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Ciuperca [1316546]

Next year I'll be going to college in another city and I don't want to take my PC with me. So I am looking to purchase a portable device to help me with my work. I never owned a tablet so I don't know how they perform compared to a laptop. On the other side laptops are bulkier and more prone to malfunction. So, what do you guys think? Laptop or tablet?
Mauk [1494436]

Personally, I'd definitely get a laptop if I were going to college. Tablets are great but it's easy to miss the flexibility.
Jobby [1640111]

There are some good add-ons for tablets these day's....for less than a 100euro you can get a cheepo tablet with a small keyboard and case. But like the other guy's said, laptops are far more versatile.
You could always go down the middle and get a netbook!
Danny [12503]

There are some pretty thin ultra books out there. For school stuff I would defiantly go with a laptop, even if you do most of your work in a computer lab. Some times it's nice to head to the library for some quite and write up reports/essays there.
Cerberus [1525824]

I'd go with an ultrabook or a tablet that has an easy add-on keyboard option such as the Surface Pro 3. I could go into all sorts of reasons why each one has benefits and downs, but sounds like you already figured it out.
McDallas [14757]

For college? DEFINITELY the laptop. You won't be able to run your standard programs that you might need for college on a tablet. Of course you can probably use your college comps to do your work, but it's a pain.

Tablets are more for internet, reading, skyping, emails, that sort of thing. Not so much for word, excel, photoshop, whatever else you might need for your degree.
Ali_Copone [4029210]

You can get Tablet Bundles anymore.

 

Like Microsoft Surface Pro 11 Bundle.

 

Which includes Windows 11, a Spical Pen that lets You Write and Draw on the Surface or Screen of the Surface Pro, and a Detachable Keyboard.

 

And the Surface Pro it’s Self has 2 sepert USB-C Ports on the Left side of it as the Screen Faces You.

 

So You can use Any kind of USB-C Preherphel with it.

 

It is also Smaller than a Notebook Computer and has Microsoft 360 or 365 or whatever it is called.

 

It has Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, and Copilot to.