My parents (coming up to pension age) asked me to recommend a tablet. I talked them through the options (Apple vs. Google) and took them to the store to try out the iPad Air.
I own both MacBook and Lenovo laptops for work and personal use (programming) and have never owned a tablet. I have never owned a tablet and still do not see a genuine use for them when my laptops can do the same thing but better and the cost of ownership is not negligible, especially because it is a recurring cost and additional costs (iCloud, apps) are likely. For those reasons I have a hard time recommending tablets to anyone I know.
This is perhaps a bit of a strange question to ask on HN but does anyone else not 'get' them or am I just getting old? :)
I own both MacBook and Lenovo laptops for work and personal use (programming) and have never owned a tablet. I have never owned a tablet and still do not see a genuine use for them when my laptops can do the same thing but better and the cost of ownership is not negligible, especially because it is a recurring cost and additional costs (iCloud, apps) are likely. For those reasons I have a hard time recommending tablets to anyone I know.
This is perhaps a bit of a strange question to ask on HN but does anyone else not 'get' them or am I just getting old? :)