One of the lap tops is on it's last leg. Considering buying one of the above but don't know which one.Looking for something that will let me use Wi-Fi, download and read books, do mail checking and social media. I need a key board (I think) Large fingers and problems such as spelling mistakes, etc.What recommendations?. Wife has a Kindle Fire but have not used it and not sure if it is what I need. Don't need a large screen but something 8-10"?

I purchased my first IPAD a few months ago. $750 at Costco. I love it and use a pen to key everything in. Don't miss a keyboard. (Used a laptop prior to this). Seldom use the laptop anymore. The ease of use is fantastic, battery lasts all day and night, and many neat features like the news alerts. Lots of fun and free apps.

Charlie D. wrote:One of the lap tops is on it's last leg. Considering buying one of the above but don't know which one.Looking for something that will let me use Wi-Fi, download and read books, do mail checking and social media. I need a key board (I think) Large fingers and problems such as spelling mistakes, etc.What recommendations?. Wife has a Kindle Fire but have not used it and not sure if it is what I need. Don't need a large screen but something 8-10"?a tablet will do everything you want to do minus the keyboard. something like the Microsoft Surface will give you a tablet and a small laptop in one device. unless something has changed the Kindle and similar e-readers are great for reading but not much else.

We bought Dell Inspiron 3147 a couple years ago. We really like it because you can use it as a laptop or flip the top all the way back and it functions as a tablet. I like having the 3 USB ports so I can still use a mouse with it as well as hooking up an external hard drive to back up files and an external DVD/CD player too. It has an 11.6 inch screen. I believe you can find more information about a current version by looking for 2 in 1's on Dell's website.

If you need a real keyboard with an iPad, you can use a bluetooth version - Some Examples.

I've had an iPad from day one.I take it everywhere I go.I now have the latest with cell/GPSWith it ..WiFi8 mp cameraMP3 playerReaderVideo playerMapping, GPSAll kinds of appsOn long flights it's my personal in flight entertainement.Everywhere I go I can find public WiFi.

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MrWizard
Moderator
Aug 04, 2016
There are days I don't even open the laptop

Yes the Maven has a full size USB and a micro USB
It charges from the power supply plug or the micro USB like phones do

I bought this one from Amazon seller Rigoberto
Shipped via priory mail arrived in 4 days
Chris_Bryant
Explorer II
Aug 04, 2016
About every 2 or 3 months these Lenovo Thinkpads come on sale on Woot for an extremely good price ($259.99 sale, list $799). They look like a good blend of tablet and laptop.
(Only thing keeping me from buying is figuring out whether I can wipe windows and run Linux).
htwheelz67
Explorer
Aug 07, 2016
I needed a tablet for work and for my music when I play guitar, I found this great tablet with detachable keyboard, it is also 12" much like the surface pro, has a retina display and it runs and has both windows 10 and android installed you can boot to either one, also has 3 full sized usb ports, mine also came with a stylus and it was just a bit over 300 bucks. Its been great, they make a windows 10 (early version) a dual boot win 10/android version and one with all and stylus. Chuwi Hi12

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Naio
Explorer II
Aug 07, 2016
Anybody know of a good (over 2ghz), cheap (under $300) device that has a matte screen?

I don't care whether it has a keyboard, as long as I can read the screen in direct sun easily :B. But, IIUC, touch screens are always glossies.

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