I've been a tablet user since the early Tablet PC days, and I buy a lot of them to use for work. I currently have four good ones, any of which can step in and do everything I need.
Tablets are not for everyone, especially for use as primary work systems. Whether a tablet can do everything needed for work depends on what the work is and how the individual feels best doing it. Many tablets on the market are capable and powerful enough to perform tasks that previously would be restricted to the realm of powerful laptops.
I currently own four tablets, and each can be used as a daily work system. I do that regularly, taking the tablet that appeals to me on a given day. Here are the slates presented not in order of preference but the order I use most frequently. None of these units are better than the others, they are all different and work well in their own way.
Since I write for a living I must use a keyboard and I’ve listed the one I use with each tablet.
Caption by: James Kendrick
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