• Mistic@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I used to think the same.

    Turns out they are a good alternative to laptops.

    If you don’t need powerful hardware, then tablets allow to save space in the backpack, are way lighter and always have a touch screen, which, in connection with a stylus is big deal for taking notes. Laptops with a touch screen, in comparison, cost way more (at least where I live they do).

    Personally, I use it for studying and media consumption. It replaced almost all of my paper. You can also sign documents using those (depends on laws in your country). Inserting photos into documents is one thing you can’t do as easily with laptops as well.

    And when I do need access to better hardware, I just remote to my PC at home.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t need that powerful hardware… it’s the software side that’s mostly lacking for me (as a software developer :)