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iPad VS. Mini Laptop comparison ｜ Battery Wiki iPad VS. Mini Laptop comparison ｜ Battery Wiki Keyboards are to journalists what coal-picks are to miners - an essential tool of our daily work. We use our keyboards to email our contacts, unearth facts and create articles. We type therefore we are. Parting a journalist from their physical keyboard is therefore ill-advised, to say the least - and yet Apple’s iPad tablet suggests it’s possible for people to get by with a touchscreen alone. So can I really trade in my laptop and work just as productively on an iPad? Or will a virtual keyboard turn my working day into a world of pain? There’s only one way to find out: I decided to put it to the test, swapping my main work PC for an iPad.
The portable computing market was once dominated by the mini laptop. When you go to your favorite coffee shop you used to see people working on their mini laptops taking advantage of the wireless hotspot available in such establishments. With the introduction of Apple’s iPad a lot of attention was focused on the tablet which was an advantage to the company since it has already sold millions of units. The iPad has become so successful that it has slowed down the sales of mini laptop models and had its manufacturers come up with ways to bring back its market share. If you are considering in getting a mobile and portable computing device which among these two will you choose? It will really boil down to what your usage pattern is. Let’s take a look at some of the best features for the ipad vs laptop. See Also: Portability
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In terms of portability the iPad tablet pc comes out the winner. It has a slim profile owing to the fact that it uses a touch screen as its input and display. A mini laptop requires a display as well as a keyboard in order for it to work making it a bit bulky. Verdict: iPad Wins
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Using the iPad is very simple since all you have to do is touch an app with your finger to run it. Need to enlarge a particular area? There’s the pinch to zoom function which you can easily use. There’s also the availability of different home screens so you can group you can organize your apps easily. A mini laptop on the other hand needs a mouse and keyboard for you to navigate the menu system. Although Windows 7 runs on most of these models now, it still takes quite a while for you to open up a particular app compared to the iPad. Verdict: iPad wins
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Availability of applications This is where the mini laptop will have an advantage. The programs from your work computer can also be installed in your mini laptop making it easy for you to work on your documents. There are millions of applications available for the Windows platform alone that are excellent to use such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop just to name a few. Although the iPad is has lots of apps available in the Apple App Store, most of them are just really
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