India, June 29 -- For years, my laptop has been the centre of my workday. It's where I write my articles, reply to emails, do research, edit videos, and keep dozens of Chrome tabs open at the same time. But there was one question that had always been on my mind: could I use a tablet as my primary work device for a week? Today's tablets are powerful enough to handle heavy workloads, so I thought this was the right time to put that idea to the test.

So, I packed my laptop away for an entire week and relied only on a tablet for work and entertainment. Some things genuinely surprised me, while others reminded me why laptops still exist. Here's how the experiment went.

Since most of my work involves writing, this was the part I was most worr...