[kwlug-disc] Tablet shopping

[CrankyOldBugger]

I hear good things about the Nexus.  I will keep that on the short list
when I'm ready to go hunting for my own tablet.

Several years ago I bought a Kobo Vox.. Quite possible the worse tablet
ever made!  It was such a disappointment considering my original Kobo
Reader worked (and still works) so well.  Mind you, the Reader only does
one job, whereas the Vox was supposed to be more of a functioning tablet
when it came out.


On 26 September 2014 16:01, 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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