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Questions tagged [tablet]

For questions related to tablets systems, softwares and hardware.

A tablet, also known as tablet PC is a personal device clipboard format that can be used for Internet access, personal organization, viewing photos, videos, reading books, newspapers and magazines with games and entertainment. It features a touch screen (touch screen) which is the primary input device. The fingertip or pen drives functionality. It is a new concept: it must not be equated to a full computer or a smartphone, although it has many features of the two.

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What's the difference between mobile and desktop processors?

I just read about the new Samsung Galaxy Note Edge having a 2.7 GHz quad-core processor and 3GB of RAM. The laptop I bought last year by HP is 4 GB of RAM and 2.3 GHz quad-core and my iMac is even older and is 2.5 GHz i5. Does this mean that the new…
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Why do laptops need fans but tablets don't?

I'm curious why a tablet doesn't need fans but all laptops do, even the cheap and less powerful netbooks. I thought at first it would be that the screen on a tablet is smaller than a laptop, so the graphics chip doesn't have to be as powerful and so…
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Why is glue coming out of my laptop?

I have a lenovo thinkpad. The laptop was working perfectly fine but after some time a weird glue like residue was felt on the screen and keyboard. I kept cleaning it but it always came back again. Now it is worse and the weird substance can be seen…
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Can I use a USB hub to simultaneously charge a tablet and connect a USB drive?

What I do have (default way of charging tablets: A) vs. what I want to have (B or C): Can I have it? It’s a simple thing, so why not? How else can I use a tablet together with a portable hard disk (or with any USB device in fact) when I run out of…
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How to use a Windows tablet as a drawing tablet?

I have a tablet laptop running Windows 10, which supports touch and stylus input. I'd like to use this like a drawing pad (e.g. Wacom tablet or similar) for my desktop PC. Would this be possible, and if so, how?
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Why can't I Ctrl + Alt + Del on the On Screen Keyboard?

I have a Proline tablet running Windows 7 Professional. The client has added it to their domain, causing it to require Ctrl + Alt + Del to log in. They do not want to change this. If I plug a USB keyboard in, then the CAD combination works fine.…
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What do I need? a digital pen or a pen tablet or something else?

I use lot of regular pen and paper. Most of my work includes I write a lot of lengthy articles in my native language (not English). Solving maths problems => writing a lot of mathematical equations Solving chemistry problems => chemistry…
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How to set my Bamboo Fun to work only on ONE of my dual screens?

I need dual screen for my web developer job but when I do illustrations I prefer to work on a single screen to avoid the stretching of the workspace which affects tablet's precision. Is there a way to make my tablet work only on my primary screen…
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Disable cursor ring for tablet in Windows 7/8

When I installed my Bamboo tablet in Windows 7/8, a ring shows anytime I click with the pen. Which annoys me.
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Weird cursor on second display only

After using a tablet for a while and disconnecting it, this weird extra artifact has appeared beside my cursor, but only on my second display. The cursor doesn't distort like mentioned in other questions I've seen here, it just has the extra bar on…
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How to set Google Chrome to automatically open up and in full screen

I have Dell Windows tablet (I think the model is the Venue 11 Pro) and when the tablet is turned on I want it to automatically open a specific web page (lets say cnn.com for example) using Google Chrome, and also display full screen. Obviously it…
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How can I remap a tablet hardware key to alt-tab?

My issue is that there's no way to alt-tab on a tablet running W8 Pro (NOT RT) when I'm in a full screen desktop application. I want to remap my screen orientation hardware key to Alt-Tab. However, the problem here is that its scan code, E0_5B, is…
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Does Windows 8 have gestures for tablet?

On Windows 8 tablets such as Surface, is it possible to use gestures? The first one that comes to mind is an equivalent of the back button.
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How to disable on screen keyboard on logon?

Yesterday I installed an old Wacom USB tablet just for fun, to see if it worked with Vista, and it did, since I've found a working driver. The only thing annoying me is that now my laptop has been setup as a tablet, and an on-screen-keyboard is…
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What do I need to write Japanese (kanji) on my Mac?

I have a Macbook, but it's slightly too old to use Mac OS X 10.6's trackpad Chinese input. I have a Wacom tablet, but even though Mac OS X has had tablet character recognition since 10.2 and now knows Chinese characters, they're separate enough that…
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