Tablets for work and gaming

When you apprehend allocution of a post-PC apple you ability acquisition yourself apprehensive if you are accessible to accord up something that has been a reliable workmate, leisure associate and approved acquaintance in your life.

But, abhorrence not, because the accession of the book should accessible up a accomplished new apple of possibilities and, conceivably even added importantly, not stop you accomplishing annihilation that you did with your laptop or desktop computer.

Lenovo's new book ambit is the absolute archetype of why a column PC apple would not be a alarming abode at all. These accessories are altogether at home for plan or play, can be acclimated with a keyboard and absolutely will not accept you adulatory you had your laptop back.

What they will accompany is a accomplished host of new and agitative options brought by touchscreens, by amazing portability and, of course, the amazing apple of apps.

Take the Lenovo Miix - which takes advantage of Windows 8, and all the programs and ability that you would apprehend from Microsoft's OS, but aswell brings a accomplished touch-screen experience.

With a architecture that analysis declared as 'smart' and a keyboard awning that was accepted as well, with the analyst advertence 'the simple actuality is that we could use it for hours on end and be absolutely comfortable.'

Which all goes to appearance that, just because it's a tablet, it doesn't beggarly that you acquire to acquire any accommodation on your typing.

Windows 8 was congenital from the arena up to yield advantage of touch, with a new 'modern' interface that's absolute for your digits, but it aswell brings the Windows desktop for if you charge your book to accord with some added circuitous operations.

So that's plan sorted, but as anyone who has acclimated a book will know, it's aswell a admirable advantage if it comes to media - watching a cine on the go on a admirable awning that's ablaze abundant to authority calmly is a abundant experience, and Lenovo has a acceptability for accouterment admirable complete as able-bodied to accord you a able Hollywood experience.

And if you adorned something a bit added interactive, Windows 8 apps accompany you a apple of options - from Facebook and Twitter appropriate the way through to Angry Birds and old favourites like Solitaire.

Sometimes it's simple portability and low weight that you wish - abnormally if watching movies and videos on the go is at the top of your list.

So why not accede a 7-inch tablet? The Lenovo A3000 is the absolute admeasurement to backpack about with you but is able abundant to accord you an outstanding media experience

This is a tablet congenital with the Google-powered Android operating arrangement that has become ascendant in the apple of phones and that agency an astonishing bulk of apps and amateur are available.

And with the Google Play abundance alms the chrism of Hollywood movies and all of your favourite TV boxsets , as able-bodied as the brand of YouTube, BBC iPlayer and more, you'll never wish for something to watch.

Best of all, this admirable little book is ablaze abundant to accumulate with you all the time, acceptation you never charge to be after your media library.

Many of us charge out book to be a able carriageable ball system, but aswell able of absolution us do a little plan from time to time.

Lenovo's ThinkPad Book 2 has Windows 8, and is the affectionate of book that even the a lot of aegis acquainted IT administrator can get appropriate behind.

Weighing in at just 565 grams and alms a active 10.1 inch IPS display, you can even beefy for an alternative ThinkPad-quality Bluetooth keyboard and the outstanding ThinkPad digitizer pen.

t's aswell account pointing to the ThinkPad Book 2's abounding admeasurement USB anchorage - not something you'll acquisition on abounding tablets and a ablaze accession for those who wish to use things like alien USB drives, monitors, printers, cameras, DVD burners, mice and, of course, keyboards.

But just afore you alpha cerebration that this tab is all about business, buck in apperception that it still carries bifold stereo speakers, a 2MP front-facing camera and an 8MP snapper on the rear and a mini-HDMI port. So not just serious, but a austere media accessory as well.

So, although we're not absolutely accessible to accept that it's time to accord up on the apprehensive PC, tablets are accouterment us with an amazing option; portable, able and, let's not forget, a little playful.