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Which Is Better: Cheap Laptop or Tablet?

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March 24, 2011
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Which Is Better: Cheap Laptop or Tablet?
Do you really need a new tablet? Blogger Tom Dunlap is perfectly happy with his used $200 laptop, and finds it still does lots of things a shiny new $500 iPad can't. Truly, tablets and laptops are different enough that neither one can really replace the other just yet. - Senior Editor Jason Cross
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My $200 Laptop Can Beat Your $500 Tablet A lifer laptop owner points out the ways in which his admittedly unsexy Lenovo ThinkPad X30 easily bests either version of the Apple iPad.
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