Wowzz - My vote is with the Toshiba. I've been running a Toshiba L300 (now obsolete) since 2009, it's performed flawlessly. Toshiba were the original developers of the laptop, I think they know what they're doing.
I was nearly going to trade the L300 on the latest Toshiba C50 Satellite last week - the only thing that stopped me was, I was looking for a weight saving over the 2.7Kg the L300 weighs, and the new Toshiba still weighs 2.4kg.
You need to figure out how much you need/use a DVD drive, because a laptop has one and a tablet hasn't.
I like a decent-size screen, and a tablet or notebook doesn't do it for me. 15" is the minimum. I'm running a 24" on the desktop, it makes watching movies or TV programs a much better viewing experience.
Toshiba C50 Satellite -
PSCF6A-0G106S - Toshiba Computer