Would You Trade Your Computer For A Tablet?

I'm not familiar with the specs of the Toshiba table but I really recommend getting a laptop for college. I have an iPad and an ipod touch and it's fun to use them. But college is really demanding and most of the time you'll be rushing to and from buildings, giving presentations, sharing files with your classmates, etc. A laptop is more compact and has evereything in it. You won't need to keep connecting stuff through USB ports. A laptop has a cd/dvd drive too (at some point you will need that). And I don't know if the Toshiba tablet has that port for plugging in projectors. Also, you can install anything on a laptop, which is really really important. I also think that laptops are more durable generally. Right now, even if I have a tablet (which I'm using right now), I still use my laptop all the time because the screen's bigger, stuff are easier to manipulate, and I can type as hard as I want when I'm rushing. And I don't need an extra stand to hold up the screen.

From scanning some of the replies here, it sealed my decision right away. Can't open more than one window? Are you kidding, I do nothing but multitask... Plus, I wouldn't even consider a laptop because I don't so much typing, not only here, but my story as well and it would be a pain to try to work on my story even on a laptop..

I have thought I might want one in addition to my lap top for even more portability, but I would not ditch the laptop. I have not ever tried to use a tablet, so I am not sure I would like it. I know I would not like having to plug in lots of extras to it.

you do know you pretty much have to have a data plan to run one of those things? I think I would like one, but so far its been out of my price range...

I just got used to my laptop....but I would like a tablet...so much smaller and convient....I try to win one all the time! LOL....but seriously unless I get the opportunity to use one I won't really know what it's like!

I have heard that the tablets don't have all the things a laptop has. It is smaller and has the basics but not all. It really depends on what you use most and what you need to have with you. It is very convenient in that the tablet is smaller and more accessible than a laptop.

I wouldn't spend any money I didn't have. I wouldn't want to put it on a credit card or get a loan. If it works still, I'd keep it.

If you've a lot of typing to do for your college work,I don't think a tablet would be the best way to go...Yes,it's portable,the apps for Android are great,but if you've already spotted limitations with your requirements,think about another laptop instead! I have a little Archos Tablet,and it's great for media and such on the move with its wifi connectivity..I responded to a couple of mylot discussions on it earlier,I can use it for email and Skype...but I wouldn't like to be relying on it for typing with..though one thing I liked was that you can switch the onscreen keyboard layouts around for other languages and layouts..I was reading an article on the Dvorak layout,which took the most frequently used keys and put them on the "Home" row,the idea being to speed up typing speeds by not going all over the keyboard looking for the right key..Qwerty was a compromise holdover from manual typewriters that we got stuck with..Touch typists get way faster speeds using Dvorak...Qwerty limits their speed! Good luck with your decision and College!

if i can still use the laptop, i will not replace it with a tablet. even if it stopped functioning well and the need is there to replace it, i still won't choose tablet as replacement to a laptop.

I don't have a tablet but I have sure looked at them. I have a laptop I bought a couple of years ago and it is hanging in there pretty good. I bet I would really like that tablet though. I like the mobility of them. My laptop is pretty mobile. It looked smaller in the store though..lol.

Hi Steph! I can see where you can benefit from a tablet, but as for me that would not be a wise choice. I think for the purposes of your studies that it would be very convenient for you. I believe you can't open more then one window on a tablet right? If so that would drive me looney.

I don't have a tablet nor an iPod touch yet and not sure of the capacity of those two. If I can still do whatever I can do with my laptop, maybe yes. Can I use it for editing pictures and videos? I do a lot of these and it requires big memory. Maybe it is not capable of upholding such but in case it could, then I might trade my computer for a tablet considering the convenience that it could help me because of its portability.

@stepanie Eventhough tablet has its own charm i would never exchange my pc for a tablet. PC is like a whole Game Field whereas a tablet is a Tablet is a geme player. What good is a game player if there is no Game Field! LOL

If you find yourself using your ipod touch more than your actual laptop, I would recommend getting a tablet because you might be more accustomed to using it. However, personally, I would get a laptop. I feel like tablets are things that can be added on to the usage of laptops. You would use the laptop for bigger projects, and the tablet is something that is easy to access and bring around (although a laptop isn't too hard to bring around either). It really just depends on what you are going to use it for. In the end, laptops are always going to have better compatibility and be able to do more/bigger things. However, this might change in the near future!

I don't think that I would be able to cope without my computer, because I just can't type quickly enough on a tablet. I have tried in a couple of shops before and I don't think that I am good enough on it to be able to do the work that I need to do. I also don't believe that there are enough things that it can do that are the same as my computer at the moment, meaning that I wouldn't choose to buy one. I might buy one just for playing games and things like that, but I could never have one as my main device for doing all of my work and everything like that.

i think tablet is rarely in my country now.. if someone wanna buy my PC, maybe i will sell it, but i change with netbook.. i want to buy a new netbook again

I still have my ancient laptop, and last year we bought an iPad. I also originally thought that the iPad was going to replace the laptop. But not in my household! I found that I am still more comfortable with a keyboard. I work faster than touching the keys on the tablet. Plus, the kids have gotten hold of the iPad and have downloaded lots of game apps in there. Nowadays it works just like another hand held game console.

Hi Stephanie Ann C: In my case I won't do this because I feel comfortable using my computer which is not too old. If I were you I think I'll buy a new laptop, you can find some very nice and cheap models nowadays. I have used a tablet and for me they still are uncomfortable and you don't have the same functions that a computer gives you. ALVARO

I would not actually _