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Notebook vs Tablet PC... What's the difference?

Pretty self explanatory... Just need to know the difference between these types of laptops... pros and cons and such. Thanks in advance!

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    I guess the biggest functionality issues are the screen reversal, and the ability to write text in your own hand like a dictation pad, and then use the program the converts it into OCR text, were your written word will become text in a program and allow you to print, edit,fax and transfer to other document with the cut and paste method.

    They are more practical and will become the norm in years to come, if your able to buy one now, learn the ins and outs and you will be one leg up on those down the road that are struggling to learn there's, there is always a monetary advantage to being one up on others sometimes.

  • kurucz
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    They switched to "laptop" via certainty people have been protecting that "laptops" have been getting too heat on their laps. So the cooperate criminal professionals stepped in and recommended them to call them "notebooks" so as that they gained't get sued.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Tablet PCs are often used where normal notebooks are impractical or unwieldy, or do not provide the needed functionality.

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