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Review of Dell Inspiron Tablet/Laptop Hybrid

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oh-yeah-that'll-never-break dept.

Barence writes "It's rare that Dell breaks new ground in terms of design, but the new Dell Inspiron Duo changes all that, according to PC Pro. First revealed at IDF earlier this year, the Dell netbook has a screen that swivels in its own lid, turning the Windows 7 device into a tablet. 'The Duo's relatively modest premium over a high-end netbook buys you the touchscreen and slick conversion to the tablet format, as well as full Windows 7 and a decent hard drive. If you were thinking about buying either a netbook or a tablet, the Duo does both, though it doesn't do the tablet bit as well as an iPad,' PC Pro's reviewer, Jack Schofield, concludes."

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  1. Re:Soon I will be proven right... by H0p313ss · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You're wrong. Tablets will get thinner and lighter, and you'll dock them with keyboards (wirelessly) and larger monitors when you need to. Fewer and fewer people will see the need to buy a desktop or laptop computer.

    That's my prediction too... the laptop is dead, long live the laptop.

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  2. Can it run Linux? by russlar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm dead serious about that. If it will run something I can install KDE onto, I'm sold.

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  3. Re:Soon I will be proven right... by Graff · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Tablets will get thinner and lighter, and you'll dock them with keyboards (wirelessly) and larger monitors when you need to.

    Basically how people are using the iPad right now. The combination of the iPad + bluetooth keyboards and dock connectors makes it a close replacement for a desktop system for most people.

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