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Anyone using a tablet to take notes, add dimensions pictures, etc. when meeting w/ a customer?
Most clients let me use their wifi when I have the job. First meeting I tether from my phonePearce Services said:Does it run off your Iphone hotspot? or do you have a data plan for the tablet?
and if there is no wifi?If you want a tablet that will do everything you need get a surface tablet. I have the iPad1,2,3 and they don't do 10% what the surface pro tablet can. Yeah they are little more money but vastly better in almost every way.
I always have wi-fi. My phones a permanent hot spot. Also much faster than 99% of home Internet in this area.brunothedog said:and if there is no wifi?
just because a tablet has specs the same as a PC it dont make it any less a tablet. Use a iPad for a month then a windows tablet and come back. You wouldn't ever step foot back in a customers home with a iPad.SDel Prete said:Seems some of us are recommending actual tablets like the OP asked and others are referring to tablets that are truly more like laptops.
To the OP you need to decide which is best for you. For me I like the tablet for sharing ideas with the client, taking notes, keeping in schedule with my calendar and much more. However I tend to go towards a desktop for actual paperwork. Sure having a tablet that is a PC might be easier but for me I can't shake using an actual desktop over a laptop. Kinda weird as I like using a phone and tablet haha.
Depends on what you are using them for. I love iPads. They are smooth and reliable. I have my doubts that PC based tablets will have even 1/5th the reliability of an ipad.just because a tablet has specs the same as a PC it dont make it any less a tablet. Use a iPad for a month then a windows tablet and come back. You wouldn't ever step foot back in a customers home with a iPad.
To me using a iPad over a windiws tablet would be like using a kindle e reader over a iPad.
I'm not saying it's any less a tablet. I'm saying if your not going to use it as basically a PC it would be money wasted. It all comes down to what your using it for. It's a tool and they each have a purpose.BCConstruction said:just because a tablet has specs the same as a PC it dont make it any less a tablet. Use a iPad for a month then a windows tablet and come back. You wouldn't ever step foot back in a customers home with a iPad. To me using a iPad over a windiws tablet would be like using a kindle e reader over a iPad.
Why would they be less reliable than a iPad? Is this the same thinking that Apple Macs are better quality than PC's and last longer. We all know that's a urban myth which no apple user can back up.EricBrancard said:Depends on what you are using them for. I love iPads. They are smooth and reliable. I have my doubts that PC based tablets will have even 1/5th the reliability of an ipad.
I really can't think of a situation no matter how simple or advanced we here a windows based tablet is not better.SDel Prete said:I'm not saying it's any less a tablet. I'm saying if your not going to use it as basically a PC it would be money wasted. It all comes down to what your using it for. It's a tool and they each have a purpose.
I've never had a PC based product not degrade in performance within a 2 year period. Including my 2 year old $1500 Lenovo laptop I'm using right now. I'm pretty much done with PC after this one.Why would they be less reliable than a iPad? Is this the same thinking that Apple Macs are better quality than PC's and last longer. We all know that's a urban myth which no apple user can back up.