Tablets: The iPad Advantage - Instant On and Connected Standby
Yet another advantage is that an iPad doesn't take minutes to boot
up: it's ready to go instantly, so it's quick to check email and
Facebook, or the weather forecast or TV listings.
When you press the power button, it goes into standby, but remains
connected to the internet so you'll hear alerts when you receive emails,
Facebook messages or when other events happen. You don't have to turn
it on to find out if you've missed something.
This is something that both Windows 8 and the latest Intel processors
are addressing, so again the very latest, best Ultrabooks can offer
something approaching the iPad's performance in this respect. But we
really are talking about the exception rather than the laptop rule.
In Part 5 we'll discuss 'Tablets: The iPad Advantage - Touchscreen Interface'.
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