Maybe your laptop is in the shop. Maybe you just don't feel like shelling out for a new computer. Either way, it's possible to use a tablet as your main machine—if you're smart about it.

While there are several solutions to use a tablet as a second display for your PC, most are paid, and many of the free ones have limitations and don’t provide the best user experience.

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You've decided that it's time to leave your laptop behind. Congratulations! Here's how you can turn your tablet into a workhorse.

What You Need To use your Android tablet as a secondary PC display, you need a few things aside from the tablet and PC apps.

Both Dell and Apple are distancing themselves from the personal computer business, with worldwide fourth quarter PC sales down 1.4% from the year-ago quarter, according to Gartner.