Android Tablet: Tablet vs Laptop

Thursday 18 October 2012

Tablet vs Laptop

Ablets are competing with a wide range of laptops to be your portable computer of choice. Both can be complementary, but how do they compare? It depends on what you're after.

Battery And Boot Up

Unplugged, you'll get more juice out of your tablet than your laptop/netbook. Tablets are also faster to boot up as they typically have a lighter software load.

PORTABILITY

Netbooks and ultrabooks are ultra light but tablets again win this one - particularly the smaller tablets with 7-inch or 8-inch screens. The lightest ultrabooks are still just under 500 grams heavier than most tablets.

AFFORDABILITY

Tablets at mainstream electronics stores cost anywhere between $329 (for the Samsung Galaxy S 5 at Harvey Norman) to $1228 for the highest-spec Apple iPad. Netbooks start at $399 for the Acer Aspire One (online at Dick Smith) and ramp up to $4499 for an Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro (at Dick Smith and Noel Leeming).