Ready to replace your netbook with a tablet?

maybe a WINDOWS/MAC tablet with full-size USB port and a minimum of 64gb flash drive would do.

The thing with tablets is that the technology they pack today doesn’t allow for all that much productivity. That’s the main factor that sets netbooks & laptops apart from tablet computers. Tablets are all about media consumption; portable computers are for productivity.

But with the way technology is advancing, I foresee the introduction of a single all-in-one device that can handle EVERYTHING. Look at the Motorala Atrix and you’ll understand what I’m talking about.

I will surely get the next generation Apple iPad.

i’ve traded in my notebook for netbook a couple of years ago, and i haven’t really looked back since. i still have a nice desktop set-up at home, but my netbook is pretty handy when i need to be mobile. it can most of what i need. i don’t really need a dvd-rom anyway since i stream most of what i watch online, and my netbook has been up to the task so far.

i’m looking forward to the new asus tablets — i saw one set that yuga featured which pretty much ran win7. hopefully i can get to see how the thing runs once it gets here Q2/Q3 of this year.

if a tablet can do the things that i need to do on my netbook, then i’d gladly make the move. for now, i’m sticky with my joybook ^^

i still prepare notebook.. because its an all in one device (keyboard/disk drive/programs/etc) and i can multitask easily in a notebook.. but i think tablet is good and needs more upgrade before changing to tablet..

but it depends on a persons need :D

tablets being used by pro photographers to review their shots, netbooks used by students to easily chat..err create term papers. I guess it depends on the target market :D As for me, why not have both? Just kidding! I’ll go for a tablet because it’s easy to use anywhere compared to a netbook where you need a surface to type properly

if tablets would be able to support Photoshop and Illustrator..why not poknat?
hahahaha..

the Tablet’s market is specially for those who already have a laptop and a smartphone, and looking for something in between mostly for media consumption.

i like the iPad and the Acer tablet.

Thanks to the Ipad I can now read my eComics and Magazines with ease. Can’t imagine reading magazines and comis on a NetBook or a laptop for 2 hours straight.

I find that tablets are only fun when surfing the net and watching videos. But for, say, writing and creating documents, I’d still prefer using the real keyboard on my notebook.

I’ll go for tablet. I already have a PC & a laptop, which can do almost what I wanted to work on with. But with a tablet, I can be “on-the-go”, rather than having a netbook. Development of ultra-powered tablets are now on progress…

It would not be long before tablets get netbook or notebook hardware specs. When that happens netbooks would be history and tablets become standard. Asus is coming up with a sliding keyboard for their tablet, that is very innovative. As the time comes that you can slide the keyboard to access or hide it, then the possibility of tilting the screen to a comfortable angle when you need to type, coupled with a powerful processor, lots of ram, lots of disk space, powerful graphics processor, slim design. Wow!

Tablets will probably catch up with the kind of numbers that netbooks have been sold in the last couple of years but I doubt whether netbooks will go away. It is still far cheaper than a tablet. Same with Smartphones….it’s the one phone that people have been raving about (in tech blogs, forums etc.) for years, but it will not replace “dumb” phones. Locally, Myphone recently announced that they sold 400,000 units in the last quarter of 2010. How many smartphones were sold in the same period? Probably less than 10,000.
Cheap, “dumb” phones(Php6,000 and below) but it still serves to remind us that for the vast majority of phone users, a smartphone is something that they don’t really care about.

One exception: India has a USD35.00 Android tablet in the works. If this is released to market, it may alter the equation and may bury the netbook category.

Yes I’m ready but my budget is not. Haha.

right, its a personal preference depending on your computer needs, ah wait, what does my computer need? power, space, right temperature, so this is how someone decides to choose a tablet, notebook or netbook…

I think the tablet like Apple’s has great potential to spplant the net book. It can do almost everything a net book can do in a much portable and coolnes factor.

I think tablets are better suited for not-so techy people. Those who loves browsing the net, updating social networking status and posts for their personal blog. netbooks on the other hand are for people who does way beyond the normal use in which they do programming, hobby projects and light to mid gaming. As for me I’m still not comfortable using the touchscreen as a keyboard as if there’s missing when you’re touch typing.

When the Ipad came out, I, for the first time, was not too excited about it. The durability is something I still not comfortable with. And lastly, if one is used to the “carry-all, full packed capacity” of netbooks, its hard to switch, unless you have that “keeping up with the Jones'” hang-up. It may take a while for these tablets offer a unique, Xfactor, to make one swiftly switch to these oversized screen gadgets.

@futurology

What Ethan said. I don’t think netbooks and laptops are that far apart in performance anymore. AMD Fusion and Intel ultraportables offer laptop performance at netbook sizes; it just so happens that some of today’s notebooks also offer desktop performance at laptop sizes. :D

I just choose to distinguish them to differentiate between their sizes, since when most people say laptop they usually mean 13-inches and larger, and netbook as 12-inches and smaller. But for the most part their form factor and function are the same.

it all depends on your needs.
I was actually wondering what to get on my next purchase, netbook or tablet.
it really depends on what you need.
I just wanted to check the net for news, updates and be to upload pictures right away which the ipad can do and netbook too. but for entertainment features i think the ipad can do more.

I think as I already have notebook and ipod touch.. i think my target this year is a tablet… will wait for the version 3.0..

dati na naman me tablet ang ginawa lang ng Apple eh pinanipis, pinaganda, at ginawan ng capacitive touch display, the rest is katulad na nang anumang nagagawa ng dati. kakatuwa ngang isipin na sa karamihan eh parang bago ang tablet kasi di pa nakakakita o nakaka experience na gumamit. ganun pa man, ang notebook eh notebook, ang tablet eh tablet, kung ang tablet ang papalit sa notebook o netbook, sana huminto na nang paggawa ang Apple ng notebook. virtual keyboard, maari ngang mawala yung physical keyborad pero for now, pati OS development at application eh gawa pa rin using keyboard, hehehe,

i think tablets are the future technology in evolution. we just need lot more powerful processor with virtually no thermal radiation, most efficient OS and voice to text application 10 hour battery life minimum.

wala ako netbook, kaya pag available na ang 2 core tablet, bibili na me.

I still prefer notebooks :|

I think tablets have a closer nature to the mp3 player than with laptops/netbooks and smartphones.

That is, laptops and smartphones are essential for many people, it’s needed for their work or education.

mp3 players and now tablets aren’t, their functions can be easily substituted by your smartphone or laptop/netbook respectively. Since they are not essential, mp3 players and tablets are more like luxury items, and they should not be considered as replacements but rather complements for your current laptops/netbooks and smartphones.

Which makes me wonder why all those computer manufacturers treat tablet computers like the new form of computing which everyone will switch to sooner or later. Are they expecting the general consumer to buy into the hype?