• @SpaceNoodle
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    31 year ago

    Desktops aren’t exactly portable.

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        31 year ago

        By that logic, a tablet is exactly the same as a laptop, just more portable.

            • @[email protected]
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              1 year ago

              What? The components are the same and work exactly the same way, maybe on just less power and different thermal configurations on laptops. Meanwhile phones use a different CPU architecture (at least, I don’t know the specifics of the rest), and a completely different OS structure. Meanwhile laptops use the exact same operating systems as desktops.

              The same software will work the same in a desktop vs a PC, but that is not the case between a pc and a phone. It could in principle, because they are capable of the same things, but in practice it needs a rewrite, and so a lot of software doesn’t exist on phones.

              • @SpaceNoodle
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                11 year ago

                Apple’s putting its own chips - the same chips - in both its MacBook and iPad product lines. Their iOS also shares significant architecture with macOS, and is basically a derivative thereof.

                Meanwhile, my tablet is running Windows 10 on its Intel i7 CPU.

    • @TheMauveAvenger
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      21 year ago

      SkyeStarfell already said it more politely than I was going to, but you can also sign things from phones. The point was that it doesn’t have to be a written signature so the tablet medium provides no benefit.

      • @SpaceNoodle
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        01 year ago

        Tablets are larger than phones.