Thread: Buying a low-budget tablet. Need some help :)
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juiceme is offline juiceme
2014-10-16 , 13:12
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Originally Posted by bill_klpd View Post
The main idea is to have a tablet for programming in it and use it in university both for reading and writing as well as surfing the net etc.
All tablets are really really bad for writing anything longer than a tweet or a SMS using the touchscreen keyboard. Doesn't matter whether it is 7" or 10" tablet.
Really bad, believe me.

Also, you lose screen estate for the keyboard, and even on a see-thru keyboard like fingerterm the usability is hindered.

The add-on keyboards also vary a lot on the feel and usability; just think of different laptop keyboards. (Thiknpad keyboards are a joy to use, and Compacq keyboards suck like bloody hoovers...)

If programming/writing on lectures/assignments is important to you, I really suggest you try the keyboard before buying!!


Originally Posted by bill_klpd View Post
I can imagine that playing games (pc games actually) in touch screen will be just stupid after all, but with the keyboard dock and a mouse it will be good I think!

I was thinking for the T100 because it is a tablet and a laptop and it will for sure be handy in one way or another. I have to admit that I haven't thought anything about the battery actually (are there tablets with removable batteries?) but let's say in 2 years, if the battery does not work as it should, will I be able to disassembly it and change it?
Anything can be changed/fixed by oneself, of course, provided you can get a matching cells from somewhere. Batteries in different devices vary so much in form factor and electrical specifications it would have to be an exact match.
 

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