It only translates to certain industries, though. You can't use a tablet to run an engineering database, CAD, or proper 3D modelling. Anything with high volume data input or hardcore industrial software pretty much DQs a tablet from the argument. Just the nature of the beast. Of course, that having been said I can see how a tablet would have been really useful when I worked as a document cataloger at a library.
On Thursday, May 30, 2013 9:31:18 PM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > Been reading stories like this for a couple days, and corporate/business > use of tablets (especially the iPad) is booming. I've been to multiple > establishments that have iPads as registers now, and almost all medical > vendors that come into cardiology at my hospital have company-provided > iPads instead of laptops now. Heck, even the airlines have embraced them; > one iPad takes the place of all of those flight logs they used to have to > carry. > > On May 30, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > Not entirely surprising, but I can only assume this means for personal use > purchases -- not corporate buyers. I can't see the tablet completely > replacing the PC in the office environment in 2 years, I just cannot. > > On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:31:12 PM UTC-5, cwpreston wrote: >> >> >> >> Sent to you by cwpreston via Google Reader: >> >> >> IDC: Tablets to outsell notebooks in 2013, all PCs in >> 2015<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/05/28/idc-tablets-to-outsell-notebooks-in-2013-all-pcs-in-2015/> >> >> via TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog <http://www.tuaw.com/> by Steven >> Sande on 5/28/13 >> >> [image: IDC Tablets to outsell notebooks in 2013, all PCs in 2015] >> >> Well, that certainly didn't take long. The modern tablet, introduced by >> Apple with the first iPad in 2010, is completely changing the market for >> computing devices. IDC today released projections showing that tablet >> shipments will beat those of notebook computers this >> year<http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24129713>, >> and that by 2015 more tablets will be sold than all types of PCs combined. >> >> That's not the only interesting information included in the IDC report: >> the company also notes that tablets with screen sizes less than 8 inches in >> size have already overtaken sales of devices with larger screens like the >> 9.7-inch iPad. IDC shows slight growth in sales of the smaller tablets into >> 2017, with devices with screens larger than the original iPad expected to >> pull in 6 percent of sales by that year. >> >> [via >> MacRumors<http://www.macrumors.com/2013/05/28/tablet-market-projected-to-surpass-notebooks-in-2013-total-pc-market-in-2015/> >> ] >> >> IDC: Tablets to outsell notebooks in 2013, all PCs in >> 2015<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/05/28/idc-tablets-to-outsell-notebooks-in-2013-all-pcs-in-2015/>originally >> appeared on TUAW >> - The Unofficial Apple Weblog <http://www.tuaw.com/> on Tue, 28 May 2013 >> 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of >> feeds<http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/> >> . >> Source <http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24129713> | >> Permalink<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/05/28/idc-tablets-to-outsell-notebooks-in-2013-all-pcs-in-2015/> >> | Email this <http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20585711/> | >> Comments<http://www.tuaw.com/2013/05/28/idc-tablets-to-outsell-notebooks-in-2013-all-pcs-in-2015/#comments> >> >> >> >> Things you can do from here: >> >> - Subscribe to TUAW - The Unofficial Apple >> Weblog<http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.tuaw.com%2Frss.xml?source=email>using >> >> *Google Reader* >> - Get started using Google >> Reader<http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email>to easily keep up with >> *all your favorite sites* >> >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
