Today, there are so many compact computers that you can take on a trip that you can easily make a mistake which one is better to buy. To avoid wasting money, prioritize!
Modern laptops can be purchased at an affordable price, but most users buy such a computer for use at home. Indeed, it is convenient to use it throughout the apartment (if a Wi-Fi router is installed and configured). Today's laptops are so powerful that many models can play the latest games. But compared to other mobile gadgets, they are not as light as we would like.
Netbooks are much lighter and more compact than laptops, but the hardware power of such a machine is correspondingly less. They allow you to play games that are less demanding in terms of RAM and processor frequency, and they are also comfortable to work with text editors on them due to the presence of a small, but still quite comfortable keyboard. The small screen (8-11 inches) is not very convenient, but for the sake of the small weight and size of this laptop, this inconvenience has to be put up with. But modern netbooks are already practically not inferior to laptops in the size of a hard disk, and this is very convenient if you need to take a lot of documents and other information, for example, videos, in electronic form on one medium on a trip.
The tablets are the most recent, but their use is the most specific. They are tailored for surfing the Internet, moreover, for entertainment purposes, as well as for communication via the Internet through instant messengers and e-mail. Unlike a laptop and a netbook, not everyone is able to comfortably work on such a computer with texts, tables, presentations, graphic editors, because they are controlled not by a mouse and keyboard, but by touching the touch screen. But on the tablet it is comfortable to listen to music, watch movies, read books, play "light" games. By the way, many modern smartphones blur the line between a multifunctional phone and a tablet, because due to the large enough screen they are already perceived as small, even more compact tablets.
So, what should you buy so that you will not be disappointed with the purchase later? You should not be guided by advertising that insists that it is beneficial only to the seller, but not to the buyer. Think - what will you use the compact computer for the most? If these are entertainment functions, then you should probably stop at the tablet, because it is the lightest and most convenient to use in any environment. If you need to work with large volumes of texts, documents, then most likely a netbook will be more convenient.
