Laptop vs tablet: which should you buy?

Laptop vs tablet; photos of a MacBook Air and an iPad Pro
(Image credit: Future)

The choice of laptop vs tablet might, at first glance, seem like an odd one. Surely they're very different things? Well, actually, some of the latest laptops and tablets are starting to look at lot like one another.

For instance, on some touchscreen laptops such as the HP Spectre x360 14 (2024), you can fold the keyboard back on itself, turning it into a device that's very much like a tablet. Conversely, many tablets such as the iPad Pro (M4, 2024) can be teamed with a keyboard to create a laptop-like experience.

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Tom May

Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World, T3.com and Tech Radar. He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects. 

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