I'd go laptop personally since I find data entry to be easier, try going to best buy (or an apple store) and playing with a tablet- some people are great at typing on them, others like me suck
Problem is, the nearest Best Buys are in Hagerstown or Altoona. Either way it's about an hour travel time. We were at the one in Hagerstown today. She likes the ones like the one I'm using now that has a blue tooth keyboard, dock and wireless mouse. This one was like $1200 but we don't need one that nice.