What Should I Get A Tablet Or Laptop

What laptop/tablet should I get?

For Comp Sci it didn't really matter what OS I used, For business I had some classes that used Windows applications.I would suggest that you get a Mac laptop. When I graduated college I got a Mac laptop and ironically I think I used the MacOS for maybe a couple hours and used Windows the rest of the time. You are already used to MacOS and have Software that can be installed on your laptop, plus I think through BootCamp you can install WinOS or Linux if you need it. The big Downfall for the MacOS I can think of is price. You talk about the surface, its kinda expensive and the keyboard sucks when you have to write a paper or large section of code.

Should I buy a tablet or a laptop?

That depends entirely on what you need it to do, each type of computing device has its weaknesses and strengths.In the case of a tablet device, the lack of a proper keyboard, small screen size, and only being able to display one program/document in most cases, makes it very difficult to do ordinary productivity activities, like writing a document or even composing an e-mail. And currently you can only print from a tablet device if you have Android and a special "cloud"-enabled printer using Google's or HP's printing services. On the other hand, it has extreme portability and allows you to do simple tasks, like checking social status updates; reading an e-mail; reading an e-book; checking recipes for dinner; and so on, anywhere in the house, as long as you can spare a single hand to operate and/or hold it, and if you have the right equipment set up at home, you can use it to browse and select what you want to watch on TV like some kind of super-remote.The laptop computer is more bulky, and requires a surface to put it on, or a very awkward pose to hold it in one arm. Even though it is called a "lap-top", you should never place it directly on your lap, since you risk covering the air intake, and thus possibly destroying it from overheating, on a flat surface a laptop is elevated by rubber/plastic feet to allow airflow, and a mechanical hard-drive also does not like being tilted while in use. On the positive side, unlike most tablets you can actually change the battery, and most other components, when they break on a laptop. And connecting it to the TV and connecting USB peripherals is much less awkward.A third way is to go for the inbetween devices, like the Lenovo Thinkpad Twist, the Lenovo Yoga or even the expensive but impressive Lenovo Thinkpad X230t (those are called Tablet PC's), or any "tablet with keyboard dock", like the Asus Transformer series.Conclusion: For idle and portable use, go for a tablet device. If you need to do any type of "work", go for a laptop. If you need both the productivity and portable aspects in the same device, spend the extra cash on a tablet PC.