[kwlug-disc] Tablet shopping

[CrankyOldBugger]

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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