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Exactly. Unless and until the input of text ceases to become a primary function of computing devices, touch screens will never be as effective as a laptop with
by PKop 10y ago
Exactly. Unless and until the input of text ceases to become a primary function of computing devices, touch screens will never be as effective as a laptop with keyboard.
Sure, add on keyboards are an option, but it is a second class citizen and apps aren't primarily designed with them in mind.
- UnoriginalGuy 10y agoSecond class citizen is right. In my OPINION the add-on keyboard on the Surface Pro 4 is the best attempt, but even that pales in comparison to the Surface Book, and real laptops like last year's MBP and Thinkpads. 3-in-1s might have a legitimate future (e.g. Surface Book). But they have real keyboards, not sketchy addon ones. Real laptops aren't going anywhere for people that actually need to be productive.
- ghaff 10y ago>3-in-1s might have a legitimate future It does seem as if you're going to have two devices with basically the same hardware there ought to be some way to converge them. I agree that Microsoft has probably come closest but no one seems to have fully cracked this yet. OTOH, I often travel with an Asus Flip Chromebook and I find it sufficiently awkward as a tablet that I usually travel with my iPad as well unless I'm going very light in which case I take my Kindle Paperwhite.