That said, Android and iPadOS are getting better at letting you manage ... can transform into laptops much more easily than laptops can switch into tablet mode. Take the Microsoft Surface Pro ...

It's especially useful when you get the hang of using Android and can quickly flip between tasks using the Samsung Galaxy Tab ...

or other jobs that laptops are great at. Despite that, tablets' portable nature and increasing power and efficiency make them better at replacing bulky, power-hungry Windows clamshells than ever.

The updated iPad Pro also features the A12Z Bionic chip--offering an eight-core CPU and eight-core GPU that makes the tablet “more powerful than most Windows PC laptops,” Apple said.