I use Apple, Windows, and Android devices. For browsing, videos, email, etc, any of them would work fine. I would focus in hardware. For Android, the Samsung products have a great reputation. I have used Polaris Oftice and been able to read and make small edits on Office files. I have a 2nd generation iPad which serves me very well. You can buy a refurbished one from Apple with full support and warranty for $200, but (and I can't say this enough) the productivity apps like Numbers and Letters (excel and word knockoffs) are no where near as good as the Microsoft originals. I can read anything with minor formatting, but editing is a real pain. I would be able to tell you about Microsoft tablets, but everyone was sold out by the time I got there today :( . However, the responses seemed to be pretty good when I asked about it on this forum.