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Tablet as a laptop replacement for photography?

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LeComfortable
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Hello NS , I will soon make a little change in the way i live, I will move out west once again but this time for good ( I will also travel other places most of my time).
not to forget I will pretty much live only with a 65 litters backpack
As the main thing I do in life is photography I need something to play with my picture a little bit ( I usually do B&W conversion and tweak some stuff but my editing is very soft).

I am looking for something to edit the said picture, the question is; can I use a tablet as my main ( and only ) photography editing/classifying tool ?
couple of questions come to my mind when I had this Idea
Is there tablet that read SD card ?
Can I combined a tablet with an external hard drive for saving my good photo's/video's ?
Wich kind of tablet would have enough resolution for me to edit photo's ( if this actually exist )?

Any other tips/opinions on having a tablet as a laptop replacement ?

bad english, my bad second language for me
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LeComfortable
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Oh also when I was in school I started a Ligthroom catalog on a mac computer ( I think we setted omething in preference for use on both mac and pc tho )

My catalog was getting filled with my best shot from the last couple months ( I tough Id buy a laptop to continue using it on my computer ) But now I don't have the original photo,s anymore I only have them on my LH catalog.
Is there a way i can continue using LH ( and my catalog ) on my tablet ? or atleast get the picture from LH and transfer them to a new classifying programme for tablet ( if this even exist ?)
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Childstar.
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Unless you're looking to buy the latest generation of Microsoft Surface Pro tablets, which are basically laptops, Just get a laptop.
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cb27.
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I mean it won't really be that big of a difference between the tablet and a small laptop sizewise, so I would go with the laptop. But if you really have your heart set on a tablet, the surface pro is the only one that fits your description.
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I_liketobutter
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Get a surface pro 4 if your budget allows it. If not, there are plenty of people using the SP3 8G RAM i5 w/o too many issues. That is using LR and editing raw files. I've read that if you start getting larger photoshop files, the i5 8GB can struggle a bit.

I plan on getting the SP4 i7 16GB as soon as I can figure a way to save up $2k...

Sure you can get a macbook pro for around that much, but i'm a big fan of the SP form factor.
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Childstar.
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If you're looking for something with size and price in mind, here's an epic deal on a laptop that is thinner than the new mac book, and actually out performs it too.

Perfect for most users.

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msca/en_CA/pdp/productID.327234200
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LeComfortable
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thanks to everyone I will chekc my option in a few month hopefully the SP4 or SP3 will drop in price !

also I migth consider that kind of small laptop too !!
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LeComfortable
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Can The SFP take Vegas pro for video editing purpose ?! or does it have any kind of free or cheap good video editing tools ?
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pdeans
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I agree that surface will do if you want to replace the usage of your laptop to tablet. Check options. Been studying to buy that surface before.
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DorianF
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Childstar.If you're looking for something with size and price in mind, here's an epic deal on a laptop that is thinner than the new mac book, and actually out performs it too.

Perfect for most users.

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msca/en_CA/pdp/productID.327234200


I second the asus zenbook. especially if size and weight are a huge deal to you. its thinner than most tablets. has 256gb of solid state, and 8gb of ram. also has a built in sd card reader.

with all the back to school sales on right now I picked one up for around $800 CAD. you should probably be able to find one in the same price range. sounds like exactly what you are looking for
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