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Would a Tablet be any use for college work?

Fizman · 2012-10-03 09:22:38

My sisters bday is coming up and she is in her final year of college. Seeing as she will be extensively using any hardware she has, is a tablet a viable option for her......or would she just be better off with a netbook?

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03-10-2012 10:22am

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Fizman

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My sisters bday is coming up and she is in her final year of college. Seeing as she will be extensively using any hardware she has, is a tablet a viable option for her......or would she just be better off with a netbook?

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#2 03-10-2012 10:24am
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tablets are only really useful as a consumer of content i.e. web-browsing, apps etc. If she has to do any serious kind of document writing or note taking, then I'd steer clear of a tablet as the on-screen keyboards are not generally conducive to typing a lot.

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#3 03-10-2012 10:55pm
Alanstrainor

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No really. Especially in final year.

Presuming she has a lot of typing to do, then I'd probably steer clear of a netbook and get something with a full size keyboard being honest. It'd make life a lot easier if she ends up spending a lot of time infront of it.

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