Last night by some strange chance I was channel flicking and landed on a program about computer technology. It seems that the sales of tablets are falling and the current trend is very much towards multi use devices. For example a phone that slides into a dock that is at the back of a 10" screen to become a tablet with a large battery capacity, tablets that have keyboard docking stations, and powerful tablets that may become notebook computers by attaching to a keyboard that can be folded up like a notebook.

One of the latest developments is an Asus transformer (can be a tablet or undock to become a notebook) that seamlessly and instantly switches between Windows 8.x and Android depending on the application. The benefit is Windows for office stuff and Android for portable apps. In fact I think it is just a matter of time before we a move to Android as an alternative OS but a Windows emulator such as Wine would be needed for backward compatability, but since Android itself is based on Linux that should not be so difficult.

If I was in the market for a notebook I think it would be something I would find very interesting.

Peter

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