc so I dont really need a laptop per se.
SO
Is a tablet/notebook a good substitute? I am wanting to get the 10.1 Samsung as I think it looks ace but can you do the stuff you normally do on a laptop like download shows, music, surf the net etc? I mean they even have keyboards now for that brick.
SO
Is a tablet/notebook a good substitute? I am wanting to get the 10.1 Samsung as I think it looks ace but can you do the stuff you normally do on a laptop like download shows, music, surf the net etc? I mean they even have keyboards now for that brick.
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Didier Zokora
It's definitely clunkier to work your way around and torrent clients etc. aren't as functional. Personally, I still want a laptop for most of what you said above, but you could make do if you wanted to.
Atorrent isn't bad and the beta of utorrent is out, though I've not tried that yet as I've not had any problems with atorrent.
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Didier Zokora
I've got aDownloader. It's alright but it'll never stand up to a laptop I don't think.
southstand1882
Mitchell Thomas
If you've got money to burn, by all means buy an iPad or a Windows 8 tablet
But if you want something for personal use, I don't see why anyone would consider anything BUT an Android device
The operating system is simply stunning now.
As a media device, you cannot beat it. Period. (The period makes it a fact)
I am very close to Microsoft, as some know. Personally I wouldn't spend a penny of my own money on a Windows 8 tablet.
For watching films, playing games, surfing the interweb, and for apps........Windows 8 tablets are spanked to pieces by Android.
Windows 8 tablets will be a good laptop replacement, eventually.
Android is best for personal usage, by a mile
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Pascal Chimbonda
Are windows 8 tablets even out yet?
I can see windows 8 being the final nail in the coffin for RIM (for business use if your PC/Phone/Tablet/Laptop all run the same OS then that's got to be more convenient)
Theoretically a windows 8 tablet would be able to run any programs that a PC can run - it won't need 'apps' as such? I can see that being a major attraction.
However, my nexus 7 was cheaper than I expect the first wave of Windows 8 devices to be. I can use it to play all my media, play games, read articles/books, use all the apps i've already purchased for my android phone. It's more than capable of doing everything I expect to want to do with it. (I'm not saying the Windows 8 tablets won't be able to - they'll be able to do this too)
Also as windows 8 isn't out yet we have no idea what teething problems it will have. If I was getting W8 I'd wait a bit to see what flaws are fixed and see if manufacturers starts a price war asus v acer v dell for instance.
I think Jellybean on my Nexus 7 is just a slightly upgraded Ice Cream Sandwich with less to go wrong whereas windows 8 is a totally different experience to Windows 7.
So the long and short of it is I expect Windows 8 to be nice. I'm already happy with Android though. I think Windows 8 biggest challege will be converting people like me who are already happily using IOS or Android.
I can see windows 8 being the final nail in the coffin for RIM (for business use if your PC/Phone/Tablet/Laptop all run the same OS then that's got to be more convenient)
Theoretically a windows 8 tablet would be able to run any programs that a PC can run - it won't need 'apps' as such? I can see that being a major attraction.
However, my nexus 7 was cheaper than I expect the first wave of Windows 8 devices to be. I can use it to play all my media, play games, read articles/books, use all the apps i've already purchased for my android phone. It's more than capable of doing everything I expect to want to do with it. (I'm not saying the Windows 8 tablets won't be able to - they'll be able to do this too)
Also as windows 8 isn't out yet we have no idea what teething problems it will have. If I was getting W8 I'd wait a bit to see what flaws are fixed and see if manufacturers starts a price war asus v acer v dell for instance.
I think Jellybean on my Nexus 7 is just a slightly upgraded Ice Cream Sandwich with less to go wrong whereas windows 8 is a totally different experience to Windows 7.
So the long and short of it is I expect Windows 8 to be nice. I'm already happy with Android though. I think Windows 8 biggest challege will be converting people like me who are already happily using IOS or Android.
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Didier Zokora
Windows 8 has been sledged in the testing reports that I've seen. I'm hugely dissapointed that Lenovo never released its U1 Hybrid. It was going to use Windows when docked and then switch to Android when you pulled out the tablet. It's pretty much an obsolete idea now, but at the time it would have been the conkers.
I've got w8 installed on a touchscreen machine at work. I can see it being fantastic on tablets but on desktops it sucks, even with the touchscreen.
I just dont understand their insistence that 'metro' or whatever you call it is best for everything to the point they've ruined the classic desktop. The option to switch properly between the classic desktop and the new ui would have been perfect. Instead its going to be great for tablets but ruin the desktop experience.
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Didier Zokora
You never know, if they completely drop a gonad with the desktop experience, maybe someone else will finally come up with a "popular" competitor OS.
jts1882
Dean Richards
What about laptops? I assume its in the suck category.
From what you say they are focusing on the tablet experience and as its new it will be a prototype and we can't expect a good version until Windows 9. Microsoft tend to alternate so Windows 8 is scheduled to be a flop. I thought XP was good and everything I read about Vista was so bad I skipped that one (the only time since Windows 3.1). But I've been happy with Windows 7.
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Didier Zokora
You did well to skip Vista, it was a resource hungry piece of crap.
But that's only because they are a smaller size that they are cheap. Full sized i.e. 10 inch Android tablets aren't exactly bargains.
I would say its a little unfair to compare an app list against a system that hasn't even been released yet, I am sure developers will release plenty when its out.
I know its all personal opinion but I can't really get my head round why someone would want a seperate PC and tablet, I would much rather a tablet that can run all the stuff I want that I can then pluf into a screen if I need to view anything in big form.
Seems that paying £200 just to browse the internet is a lot of money, if I want to watch a film I turn on my TV.