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Yes, we still need Laptops

When Steve Jobs said that there was room for a third device between a laptop and a smartphone, I was not in complete agreement. While I used my desktop for carrying out most of the important work and browsed the internet or watched some videos on my phone, there was no compelling reason to buy a tablet. After a while though, thanks to my employer's generosity and some impluse online shoppoing, I got hands on an iPad Mini. The moment I started using it, my reaction was that of convenience. I enjoyed the iPad with it's plethora of apps and games to an extent that I thought I could make do without a laptop for my college. Turns out, those days are still quite some time away. So, using a tablet as a standalone device for computing is fine in advertisements or when companies showcase perfect scenarios where you have ample connectivity. However, in the real world, we demand a lot more from our devices, especially once we term our personal computers. So far, despite pairin...