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I can’t wait to have a tablet, but I don’t see this as a replacement for my laptop. Now, the MAC Air, maybe. Personally I want a full display and keyboard for the device I work on. Since I am out of the office working a lot, this is important to me and many others.
YES, there are tablets out and coming out that have detached keyboards etc. Maybe if there is one with a FULL size keyboard… maybe.
For now, I see the tablet as a casual portable work device. I am running to the coffee shop for a meeting and want to monitor email, or work on a simple project. Not my desktop replacement. With a good VPN and security arrangement, for me a Mac Air could easily become my portable device, allowing me to use the full power of our servers as a desktop while in the office, and a cool, light device when out.
Now, can someone please make a Windows capable Mac Air competitor? The Apple compatable office suite is just too expensive when I get the Windows version free with our developer package from Microsoft.
Just my opintion, as always!
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@rreifel So you must be THRILLED to see what Microsoft announced with Windows 8, no?
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Do we really have to choose between the two? What if these two form factors simply merged into one? As the operating systems of tablets and desktop/laptop computers slowly merge (iOS/Mac OS Lion and Windows8), and CPU of tablets keeps increasing, why couldn’t we all just have some kind of tablet that we’d carry around? When we’d get to work, we’d simply dock the tablet to get a broader screen and a full fledged keyboard…
I mentionned CPU but most of the CPU processes will be taking place in the cloud anyway… So what do you think? One device serves all
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@mathieu – Sounds like you should work at Microsoft
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Heh heh… I think Apple shares that vision as well!
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Is Your Next Notebook a Tablet?
This debate will go beyond the consumer hype of tablets and will explore the enterprise issues that really matter. Can business applications be mobilized to the point where workers can simply carry a tablet with them wherever they go? Or will full keyboards be necessary for creating quality content on the go?
In a previous EMF blog post, Craig Mathias spoke of his challenges in going all-tablet, all the time. He found that it was difficult for him, as his job requires creating a large amount of content, and the tablet interface just wasn’t suitable for that. But there are plenty of jobs out there that aren’t dependent on creating massive amounts of content, and tablets would be the perfect tool for them. Mobile salesforce automation, CRM, and field service are all areas in which tablets would be the perfect mobile device.
Those are the questions that we will explore during The Great Debate on Oct. 5, from 11:30-12:30 at Interop in NYC. Chris Hazelton of The 451 Group and Paul DeBeasi of Gartner will debate the pros and cons of tablets vs. notebooks.
This exciting session will explore all of these facets of the mobile workforce and more. We hope to answer the pressing questions that people are asking today: will tablets win out in the end? Or will the notebook prove to have staying power? Join me and the panel on Oct. 5 to see who will win out in The Great Debate.