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Originally Posted by island911
The ipad input relies on peoples fat fingers.
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Wow, took you longer than usual!
Don't get miffed, in the past 6 months I have gotten to be even more of a digital reactionary than you are.
To wit: in my opinion tablets are either toys or a platform for vertical applications. If you need to do more than one type of task, you need a good keyboard. If you need to do any meaningful input, you need a good keyboard.
"Meaningful" includes such heavy tasks as sending emails and posting on PPOT.
Until voice recognition has advanced to the point where I can speak normally and the VR software transcribes at 100% accuracy, I will need a hardware keyboard. Nothing is more frustrating that trying to type with an on-screen keyboard that fights you every step of the way by trying to "help"--except maybe handwriting "recognition."
When my MacBook died two months ago (for the last time--I'm not shelling out the bucks to replace the screen) I went out and bought an 11" NetBook and put Xubuntu on it. $340 later I have a real computer that weighs little and lasts as long as my Acer Iconia A500 does on battery power. The only difference is that it's actually useful.