[kwlug-disc] Tablet shopping

[Ken Hermanson]

*I have the Nexus 7, 2013 and am very happy with it as a tablet. Your wife
using a tablet for email/FB is fine but as you all know it is a far cry
from a laptop/notebook. The smallest, FULLY FUNCTIONAL, laptop/notebook
that I have found (so far) is 11.6".*




On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Keefer Rourke <keefer.rourke at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I second the Nexus 7 suggestion. While I've never used the 2013 version,
> my N7 2012 has served me really well over the past two years.
>
> The easily unlockable boot loader is a huge benefit. And as a result of
> being a Nexus device, you get all the latest updates from Google first, or
> your choice of pretty much any third-party ROM.
>
> Cheers,
> Keefer
> On Sep 26, 2014 4:01 PM, "Darcy Casselman" <dscassel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've been very happy with my Nexus 7 2013.  Mind you, I only really use
>> it for catching up with the Internet in the morning.  I prefer Nexus
>> devices in general because they don't have all that terrible OEM cruft.
>>
>> I got my parents an ASUS Transformer, where you can attach a keyboard and
>> make it laptop-like.  I thought that was cool, but they don't use the
>> keyboard much.  Mostly as a stand when their skyping with my nephews.
>>
>> Darcy.
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 3:52 PM, CrankyOldBugger <
>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe for myself down the road.  Wifeski isn't a power user so she
>>> doesn't need all the fancy bells and whistles.  Just email and Facebook
>>> (and yes I keep trying to get her off of Facebook!).
>>>
>>> I'm going with the Lenovo for this job.  Thanks, William and Khalid for
>>> your suggestions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26 September 2014 15:34, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Have you considered those laptops where the screen folds back almost/all
>>>> the way?
>>>>
>>>> You get built-in stand, built-in keyboard/mouse, built-in screen
>>>> protector, bigger/upgradeable memory, bigger/upgradeable harddisk/SSD,
>>>> Intel/AMD cpu, Windows 8.1, etc.  It's a bit heavier, but you don't hold
>>>> tablet free-hand that long anyway.
>>>> --
>>>> William
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:05:11AM -0400, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>>>> > Wifeski has been saying for some time now that she wants a tablet
>>>> computer
>>>> > as her laptop computer is getting to be a pain to use.
>>>> >
>>>> > I've never bought a tablet other than the Kobo reader (which isn't
>>>> really a
>>>> > tablet).  Has anyone had any experiences with the Lenovo A8-50,
>>>> before I go
>>>> > ahead and buy one?  I'd prefer to hear from anyone here over the
>>>> customer
>>>> > reviews on Amazon..  This model seems fairly robust for a smaller
>>>> tablet,
>>>> > and under $200.
>>>> >
>>>> > What's like is to keep the laptop at her desk all day, and run around
>>>> the
>>>> > house with the tablet to check emails, FaceBook, etc.
>>>> >
>>>> > I've had good luck with Lenovo laptops so that's why I'm looking up
>>>> their
>>>> > product line for tablets.
>>>>
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