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Most premium tablets offer higher resolution displays. Tablets tend to use better IPS panels that offer superior viewing angles and color than Chromebook screens. Both Chromebooks and tablets are designed to be efficient. Both offer enough performance to deal with basic computing tasks on small batteries.
Even though Chromebooks are larger than tablets, the best Chromebooks tend to top out at about eight hours in video playback testing. Most models offer fewer because they have smaller batteries to keep costs down. Likewise, most small tablets can run for eight hours in the same video playback test. Tablets such as the Lenovo Yoga 10 can last up to 12 hours.
Some Chromebooks feature touchscreens; however, most offer built-in keyboards and trackpads, like that of a traditional laptop. Tablets are designed with only a touchscreen in mind. This makes tablets easy to use for browsing the web and playing touch-based games.
The biggest downside to a tablet is that typing is problematic; the virtual keyboard is slow and takes up most of the screen. Every tablet has Bluetooth, which allows you to attach a wireless keyboard. However, this adds to the overall cost, and the smaller screens aren't designed for word processing. Chromebooks and tablets generally rely on small solid-state drives that offer fast performance but limited space for data—typically, around 16 GB for Chromebooks, but up to 64 GB or so.
Tablets range from 8 GB to 16 GB for the budget models; the newest models, however, offer storage in terms of terabytes, with price tags to go with them. Chromebooks automatically store your files to Google Drive , a cloud storage system.
This way, you can access your files from anywhere. Most tablets offer cloud-based storage options, but this depends on the brand, operating system, and your service subscriptions. Chromebooks make it convenient to expand local storage with USB ports to which external drives can connect. Some models also feature SD card slots for flash memory cards.
Many of the biggest tablets on the market lack these features, although some models do come with microSD slots. The hardware in Chromebooks and tablets can vary dramatically. Conversely, some tablets, such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, use an Intel Atom processor previously used in low-powered laptops.
On average, the two platforms are roughly equal in terms of raw number-crunching ability. It comes down to comparing specific models. Concurrently, Google is going great guns with Android.
Does Google really need two operating systems? So what's going on here? Here's what Google is up to. They're also similar in that both use a common set of techniques to make them more secure. The most important of these is process sand-boxing. What this means is that any Chrome or Android application has just enough access to the system to do its job.
Once you're past this, the two look and act in very different ways. Here are their main points of difference:. Google said at the start that " Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the Web , and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. Google also took its time getting even a Chrome beta out the door. Now that Chrome OS is about to be unveiled, we know that it is going to be Google's "desktop" operating system, while Android is for smart phones and tablets.
The Android interface is designed foremost for touch. Because of the number of producers that work with the Android OS, users have many models from which to choose. Android tablets are customizable with additional storage options, and users have the ability to install software and customize their devices. Finally, Android OS tablets are compatible with the Androids apps available on the Play Store, which is convenient for all users.
Unfortunately, many manufacturers are beginning to transition away from the Android OS. There is also little to no integration with non-Android devices, so users will not be able to connect their tablets to some Windows and macOS laptops and devices. While the number of Android OS devices is decreasing, there are many options available for Android users.
At the moment, Chrome OS is still in the phase of perfecting many of its features. At the moment, with the number of options, lower prices and the reliability of some of the tablets, the Android tablets are the better option for prospective tablet users. Arjun Sheth is a writer for BestReviews.
BestReviews is a product review company with a singular mission: to help simplify your purchasing decisions and save you time and money. BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.
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