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If you are going to buy one, please consider the strength and the weakness of the tablet pcs:
Strength
1) Operate just by intuition and easy-to-use. Usually people don't have to read menu before operate the tablet pc. It is all by intuition and nearly no need to learn. It can be easily used with the fingers. It suits every people. Some parents even buy the tablet pc for their little child to read digital story book and play interactive games.
2) Stay connected to the web in everywhere and browses comfort on a well fit screen. The tablet pc is very portable because of its weight and size. Even though many smartphones are very small and portable, the screen size may be too small when we use that for internet surfing. This is why we found many people using ipad on the street.
Weakness
1) Relatively weak in CPU and hardware. The ARM processor that tablet pcs commonly used is relatively weak when compare with the X86 series. There are now some high end product which uses more powerful CPU such as dual-core. But we still be limited by the hardware. Thus, we cannot perform CPU intensive applications on the tablet pcs. However, we do have some remedies be covering in the tips section.
2) Not good for typing job. As the main input is a touchscreen, it is not good and not efficient if we have to type a long document. There is a virtual keyboard can be used with the touchscreen. However, it is still not as comfortable as using a real keyboard. There is a solution for this problem. It will be covered in the tips section.
3) Not suitable for using long hours. The power will be eaten up quickily if we do not do any optimization for its default setting. Playing games and watching movies will consume the power very rapidly.
How can we improve that? Here are four tips to improve your tablet pc:
1) Use external real keyboard and holding rack when you are doing typing job. There are some lightweight small keyboards in the market can be put into a tablet pc bag. If you do a typing job, you can use that to improve the typing experience. In addition, there are some mini racks designed for holding up the table pc and you will be more comfortable when typing.
2) Power management.
Switch off not-in-use services such as Wifi, Bluetooh, GPS location service. They will waste a lot of power. For example, if you are just using Google doc to edit your work document at a caf�. The GPS function may not give you any value at that period. Then just turn that off!
Adjust the screen to a suitable brightness level. The default setting of the tablet pc may be a bit brighter than what you need. We can save power by adjusting that down to a suitable level.
3) Using remote desktop software to connect to your pc at home or at office. This allows you to make use of a higher CPU power (X86 series�power) with your tablet pc. As long as your internet connection is stable and secure, you can do all the stuff just like you are seating at home or at the office. Moreover, there is an advantage that you don't have to worry to synchronize your files. It is because you are using the same files no matter you are on the street, at your home or at your office through the remote desktop.
4) Making use of the cloud technology. There are many online services nowadays to replace traditional PC programs. They are using cloud technology and that means they are not using the CPU power of your PC but instead they are using the power of their server. For example, sumopaint is an online service that trying to help you edit pictures online. Google doc is a famous free online office replacement. There are many on the net and we expect more to come. This are the services that will not create pressure for our CPU.
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