LeightonJames Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 Could this be the way Computing is going? Pretty impressed by this to be honest
CyberNerd Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 At last, the year of desktop linux. again.
glennda Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 Pretty sure thats what the Asus EEE Pad tranformer is - Tablet which becomes a desktop.
Michael Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 Yes potentially, apart from a cradle type setup instead of wires everywhere would be the way forward. Modern phones do have excellent processing power and are fast enough to run most apps and surf the web.
Arthur Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 It would be great if more smartphones had a webtop mode where you could switch between the phones operating system (Android) and say, Ubuntu...
mac_shinobi Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 It would be great if more smartphones had a webtop mode where you could switch between the phones operating system (Android) and say, Ubuntu... If on the apple iPhone they used a fast enough cpu with enough ram and follow suit like there computer line ref being able to multi boot so you could have linux, windows, iOS and android etc ?? Wishful thinking
bladedanny Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Part two, explains a bit more how he did it.
Oaktech Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 motorola lapdock... http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/GB-EN/Consumer-Products-and-Services/Mobile+Phone+Accessories/Docking-Stations/Lapdock-Premium-GB-EN works with the phone i'm about to get!
gshaw Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Jon Honeyball in PC Pro made a similar prediction but around Windows 8 tablets... seeing as they should have a lot more grunt than the equivalent Android \ iOS device idea being you use it in tablet mode out and about but when back at home dock it up and use it like a standard Windows desktop... best of both worlds?
jamesb Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Pretty sure thats what the Asus EEE Pad tranformer is - Tablet which becomes a desktop. Pretty much, although becomes an ultrabook rather than a desktop. I've then got an HDMI cable to connect mine to a better monitor. Haven't used my main machine since getting it.
Greenbeast Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Pretty much, although becomes an ultrabook rather than a desktop. I've then got an HDMI cable to connect mine to a better monitor. Haven't used my main machine since getting it. This is good to hear as i've been thinking of getting one as a laptop 'replacement'
mac_shinobi Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 I know how anti apple everyone on here is and not sure if this counts lol but 1. One apple tv 2. iPhone ( of some description ) 3. Wireless network with good enough bandwidth 4. Using air sharing over Wi-Fi network to output to your telly Or you can get the iPhone AV kits from apple which connects to your iPhone and gives you RCA etc to connect directly to your tv ??
jamesb Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 This is good to hear as i've been thinking of getting one as a laptop 'replacement' Definitely works as that. There are a handful of different apps I wouldn't be without on it now. Even at work I'm finding I tend to use it for e-mail and Lync, mainly using the desktop for development.
Greenbeast Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 do you often use it detached, or mostly as a ultrabook? I'm curious about the lack of USB of the tablet itself. i tend to keep a lot of data on my memory stick so i can use it on my work desktop or my home laptop, etc... if i couldn't access this on the asus i might have to sart working differently, i.e. have it solely on the tablet and carry that wherever i want to use the data (not unreasonable) or move to cloud storage
jamesb Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 Mainly detached to be honest. On the train it's much more convenient to use as a tablet than as an ultrabook, and at home I generally use it for media consumption rather than anything else. For data transfer I've just got a couple of MicroSDs and a USB SD reader which I carry around. Anything which I might want in tablet form (films, music, documents etc) stays on the SD card in the tablet, while other things like presentations go into the docking station. If I need to transfer anything I just take out the card, slot it into the reader, and plug it into USB. I've had to do that once, to transfer some documents from my desktop at work while the internet was down. For anything else it's either cloud (use a MiFi so I can always get internet access while mobile) or bluetooth. I don't think it'd be a push to say that it's completely transformed how I work.
jamesfed Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 If AMD can squeeze a E350 (or simlar) processor into a Windows 8 Tablet then I don't see myself needing a full notebook/work PC/any other tablet ever again (well besides swap outs). But note one thing its still a x86 processor so I can run anything I ever want - not just cut down versions of applications that are designed for the mobile world (although the idea of Metro style apps in Windows 8 is looking nice).
Arthur Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 If AMD can squeeze a E350 (or similar) processor into a Windows 8 tablet then I don't see myself needing a full notebook/work PC/any other tablet ever again (well besides swap outs). The best of both worlds. Also coming in 2012 is an important new member of the family: "Hondo," an ultra-low power Brazos-derived part that will be aimed at Windows 8 tablets. Extending the Brazos platform into ULP territory, with TDPs half that of current parts, may prove difficult, but Dr. Su expressed confidence that we will see Win8 tablets with AMD silicon. More importantly, this attempt will be the first of many from AMD to contend in this space. In fact, Su explicitly described an aspiration to take x86 processors into power envelopes below 2W, which she said is "absolutely" feasible, although such a product isn't on the near-term roadmap for 2012 or 2013. (Source) Intel should also have a couple of processors suitable for Windows 8 slates - the sub-17 watt Core i5-3427U and Core i7-3667U.
Greenbeast Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 Mainly detached to be honest. On the train it's much more convenient to use as a tablet than as an ultrabook, and at home I generally use it for media consumption rather than anything else. For data transfer I've just got a couple of MicroSDs and a USB SD reader which I carry around. Anything which I might want in tablet form (films, music, documents etc) stays on the SD card in the tablet, while other things like presentations go into the docking station. If I need to transfer anything I just take out the card, slot it into the reader, and plug it into USB. I've had to do that once, to transfer some documents from my desktop at work while the internet was down. For anything else it's either cloud (use a MiFi so I can always get internet access while mobile) or bluetooth. I don't think it'd be a push to say that it's completely transformed how I work. Cool thanks for that
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