tmmar wrote:
Looking to get a tablet for the wife and am not sure which way to go. I see many Android tablets that look fairly decent but haven't tried any. I used an Apple for a while but found the operating system not that intuitive. Tried the Microsoft Surface 2 and liked the Windows 8 operating system and the fact that it had a version of Office with Word/Excel but can't find anyone who discounts it from the $449 price. She likes to down load books from the local library and will also use it to access the internet.
Any help and guidance is appreciated.
Android and Apple tablets operate in much the same way. The apps are different and the way you get the apps are different. Apple carefully tests apps for problems before they get on their iTunes site; and unless you alter the tablet, the iTunes site is the only place you can get apps.
The Android apps are not as carefully screened and there are other places to get apps that may not be screened at all.
I prefer Android because it's much more versatile for a sophisticated user. But for a new user it could be more problemmatic from a security standpoint. I would recommend the iPad device.
The Windows tablets seem well built from a hardware standpoint and I suspect that the security issues Windows has with PCs is less of an issue with tablets due to the architecture. So that would be second choice... but much farther down the list due to the lack of apps.
Craig