This isn't for you. This is for doctors, and architects (which is pretty obviously indicated in their marketing material).
ps: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6705169 says the specs aren't as impressive as panasonic toughbooks, someone needs to test this in real life. Slow mo guys maybe ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OH1CKIQdpw :p
Hopefully manufacturers delve into that market more and drive the price down.
Last time i was there i saw 3 or 4 of what you describe. 20 to 30in tablets with bases to use as desktops
"<title>Best 10 Inch Rugged Android Tablet - Panasonic Toughbook Tablet (Toughpad FZ-A1)</title>"
Jokes aside, the biggest problem is that it falls far short of durability of its sibling Toughpads.
"2.5-foot drop rating (bottom side), 1-foot drop rating (26 drops), Magnesium alloy chassis and GFRP rear case"
Compared that to other Toughpads.
"MIL-STD-810G, 4-foot drop and all-weather IP65 dust and water resistant design"
Too bad.
ToughPad, as its older brother ToughBook has its own market of army, police and alike which require rugged equipment.
Weighs more than a MacBook Pro 13 (4.5 lbs). This should be marketed as a body-building tool. In fact, I'm not sure the models in the "Solutions" page are actual users, because they don't have gigantic forearm muscles required to hold a 20" 5.3lbs screen from one corner:
http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughpad/us/windows-4k-tab...
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131107007032/en/Pana...
Having a battery means you can move it around without having to shut it down. You can also take it to meetings and present stuff.
- the display is as bright as the good old toughbooks, means it must be readable in bright sunshine
- the system is able to boot Linux
- it runs on 12V
AFAIK better than the GPU in the Retina MBP
The high end mbp has a 750M.
"While one could increase the resolution to make up some of
the difference, it is meaningless unless your tablet also
includes sandpaper, so that the user can sand down their
fingers to around one-quarter of their present size."
-- Steve Jobs (on 7 inch tablets)Granted, with current technology we have single-coloured pixels, so 300 ppi is really 3-900 dpi (or pixel-parts) -- that might have something to do with it?