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I agree. Just a couple months ago I attempted to shift a lot of my programming work towards my tablet, just to try it out.

In short; it sucks. You need constant internet connection because you're always ssh'd in. The flow of productivity is interrupted every time you have to lift your hand to physically touch the screen, and even with a high-end keyboard the technology to quickly traverse a screen just isn't there yet.



Here's an old post about an experiment along those lines.

http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-...




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