Tablet computers are used for countless reasons. They can be portable entertainment centers for everything from movies to ...

1. Windows, Mac, Linux or Tablet? The first decision is the platform. As of 2025, a rough estimate of desktop/laptop market share is Windows 78%; Mac 16%; Linux 6%. It has been a Windows versus Mac ...

Between homework, official university communication (which often takes place over email) and even entirely online courses, some degree of personal computing is necessary to get through campus life. So ...

Incorporating tablets into our workforce won’t necessarily make our work better but will make it fun. When it comes to tablets, we have two options, Android and Windows, as iPads don’t even think of ...

When Apple unveiled the iPad in 2010, Steve Jobs presented the tablet as a third device that we could carry along with a computer and smartphone. Years later, Microsoft responded with a radically ...

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

But writing was sometimes a challenge. A computer's mouse can more easily select large chunks of text so they can be cut out of a story or moved to another section. On a tablet, doing the same things ...

Apple introduced a smaller iPad, to be released Nov. 2, but also updated its full-sized one. It also unveiled new Mac computers, including a 13-inch version of a MacBook Pro with sharper, “Retina” ...