Topic 'which tablet to get' in forum 'PC Hardware Discussion/Reviews' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/which-tablet-to-get-27978862 en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:37:34 EDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:37:34 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-28019774 said by banditws6:

I may end up liking the Samsung ATIV enough that I look to replace it with something a little more versatile, like the Asus tablets you mention.

But yes, I too noticed that the performance difference between the iPad 1 and iPad 4 in many ways is quite stark. I was surprised to discover less of an impact from the high-DPI display than I expected, though, after moving up to a high-DPI phone. But then the iPad's screen is a lot bigger and we spend our time with our eyes further away from it.

Well my Asus Eee Slate EP121 Core i5 based PC tablet is actually somewhat old at this point. I believe it was released in early 2011 and shipped with Windows 7 Home Premium and was about ~$1100 USD. Its Core i5-470UM processor is still quite powerful considering Atom class performance is common in this type of tablet PC (x86 / x64). So you would probably want something newer. If not you can probably find a used one on Amazon for about ~$579.

Microsoft used the Asus Eee Slate EP121 as a demo system for Windows 8 and its still shows up in some of its advertising photos for Windows 8.

Its 1280x800 resolution is probably one of its few shortcomings IMO but its still totally serviceable.

And I agree with you about the retina display. It wasn't jaw dropping compared to the old first gen iPad. BTW, I didn't get much for my first gen iPad. I sold it via the Amazon buyback program and got a ~$260 coupon.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-28019774 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:08:44 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-28019699 said by Octavean:

I'm kind of surprised to hear you kept your first gen iPad. I eventually sold my first gen iPad some time after upgrading to the 3rd gen when it was new. So I skipped a gen. Having them side by side was interesting and I could tell the difference in performance for some tasks.

Heh, I actually skipped two generations -- upgraded from the original iPad to an iPad 4 when they came out. That was effectively why I kept the old one so long. By that point the original iPad had lost a lot of value and I decided to keep it to use for word processing at night when I don't want to break out an i7 laptop. However, I was stymied by the fact that there is frak-all for decent word processing apps on iOS. I've tried 'em all. They all suck. One of them has horrible input lag with Bluetooth keyboards, another has lethal bugs that render your files corrupt or crashes at random, another doesn't do styles, another doesn't render inline images. On and on. Couldn't take it.

That was the thing that really pushed me into a Win8 tablet, but I've found lots more to love since then (like the Wacom digitizer -- how awesome).

I may end up liking the Samsung ATIV enough that I look to replace it with something a little more versatile, like the Asus tablets you mention.

But yes, I too noticed that the performance difference between the iPad 1 and iPad 4 in many ways is quite stark. I was surprised to discover less of an impact from the high-DPI display than I expected, though, after moving up to a high-DPI phone. But then the iPad's screen is a lot bigger and we spend our time with our eyes further away from it.
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said by Octavean:

I also think people are having a tough time resisting the urge to compare these PC tablets to the iPad. This causes a host of preconceived notions and expectations. I don’t like contrasting them in this way because I believe there is room in the market for different kinds of tablets. The confusion comes in when people try to fit that square peg in that round hole,…

I agree on this point; my wife loves her iPad 4 and I'm sure her experience would be drastically inferior on my 500T, but the reverse is also true: I haven't turned on my old iPad 1 since I got the Samsung, and the word processing experience with real MS Office is light years ahead of every single one of the iOS word proc apps I spent real money on. But I primarily write and draw on my tablet, while she primarily reads. Different devices built to suit different functions.

I'm kind of surprised to hear you kept your first gen iPad. I eventually sold my first gen iPad some time after upgrading to the 3rd gen when it was new. So I skipped a gen. Having them side by side was interesting and I could tell the difference in performance for some tasks.

But I hear you, my ASUS Eee slate EP121 Core i5 PC Tablet only gets about ~3 hrs of battery life. So while I really like it and its power, I would have to be tethered to a power outlet after ~3 hrs and my iPad will do more like 8 or 9 hrs. ~3hrs is still better then my laptop though,....

