My dermatologist uses a tablet. Seems way more useful than a phone (larger screen) or laptop (handheld, more portable). I use mine mainly for reading, mainly graphic novels, but also for Slack, Zoom calls, and general one-off productivity away from my office where my laptop lives.
My work-issued laptop is in my home office, which is in my basement (isolated from the rest of the house for privacy reasons). I leave it there because it’s a dedicated work machine and I won’t confuse it with my personal laptop or forget to take it back downstairs with me in the morning.
The tablet is even more portable and since it has rotating screen orientation, it’s better for personal use/reading graphic novels. But when I get a work-related ping that requires me to read a problem ticket, review a code change, or attend an all-hands meeting outside usual working hours, I just use the tablet instead of going all the way downstairs. It’s just more convenient and easier to use for this purpose instead of my phone (and I won’t accidentally post/buy something with the wrong account).
My dermatologist uses a tablet. Seems way more useful than a phone (larger screen) or laptop (handheld, more portable). I use mine mainly for reading, mainly graphic novels, but also for Slack, Zoom calls, and general one-off productivity away from my office where my laptop lives.
Tablets are good for reading comics as well as PDFs that don’t fit very well on an e-reader’s screen.
Where your laptop lives? Isn’t it the whole point of laptops that you can easily pick one up and take it with you?
My work-issued laptop is in my home office, which is in my basement (isolated from the rest of the house for privacy reasons). I leave it there because it’s a dedicated work machine and I won’t confuse it with my personal laptop or forget to take it back downstairs with me in the morning.
The tablet is even more portable and since it has rotating screen orientation, it’s better for personal use/reading graphic novels. But when I get a work-related ping that requires me to read a problem ticket, review a code change, or attend an all-hands meeting outside usual working hours, I just use the tablet instead of going all the way downstairs. It’s just more convenient and easier to use for this purpose instead of my phone (and I won’t accidentally post/buy something with the wrong account).