I have a little Nokia N810.  I have not used it at all.  I am at home most of the time and although I thought it would be a useful little gadget, it has sat on a side table for 5 months, untouched.  I really don't know what possessed me other than to say, it looked like a fun thing to have.  Sigh.  The story of my life.  Yikes!

I have a fairly new Toshiba Satellite U505 running Win7.  I'm just starting to get some use out of it and like it very much although many features are still a mystery to me also. I 'spose as I learn more, it will become a delight.

The workhorse computer is also a Toshiba Satellite P205D-S7438 laptop.  I've loved everything about this computer; the large screen, the extended keyboard and just everything.  I replaced a desktop system with this big, heavy laptop, LOL.  The only problem I have with it is uh, it's running Vista.  Yeah, I know.  (a different kind of sigh) 

After admitting to not using the Nokia, I've felt a lot of uh, guilt.  So this afternoon I spent lunch munching a sandwich while playing with that little dude.  It's actually quite awesome.  I was much more impressed than I thought I would be, after all this time.  I came by it when a friend in CA said he had a friend who did not use it (just like I did), thus it was only a few months old when I bought it, practically for a song.  So now, I have two new toys, one not so new (the Nokia) and still only 24 hours in a day to enjoy them, which is nowhere near enough time... go figure.

Both! If I had to choose - laptop. Fully functional, portable, powerful. That's all the argument I need. I'm a laptop + iPad guy though so I can't say I've made the full commitment to either.

I agree with Michael and say both!!

I have a Blackberry for work and I don't like cell phones, so I don't have a personal cell. So this Christmas I thought I would buy a Archos 5 tablet for my wife and I to share. Well, Christmas morning I let my wife open the present labled for me and my wife that Santa left us. She looked at it, turned it on and 30 minutes later she said Thank You and I'm keeping it. Not sharing as I thought we would so I guess I'll have to buy another one for me.

To me the tablet is great if your going to a public place where you don't have to hall a laptop, unpack it plug it in and then pack it up. It does everything and more that we, uh I meant she needs. Much more portable than a laptop.

Hi Jeff - I have to agree about the portable part.  I can carry the tablet in my coat or jacket pocket and have it truly handy.  I don't bother much with a large purse (as I used to) but have a very tiny bag that I carry that holds a cell phone, dr lic, and some cash.  That is all I really need, about what a man puts in a wallet, except of course, for the cell phone. :)

Small and lightweight, handy, the Nokia tablet is just awesome to carry around.  IF I am meeting a client tho', I must have one of the laptops for presentations.

I love my iPad, but I can't bring myself to use it for any kind of productivity.  If I had a Windows based tab, I might change how I use it, but for now I'll keep my toy =)

I'm curious about the upcoming Android tabs coming out of CES.  This should be an interesting (and competitive) year for tablet computing.  Hold out for a while if you can, read a lot of reviews and if you happen to pick one up, review it here for us to see what's out there.

Is a tablet PC (Windows based) powerful enough to run LightRoom ?

Hi Patrick.  I've not tried to run anything complicated on the Nokia Tablet.  AND have been a tad disappointed in the "reach" power of the little gizmo.  

I have a nice wireless network here at home.  Across the street, I can take any of the laptops over there and plug into the wireless network that is running in my own home. The Nokia does not have  the power to pick up this network.  This has not really been a problem as I have been using the tablet as a toy.  Just as Richard uses his. 

I need more power to do design work so have stayed true to rather powerful laptops. 

I'm sure it's possible, but you most likely need a top of the line tablet to do it.  My brother in law runs a program on his Windows Tab for diagnosing car troubles.  It's not graphically as intensive but it worked well. 

Why would you want to is the question. 

The UI on a tab is totally different from laptop and I wonder if you could get the same experience using the touch interface. 

I spend quite a bit of time across the street.  My Mom lives in some town houses there and is quite ill.   I am there most days in the afternoon for 5 to 6 hours.  SO, I need to be able to work there, thus the need to be able to have internet reach to that location.

I could hook up the tablet to my Sprint account and have access that way but do not NEED to do that as the Nokia Tablet has not been utilized as anything for work.

The tablet is great for Wi-Fi where that is available, but there again, no need for that, unless I wanted to check email or something while out, which is almost never, in the current situation.