advantages and disadvantage of tablets pc

Advantages of tablets pc:

1. portability (can work from everywhere and small enough to put in handbags)

2. small weight (lighter than most laptops)

3. smaller in sizes

4. a flexible screen (You can choose to place the screen in landscape or portrait.)

5. an attractive design

6. the handwriting recognition

7. can be used as a GPS navigation device

8. offer the same functionality as a normal computer

9. gesture recognition

10. a powerful pen recognition

11. ideal when you are in a conference

12. XP-compatible regular applications can run on the tablet PC

13. can be laid flat on the working surface

14. great and handy for note taking

15. you can connect a keyboard to a tablet computer but it is less portable in such a configuration

16. surfing the web is much healthier within the tablet (because most web websites are designed with laptops and desktops in head)

17. a multi-touch tablet permits you to interact with all the subject matter material quickly

18. ease and comfort and ease of use

19. an effective learning and teaching enhancement tool

20. use as an interactive teaching aid for tutorials and external student consultation

21. provide a very powerful audio recording

22. connection to the internet from anywhere

23. you can continue and finish their work while in transit

24. serve as an organizer to professional with much less paper on hand

25. good for a project presentation

26. longer battery lifetime

Disadvantages of tablets pc:

1. hardware is prone to damage

2. weaker capabilities

3. traditional keyboards are much more comfortable

4. the screen size is too small in comparison with a laptop

5. higher cost

6. do not come with optical drives for use with CDs or DVDs

7. ineffective for the cognition of complex engineering concepts

8. potential screen damages and repair costs (more chances of screen damage to tablet PCs than to laptops; tablet computers are prone to problems like cracks, dead pixels, blown back-light bulbs and bad sensors)

9. difficulties to work on the small screen as compared to larger screen size of the laptops

10. less number of ports

11. cannot embrace massive amounts of data

12. the type and speed of the input process (inputs with tablet PCs become slower than those with laptops)

13. lack of the keyboard for data entry (but you can connect a keyboard to a tablet computer)

14. the LCD screen is one of the most expensive parts to replace on a tablet PC

15. can not play big game