Can a tablet replace an office laptop ? My journey.

[kojack]

Another update on my dell systems. AFAIK, it's fastboot causing the issues. I was on another forum with people who have up to date dells, and have been having these same issues. They turned off fastboot and it stopped. Crossing my fingers. 

[kojack]

Not the case apparently. So, I had no idea that there was an event logger in my bios. I don't know how I missed it. It reports a memory slot failure every time I boot and have issues. Therefore, the MOBO is done. A new one from dell is 949 cdn. NO thanks.  I can get a year newer Lenovo P1 gen 4 with great specs for only 850 shipped to my door. 

 

I am back on my little dell iPad replacement now running Zorin. I will be loading Zorin 18 pro on whatever system I get because I am just sick of the bloat with windows. I get all the functionality of my windows systems, even running the same software now, and it's twice as fast on the same hardware. 

 

The iPad will be moved to my son, and I will get a new Android tablet for on the jobsite work like floorplan/esitmating/inspection software I use. We will see how it goes.

[Bullit]

I am now waiting for Xiaomi Android 16/ HyperOS 3. Chinese ROM is out, the EU version should arrive in 2 weeks maybe even next week I expect some of the software weakness specially the camera gets substantially improved. Unfortunately i don't expect the saving files is improved and that i can also extend the screen in an external monitor instead of just mirroring.

 

I also don't expect that AI will get smart...

 

This is the hype from Xiaomi.

-A Fresh New Look and Feel

-Introducing “Hyper Island” and Seamless Connectivity

-The Power of AI Unleashed

-AI-powered notes: Automatically organize and summarize your thoughts.

-AI Describe: Get descriptions for images and on-screen content.

-AI Voice Translation: Real-time translation during calls and conversations.

-AI Noise Reduction: Crystal-clear voice recordings by filtering out background noise.

-AI Search: A more intuitive and powerful system-wide search.

-AI Gallery Search: Find photos by describing what’s in them.

-AI Dynamic Wallpapers: Now available globally, this feature turns your photos into stunning, animated video wallpapers.