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The portable computing market was once dominated
by the mini laptop. When you go to your favorite
iPad VS. Mini Laptop comparison ｜ Battery Wiki coffee shop you used to see people working on their
mini laptops taking advantage of the wireless hots-
Keyboards are to journalists what coal-picks are pot available in such establishments.
to miners - an essential tool of our daily work. We
use our keyboards to email our contacts, unearth With the introduction of Apple’s iPad a lot of atten-
facts and create articles. We type therefore we are. tion was focused on the tablet which was an advan-
tage to the company since it has already sold millions
Parting a journalist from their physical keyboard of units. The iPad has become so successful that it
is therefore ill-advised, to say the least - and yet has slowed down the sales of mini laptop models
Apple’s iPad tablet suggests it’s possible for people and had its manufacturers come up with ways to
to get by with a touchscreen alone. bring back its market share.
So can I really trade in my laptop and work just as If you are considering in getting a mobile and por-
productively on an iPad? Or will a virtual keyboard table computing device which among these two will
turn my working day into a world of pain? you choose? It will really boil down to what your
usage pattern is. Let’s take a look at some of the best
There’s only one way to find out: I decided to put it features for the ipad vs laptop.
to the test, swapping my main work PC for an iPad.
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Portability
In terms of portability the iPad tablet pc comes out
the winner. It has a slim profile owing to the fact
that it uses a touch screen as its input and display. A
mini laptop requires a display as well as a keyboard
in order for it to work making it a bit bulky.
Verdict: iPad Wins
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Using the iPad is very simple since all you have to
do is touch an app with your finger to run it. Need
to enlarge a particular area? There’s the pinch to
zoom function which you can easily use. There’s
also the availability of different home screens so
you can group you can organize your apps easily.
A mini laptop on the other hand needs a mouse
and keyboard for you to navigate the menu system.
Although Windows 7 runs on most of these models
now, it still takes quite a while for you to open up a
particular app compared to the iPad.
Verdict: iPad wins
Availability of applications
This is where the mini laptop will have an advantage.
The programs from your work computer can also
be installed in your mini laptop making it easy for
you to work on your documents. There are millions
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of applications available for the Windows platform
alone that are excellent to use such as Microsoft
Office and Adobe Photoshop just to name a few.
Although the iPad is has lots of apps available in
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