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Ask Slashdot: Using a Tablet As a Sole Computing Device?
cashman73 writes "My mother's six year old desktop computer finally bit the dust due to an electrical surge. It's out-of-warranty, and not really worth fixing. Plus, I'm 2,500 miles and two time zones away, so I can't exactly troubleshoot things from here. I recently got a new tablet, and even 80% of the things I do are done easier with it. Plus, she really likes the size, convenience, portability, and the screen. Virtually everything she does is simple web browsing, email, light photo sharing but no heavy editing, and other simple tasks. We're thinking that using a tablet as her sole 'computer' might be the best solution here. What are other Slashdotter's experiences using tablets without a separate desktop computer?"
More and more I am encountering people who only use an iPad. For instance, they use the spreadsheet iSpread for their business.
my best friend's sister makes $88 an hour on the laptop. She has been out of a job for 5 months but last month her check was $20126 just working on the laptop for a few hours. Read more on this site http://www.cloud65.com/
Whoa! A 3-digiter!
Tell us about the old days, papaw. Like how you used to walk to the computer lab on campus, uphill both to & from.
And how you saved up your paper route profits to get that 1541 drive for your Commodore 64.