So you pick the right tool for the job basically,...

The ASUS Eee slate EP121 has a Wacom digitizer with pressure sensitivity and the iPad has nothing like that so inking / drawing is a much better experience on the ASUS.

I've heard the Surface Pro doesn't have user replaceable memory which is a bit of a drag if true. There is a lot I can replace or upgrade in the ASUS,....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-28017830 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:15:00 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-28017413
The issue for me, is the purpose of having a tablet in the first place. Which varies from person to person.
For me, I use one for on the go situations. To have something that is light weight and useful. I like built in cellular service, not that I am declaring iPad king of gadgets, but for the convenience.
Also, less items to carry or lose.
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I also think people are having a tough time resisting the urge to compare these PC tablets to the iPad. This causes a host of preconceived notions and expectations. I don’t like contrasting them in this way because I believe there is room in the market for different kinds of tablets. The confusion comes in when people try to fit that square peg in that round hole,…

I agree on this point; my wife loves her iPad 4 and I'm sure her experience would be drastically inferior on my 500T, but the reverse is also true: I haven't turned on my old iPad 1 since I got the Samsung, and the word processing experience with real MS Office is light years ahead of every single one of the iOS word proc apps I spent real money on. But I primarily write and draw on my tablet, while she primarily reads. Different devices built to suit different functions.
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"The counsel of fools is all the more dangerous the more of them there are." -Ólafr Höskuldsson]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-28004288 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:06:13 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-28004093
Its good that these are starting to come out as an option though I don’t see it as a necessity in part because its not a closed or walled garden that we are talking about when referring to Windows 8 tablets.

I also think people are having a tough time resisting the urge to compare these PC tablets to the iPad. This causes a host of preconceived notions and expectations. I don’t like contrasting them in this way because I believe there is room in the market for different kinds of tablets. The confusion comes in when people try to fit that square peg in that round hole,… ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-28004093 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:18:46 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-28003438 said by Octavean:

I've never seen a PC tablet with cellular capabilities.

The AT&T branded version of the Samsung ATIV 500T has LTE built in. Oddly, though, their model does not include the stylus or the integrated slot for it, but I believe the Wacom digitizer is still present and just about any Wacom stylus (including the ones shipped with certain Lenovo notebooks) will work on it.
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"The counsel of fools is all the more dangerous the more of them there are." -Ólafr Höskuldsson]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-28003438 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:19:06 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-28002824 said by Juke Box:

said by Octavean:

From Anandtech,...

Microsoft Surface Pro Review

Ah bummer. This is a deal breaker....

"The usual tablet bells and whistles are all still here: WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, ambient light sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, front and rear facing cameras. The only missing checkbox is the lack of any cellular connectivity. Both of Microsoft’s tablets remain WiFi-only at this point."

I've never seen a PC tablet with cellular capabilities. The Surface Pro is a PC tablet. Having said that, it's not an issue for me as I have been looking for an excuse to try something like FreedomPop were you get free (all be it limited) data service for multiple devices. Also one could tether from ones phone as well.

So again, for me, it's not an issue unless I try and make it an issue,........artificially. Same for GPS as I could always get a Bluetooth GPS device,.....and so on,....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-28002824 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:23:13 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27994168 --
KI6RIT]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27994168 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 05:31:04 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27994080 said by Juke Box:

said by Octavean:

From Anandtech,...

Microsoft Surface Pro Review

Ah bummer. This is a deal breaker....

"The usual tablet bells and whistles are all still here: WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, ambient light sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, front and rear facing cameras. The only missing checkbox is the lack of any cellular connectivity. Both of Microsoft’s tablets remain WiFi-only at this point."

Just get a cellular USB dongle; it hardly matters with the Surface Pro since it runs a full version of Win 8 I believe. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27994080 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:21:22 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27994063 said by Octavean:

From Anandtech,...

