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Old 19-05-2016, 11:18
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Hey all

I'm looking to buy a tablet or ipad something fairly cheap that would be used for browsing online really. I usually buy everything off ebay or amazon & there's loads on there, could anyone recommend me one?
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Old 19-05-2016, 13:55
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What size screen do you want? Kindle Fire come in different sizes and are cheap, if your budget bigger look at the Microsoft Surface Pro.
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Old 19-05-2016, 20:23
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Hey all

I'm looking to buy a tablet or ipad something fairly cheap that would be used for browsing online really. I usually buy everything off ebay or amazon & there's loads on there, could anyone recommend me one?
If you want an Android take a look at the nVidia Shield K1 and the Asus Zenpad s 8 and if you want iOS have a look at the iPad Mini 2
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Old 20-05-2016, 02:17
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Hey all

I'm looking to buy a tablet or ipad something fairly cheap that would be used for browsing online really. I usually buy everything off ebay or amazon & there's loads on there, could anyone recommend me one?
I've recommended this before but it is a great machine. Linx 1010
This is the bundle with a physical keyboard for £139.

The keyboard is very good, but heavy, since it has to counterbalance the tablet and stop it tipping over. But I use mine as a table and never use the keyboard unless I'm going somewhere where I know I'm going to be doing some work.

It runs Windows 10, the full OS, so as well as Windows Apps from their app store it can run any Windows PC software. I use Chrome for example which runs perfectly and supports tablet touch gestures like swiping right and left to go back a page and forward a page. Plus you can use all the extensions and add ons for Chrome, Firefox etc like adblockers, downloaders etc.

If you have Windows 8 or 10 on your PC at home it will share any documents that you add to the One Drive folders, so if you take a picture with the camera it will appear on your photos folder on your PC and if you write a letter in Word on your PC you can open it on the tablet. You can of course turn it off or select only certain folders if you want.

It has two full size USB ports and a micro USB plus headphones, HDMI out and a micro SD card slot so you can add extra storage. I got a 128gb micro SD card from Amazon (never buy SD cards from sellers, only Amazon direct. Too many fakes out there) for £30 which means I have 160gb of storage. If you're into games you can plug in a proper USB X Box controller and play X Box games. I'm not into games so I can't comment how well that works.

The screen is great. Spec wise it is far lower resolution than top spec iPads or Smasung tablets, but it still looks great IMHO. Have a look at one in a store and look at some high res images or a proper HD video to see.

The speakers are a weak point. They're not very loud so in a noisy environment you will struggle to hear them. They also have both stereo speakers on the right hand side when you hold it in widescreen mode, which makes no sense. But at home the speakers are fine.

It has Bluetooth so you can use a Bluetooth mouse, speakers etc.

Windows 10 has two totally different modes, Desktop and Tablet, and you can change from one to the other or have it change automatically when you dock it to the keyboard. Tablet mode is meant for touch screen use so the Start menu is full screen with big tiles, apps and programs run full screen or split screen, swipe gestures and so on.
In Desktop mode it runs as any PC would, the the Start button and menu and apps and programs running in windows you can move and resize. Personally I use it in desktop mode all the time as I find it works great and I prefer it.

It also has lots of cool extras like the ability to add a second display (a HDTV or a monitor) and run as a proper dual screen PC. It has virtual desktops where you can have several desktops and swap from one to another. So if you're in the middle of a project with a couple of programs and a bunch of folders open but want a break you can go to another desktop and do a bunch of stuff there and your first desktop will be waiting where you left it with your programs and folders exactly where you left them.

It also has Cortana which is Microsofts personal assistant, so you can speak commands and ask questions, or type them. A useful feature of Cortana is that unlike Siri, Google Now, Amazon Alexa etc, Cortana can work without a network, though obviously that limits things she can do.

It's an amazing machine for £140.

Edit: Amazon for some bizarre reason lump this and the older model and the smaller models all together when it comes to posting customer reviews and Q+A. So the question "Does it come with USB" has people saying it only has micro USB, which was last years model. This model comes with two full size USB and one micro. Be very wary when reading those reviews. God knows why Amazon do that as they are totally different machines.
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