“What is the different between tablet PC and notebook?” Many people asked. Although most people think of the tablet PC as a part of PC, in fact, apple pioneered this type of tablet PC is almost brand new. There are not close or similar to the previous products. Before Microsoft designed tablet PC is very heavy, very poor user experience. The most important reason is that Microsoft wants to make tablet PC as PC. But Apple makes the tablet PC enlarge the cell phone, doesn’t require all-round. Just it can meet some of common feature is ok. The design of subtraction method is more in line with increasing demand for simple consumer. Next let’s analyze the difference between tablet PC and notebook in many ways.
1. Morphological
I am sure you all see very clearly friends; notebook structure is more complicated than tablet PC, which can provide more interfaces and more peripherals. Most notebooks use non-touch operation, the occasional use touch screen, while the majority of tablet PC with touch operation, there are some products with removable slide-out keyboard or keypad. Most of tablet PC is a board, facing a LCD touch screen, very compact and simple structure.
2. Weight
The basic of tablet PC weights no more than 1kg. 10 inch android tablet PC is from 600g to 900g while 7’’ tablet is approx 400g, more portable. But the laptop is rarely less than 1kg, even the internet, basically in the vicinity of 1kg.
3. Volume
Tablet PC using 7 inch to 10 inch screen normally, overall volume is larger slightly than liquid crystal, of which thickness is no more than 15mm. The second generation of first-line brand tablet thickness is less than 1cm in most of the control. The thickness of the basic laptop is around in 20mm. Ultra-thin notebooks have more than 15mm. The internet in notebook also use 10 inch LCD screen. Ordinary notebook use more than 11 inch screen, among of them, 14 inch notebook is the largest number.
4. Input method
Tablet PC most of the commands to enter through the fingers, microphone and gravity sensors are used to support special operations input. Most notebooks are through keyboard input and a touch pad to achieve, occasionally with a microphone or other peripherals.
5. Use environment
Both tablet PC and laptop are also suitable for mobile use. Just for the convenience, tablet PC can be used almost anywhere because they are smaller, lighter, simpler structure. But due to the restrictions on laptop form, a place where you need to used, such as desktop, knee, so called early notebook laptop computer. In addition, the use of gestures are different, tablet PC is a board can operate directly in the hand, while the laptop is usually sitting to use, which greatly limits the possible applications. So laptop is more suitable for indoor use in a desktop.
6. Function
Tablet PC put emphasis on entertainment, with a view normal web pages, watch videos, look at books, play games. While notebook is a versatile device, expect for a small gravity-sensing game, the basic can be carried in a notebook.
7. Content applications
Tablet PC is used to consume content, and the notebook can used to create the content but also consume content can be used. Notebook has more advantages. From the development trend of the future, consumption content will account for most, a small amount of creating content people are using a laptop at work.
In short term, tablet PC will not be threat to the mainstream notebooks. The hardest hit is the internet, and portable digital devices. In addition to cell phones and camera, the rest of almost all digital products have been seriously hit. MP4 and digital photo frame lost almost exhausted the market. The current environment for the entire PC and the internet, are basically designed for the PC. So the laptop will not be dangerous within a short time. But it’s expected it’s very difficult to achieve growth within a few years. Tablet PC applications will be deep into all aspects of life, with the continuous improvement of systems and software, later, work, study, entertainment will be inseparable from the tablet PC.