Microsoft Surface Pro Review

Ah bummer. This is a deal breaker....

"The usual tablet bells and whistles are all still here: WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, ambient light sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, front and rear facing cameras. The only missing checkbox is the lack of any cellular connectivity. Both of Microsoft’s tablets remain WiFi-only at this point."
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Microsoft Surface Pro Review ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27993567 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:10:45 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27992214
»www.pcper.com/news/Mobile/Video-···-Preview

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFAw-ZDd-oQ
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27992214 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:21:23 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27992174 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27992174 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:12:41 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27991947 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27991947 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:11:41 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27991628 said by SysOp:

I just learned of the Asus transformer book. Check it out!

Some nice specs indeed:

»www.asus.com/vivo/en/transformerBook.htm

With a Core i5 3317U and Core i7 3517U option it won't be cheap. My guess is it will cost more then the Surface Pro (I'd guess about ~$1300+) but I would prefer the ASUS personally.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27991628 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:48:11 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27991405 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27991405 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:51:41 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27991154 said by St0ney:

are there any new tablets coming out soon wondering if i should wait a little and maybe prices of current tablets might go down

The only one that comes to mind is the Microsoft Surface Pro (x64 / x86) tablet which will be in the ~$900+ range. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27991154 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:33:47 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27990508 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27990508 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:17:31 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27988610 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27988610 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:31:21 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27988277 said by St0ney:

i would use a tablet for reading pdfs, powerpoints, word docs, excel sheets.

Have you considered any of the Windows tablets? The Samsung ATIV 500T (Atom CPU) or 700T (i5 CPU) are fantastic for all of this, plus they can run much of the other software you already run on your Windows x86 laptop (assuming that laptop of yours is a Windows laptop). I love my 500T.
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i already have a 11.6 inch laptop.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27985200 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:03:36 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27985036
As far as which Android tablet to get, first you need to decide what size you want/need, and only you can decide that. Think about what it will be used for and how portable you need it to be. I do not own a 10" tablet, but don't think I would want to take one out of the house. So a 7" tablet is more portable, but then you have a smaller screen.

Edit: I guess I'm pretty much echoing what Camelot One said, I had not read his response yet.
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It all boils down to what you want to use it for. The Nexus is the perfect size for a book reader, movie player, web reader, etc. But it is a little small for things like remote desktop or content creation work. I used the Prime almost exclusively for remote support using LogMeIn, and it did a decent job for that. But I found it too heavy to use as a tablet, so it was always just a laptop alternative. And once I picked up a 13.3" windows laptop, the Prime went up for sale.
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You are going to need a bag, case, purse, pack or one hell of a big pocket for anything over 7".

7" able to type with both hands while holding it in landscape or portrait
7" you can hold it with one hand and write with a pen or swipe
7" portability
7" price
smaller screen should equal longer battery life

If you go 10", why not go a little bigger? And get the keyboard cover, pen + touch input, hdmi out, and latest gpu. I really like the lenovo helix

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvLaYktyWEU
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Forums > OS and Software > Android >

Or something like that.

For what its worth I have an iPad 3rd gen and like it just fine. As well as two HP Touchpad units (16GB and 32GB) with one running Android. I also have a Kindle Fire and an Asus Eee Slate EP121 Core i5 based PC tablet running Windows 8.

A good (powerful) PC tablet will likely run you about ~$1000 -/+. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27979220 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:31:34 EDT Re: which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27978876
Just my thoughts.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-which-tablet-to-get-27978876 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:58:28 EDT which tablet to get http://www.dslreports.com/forum/which-tablet-to-get-27978862
i know i want android.

I've played with the asus prime (tf200), i did like it. the tf300 is $350 on newegg, with free dock keyboard.
I heard good things about asus google nexus 7 . samsung google nexus 10 is good too.

what other options are there?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/which-tablet-to-get-27978862 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:54:52 EDT