Mayayana
7/19/2012 12:23:00 PM
| I don't currently have a computer that will run NT6 acceptably... but I'm
| saving up for a Win7 x86 tablet. (~US$530)
I'm very curious about the tablet craze. While many
people I know are buying "smart phones", a surprising
number are also buying tablets. They seem to like them
as constant reference companions, so that they can,
say, look up how many calories are in a potato while they're
cooking it. I can see the appeal of that, up to a point.
But still, both phenomena are hard to understand.
People are paying $90+/month for smartphones, and up
to $600+- for tablets. It's almost reminiscent of the '80s
when people would pay $100 for a 15 minute cocaine buzz,
as though their money was giving them an allergic reaction
and they needed to get all that cash out of their pockets
as quickly as possible... and cocaine was the only way to get
rid of it that quickly, short of throwing it on the street. (And
that would be crazy! :)
For the price you're paying for a tablet, you could almost buy
2 real PCs. (Best Buy and Staples often have something
in the range of $279-299.) What is it about a tablet that
makes it seem worth such a steep price to you?