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Post by echnaret on Oct 11, 2011 4:43:19 GMT
No, I'm not talking about the iPad. I'm talking about things like these:  I haven't seen any recently, though, and it seems like the term "tablet" has been reclaimed by the iPad and similar new technologies. Anyone know what happened to the old tablet PCs, and why they disappeared? |
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Post by Nick on Oct 11, 2011 4:45:04 GMT
The bigger question is 'What happened to netbooks?' To answer your question, new tables are the same thing, just with the keyboard part of the screen  |
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Post by echnaret on Oct 11, 2011 5:11:27 GMT
The bigger question is 'What happened to netbooks?' Most likely, people saw them running the same operating system that ran on their much more powerful home computers, and were frustrated by how much they were under performing, comparatively. I'm pretty sure no one right now is going to expect their iPads to perform just as well as their home computers, just because the interface is so different. Overall, netbooks just seem slow to me. It doesn't seem like there is a huge demand for slow computers nowadays. To answer your question, new tables are the same thing, just with the keyboard part of the screen Sort of. First, tablet PCs used a stylus, where as today's tablets just use your fingers. Second, the tablet PC in the picture probably ran Windows XP and programs. The tablets today run [insert smartphone OS of your choice here] and applications. I'm not saying that either change is bad. I'm just saying that it's different, and for different purposes. |
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Post by Kenneth on Oct 11, 2011 6:07:08 GMT
I think the xoom has an attachable keyboard you can buy with it
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Post by edenwax on Oct 11, 2011 7:56:46 GMT
Answer: iPhone/iPod/iPads
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Post by Cam on Oct 11, 2011 9:20:32 GMT
Answer: iPhone/iPod/iPads Answer 2: The future. |
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Post by hbk on Oct 16, 2011 7:45:48 GMT
No, I'm not talking about the iPad. I'm talking about things like these: I haven't seen any recently, though, and it seems like the term "tablet" has been reclaimed by the iPad and similar new technologies. Anyone know what happened to the old tablet PCs, and why they disappeared? The Asus Eee Pad Transformer comes in similar form to that, but I guess that and Wacom tablets are the closest you're going to get to that in the modern world of technology. Answer: iPhone/iPod/iPads Answer 2: The future. If iPhones, iPods and iPads are the future, kill me now. |
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Post by Cam on Oct 16, 2011 10:02:32 GMT
No, I'm not talking about the iPad. I'm talking about things like these: I haven't seen any recently, though, and it seems like the term "tablet" has been reclaimed by the iPad and similar new technologies. Anyone know what happened to the old tablet PCs, and why they disappeared? The Asus Eee Pad Transformer comes in similar form to that, but I guess that and Wacom tablets are the closest you're going to get to that in the modern world of technology. Answer 2: The future. If iPhones, iPods and iPads are the future, kill me now.[/quote] According to the emails I get you love buying them xD I just delete them |
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Post by hbk on Oct 16, 2011 17:42:23 GMT
The emails you receive, are nothing to do with me.
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Post by echnaret on Oct 18, 2011 3:09:02 GMT
If iPhones, iPods and iPads are the future, kill me now. That's pretty much my current thoughts on the matter. |
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Post by hbk on Oct 18, 2011 4:17:58 GMT
I don't want to be surrounded by boring Apple products.
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Post by Nick on Oct 18, 2011 4:42:10 GMT
I like Apple products xD They sure are nice.
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Post by Kenneth on Oct 18, 2011 6:30:17 GMT
Xoom...
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Post by hbk on Oct 18, 2011 9:46:32 GMT
I like Apple products xD They sure are nice. To me, they are boring. iThis, iThat.  They are so imaginative with the names, it amuses me to no end. If anything, to me, they sound childish, and the people there sound like they don't have an imagination at all. |
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Post by Nick on Oct 18, 2011 13:12:57 GMT
I like Apple products xD They sure are nice. To me, they are boring. iThis, iThat. They are so imaginative with the names, it amuses me to no end. If anything, to me, they sound childish, and the people there sound like they don't have an imagination at all. Well the thing I llike most about Apple is their quality. From phones, to full on desktops they are all built great. I just got my first mac a couple of weeks ago. It is the MacBook Pro 15 inch. The chassis is drilled out of a single block of aluminum and the whole laptop is just under an inch thick. It is way nicer than any pc laptop Ive ever used as far as quality goes. |
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Post by hbk on Oct 18, 2011 18:43:51 GMT
They fucking should be great build quality for the price you pay!
And just because you've never had a good quality PC, doesn't mean they don't exist. You can get them. Whilst talking about aluminium, my phone is made in a unibody design.
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Post by Cam on Oct 19, 2011 5:24:39 GMT
They fucking should be great build quality for the price you pay! And just because you've never had a good quality PC, doesn't mean they don't exist. You can get them. Whilst talking about aluminium, my phone is made in a unibody design. If you think how much you use technology you shouldn't have to put a price on anything. |
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