What is the difference between a computer tablets and laptops?

Answer 1

A laptop is a computer which can be operated from your lap, generally has a 15" monitor, and has a keyboard separate from the monitor. A tablet is much smaller, generally has a keyboard that can be accessed on the screen, and can be held in your hand as you operate it.

Answer 2

Tablet PC Desktop

Mobile / Pro table Fixed

Lighter Heavier

Consume less power Consume more power

Run on Battery Don't run on Battery

Must have LCD screen LCD/CRT Monitor

Answer 3

A tablet computer is a typically handheld computer which does not normally support a dedicated keyboard, but uses a touch-sensitive display for both input and output.

The term handheld computer refers to any design of computer, with and without touch-sensitive display or keyboard. The common characteristic of handheld computers is that they are lightweight, portable and typically battery-powered.

Answer 4

A computer is essentially something with a separate screen, keyboard, mouse and processing unit, whereas a laptop has them all built in to one box to put on your lap. A tablet however, is essentially a touch screen - doing away with the need for a mouse or a keyboard - they're all built in to the touch response of the screen so you touch the screen as you would a keyboard, and press and drag on the screen to move the pointer.

Answer 5

A laptop can generally be opened to reveal a screen and a physical keyboard. Laptop screens are not generally touchscreens, although some are.

Tablets generally are a single touchscreen surface display, generally without a physical keyboard. Some tablets can have independent keyboards, which may be connected by USB or by bluetooth.

There's a "grey area" between true laptops and pure tablets; a "convertible" laptop may have a rotatable screen which can either be turned to face the keyboard, and function as a laptop, or rotated to hide the keyboard and work as a tablet.

Answer 6

the main difference between a tablet and a laptop is that a tablet is usually "one piece", touch screen/no keyboard. Also, depending on which lapop you buy, some of the time, you may have more properties than a tablet.

Answer 7

A tablet has a touchscreen and is usually large and rectangular, like the Ipad.