Thats why I say tabs are for consumers. If you want to just sit down and look at things on the web, then they are ideal. The second you want to participate, say, reply to some one on a forum, then it begins, IMHO, to get difficult. If you want to type out something or work, then its near impossible.
OK, there is, or should be, more to it than browsing the web, but my point I think, is more about input. Maybe be its me, but I am yet to find anything better than a keyboard and mouse. Even track pads are a pain to me. What I think is a problem is that these tablets actually limit what one can efficiently do with a computer, which kinda goes against the whole point.
I also think that "we" techie types are very different users to the majority of people who buy these things. We expect a "computer" to be versatile and do everything. Where as the average punter only wants limited set of things to work well. And these tabs do that really well. And, of course, there is more of them than us!!!!!!
OK, there is, or should be, more to it than browsing the web, but my point I think, is more about input. Maybe be its me, but I am yet to find anything better than a keyboard and mouse. Even track pads are a pain to me. What I think is a problem is that these tablets actually limit what one can efficiently do with a computer, which kinda goes against the whole point.
I also think that "we" techie types are very different users to the majority of people who buy these things. We expect a "computer" to be versatile and do everything. Where as the average punter only wants limited set of things to work well. And these tabs do that really well. And, of course, there is more of them than us!!!!!!