Gadgetory

you might have seen a recent commercial where a kid is using an iPad and at the end of the ad she asks what's a computer it sparked a lot of conversation in our corner of the Internet because it's a good question and personally I think some people attach the word computer to certain form factors and I think that if you look at computers philosophically there's something that just lets you do the thing you need to do and that certain form factors frankly are a lot better for that is that fabric on your laptop this is an iPad pro and this is a surface laptop you're probably thinking that this is some type of Apple versus Microsoft episode of vs. because of these products but we're not really talking about arguing over not really talking about specific brands we're talking about the differences between using a tablet versus a left-right a lot of people are probably wondering if they can get away with just using a tablet as their main computer especially as the chipsets and tablets get to be comparable to desktop computing power in my opinion is likely not tablets not going to do it and my take is that this thing is so easy to use and as you mentioned so powerful that for a lot of people all they really need is a tablet like this you really like Apple stuff don't you one of the reasons I really like using a tablet as my main computer is just because of how thin and light it is I mean I take this with me everywhere I throw it in my bag I take it to work I take it out to dinner I take it into bed with me at night it's not like carrying a clamshell around you realize that a 12 point 9 inch iPad is still really big right there's a 10 inch one - okay one of my favorite parts about an actual laptop are the tactile keys in my opinion a keyboard is an amazing invention that is not broken and not in need of fixing and I know people do it but I personally don't understand how anyone can do all of their work or personal documents typing on a touchscreen keyboard I don't use the touchscreen keyboard all that often that's why I have this which is the smart Keyboard it magnetically attaches and it doesn't ever need to be charged it's pretty great and it costs one hundred and sixty nine dollars so add that to the thousand dollar tablet you've got there and you're in premium computer land I never said this wasn't a premium product I just said I like the convenience of a tablet also how well does that thing balance on your lap when you're using the smart Keyboard that's what I thought with a clamshell like this it's actually comfortable and well balanced on your lap hence laptop even though I don't use the touchscreen keyboard all that often I just love having a touchscreen in general this has a touchscreen - yeah but not all laptops - like okay I'm not gonna say the brand name because we're not making this about the brands but oh my gosh were you about to say something critical about also this works with the stylus otherwise known as pencil supports a stylus pen - again not all laptops do in fact not many work with the stylus right but just as your tablet has evolved to be as powerful as a regular computer I mean laptops have evolved to offer the best of all worlds if you buy a newer a high-end Windows PC or even a less expensive Chromebook you're likely to get things like a touchscreen and yet you still have this nice familiar form factor also when I rotate my tablet or just happen to pick it up the wrong way the screen rotates with it does your laptop do that why in the world would I want to rotate my laptop and I think a tablet like this gets better battery life than most laptops generally speaking you might have a point there but honestly we've argued enough about the form factor and hardware differences between laptops and tablets what it really comes down to in my opinion is the software yeah it does there's a reason why we don't get many tech support calls from friends and family being all like I don't know how to set up an iPad right and and that's why kids are able to pick up a tablet and immediately get addicted to it is that a good thing this is just known for its intuitive UI and also it runs on a mobile operating system which means that a lot of the apps that you already know from your smartphone you can run on here too okay so maybe laptops sometimes require a little more tech support that's not really what I'm talking about here I mean have you ever tried writing a 3,000 word document on your tablet or working in an Excel spreadsheet or editing a really serious video project or just manipulating folders and windows there's a reason why people are so attached to their laptops and that's due in large part to the OS and software I still think mobile software is better why because for a smartphone first generation this does end so what do some thing about tablets and laptops are you gonna say the words or factors seventeen more times we're gonna say four factors because we're nerds that's how we talk those two just going at it again it's as if there isn't something in between this is an iPad pro [Laughter]