Will tablets eventually replace laptops? [SERIOUS]

Given all this... I'm actually considering one of these: http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_...sformer_TF101/

honeybee - for those that do presentations, which I don't, that would be great. There are portable, light-weight projectors that are smaller than a16oz water bottle (Pica projectors come to mind) and if you want to reduce the amount of stuff to cart & carry, there are "projection" keyboards... a little device that projects a virtual keyboard on to the top of your desk, then senses the keystrokes by how your fingers break the light plane. Plus they are making mice smaller and smaller as well too....

-tg

Somebody needs to make a projection mouse. It would be the same idea as Kinect or a projection keyboard, but would interpret finger motion into mouse action.

EDIT: That suggests a certain motion that would stand for "Cancel last action!"

Isn't that exactly what the Kinect for Windows is all about? I wish one of my clients wanted us to implement something with Kinect - it would be nice to play with...

Maybe a tablet with a holographic display would be the ticket...

Admit it. If you had a holographic prejector the absolute first thing you'd do is implement Princess Leia pleading "Help me, Obi Wan Kaszlamany!"

You could cue it for every time you open another user's thread in the DB section.

:lol:

I would say that the Princess was my Oracle - but that would get the MS Sql folks in a dither :bigyello:

Well, the touch screen on the tablets would make the mice kinda obsolete, wouldn't it?

The projector idea is not simply for presentations, I could use it at home or office to work on a much bigger screen than what the tablet offers me.

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"Well, the touch screen on the tablets would make the mice kinda obsolete, wouldn't it?" - not really.... I can't draw a form or controls as easily with a touch screen or pad as I can with a mouse.

"The projector idea is not simply for presentations, I could use it at home or office to work on a much bigger screen than what the tablet offers me." - true... if you have a wall/screen/space that will work... at the moment, I don't... and I tend to work on my lap at home a lot... not sure how that would work with the projector.

-tg

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Originally Posted by techgnome

I can't draw a form or controls as easily with a touch screen or pad as I can with a mouse.

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True but you can make adjustments in the properties window (will take few extra minutes + a bit of frustration for some people).
But I do agree mouse would be much more convenient tool.

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true... if you have a wall/screen/space that will work... at the moment, I don't...

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You could project onto a monitor. It'd be the perfect size and shape.:thumb:

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Originally Posted by techgnome

.... I can't draw a form or controls as easily with a touch screen or pad as I can with a mouse.

if you have a wall/screen/space that will work... at the moment, I don't... and I tend to work on my lap at home a lot... not sure how that would work with the projector.

-tg

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You could use the stylus for drawing objects. In any case the device would have the capability to hook up a wireless keyboard and mouse (or maybe wired ones).

For your kind of usage scenarios, you would have to live with the tablet screen. I don't think your kind of use allows for any other display techniques. But again this type of usage would not be a majority usage, IMO.

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IT's moot anyways... since most tablets run Droid or some other non-windows based systems, I wouldn't be able to do development on it. Also, there's no way I could do development on a tablet unless I have the same or similar setup to what I have now with the laptop - external monitors, mouse & keyboard. I suffer from tremors in my writing hand (I'm a south paw), and I have tried styluses before, while a little more precise than using my fat fingers, I still have trouble with them. For some reason, nothing seems to beat the precision I can get in my (for now) still steady right hand with a mouse.
But since I don't seem to do any development at home any more, it I don't need something all that powerful, and a tablet would fit my needs perfectly.

-tg

The MacBook can run Windows in a virtual machine, all we need now is a VMWare version for the Android platform.

The software platform would be a challenge by itself, no doubt. But providing the ability to attach an external keyboard/mouse and the ability to project the display onto something bigger should make the tablet much more widely usable than at present.

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http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/01/...s-get-over-it/

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Will tablets eventually replace laptops?

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Short Answer - No

Long Answer - Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

They more likely will exist side by side and both will probably be superseded by something else.

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Originally Posted by NeedSomeAnswers

Short Answer - No
Long Answer - Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

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As always opinions vary. Time will tell.