What tablet to by?

If you are already comfortable with Android based tablet, find a newer one. I like the Samsung Galaxy line for Android. My wife liked her Apple iPad. They both will do what you want.

CapnCampn wrote:

TNGW1500SE wrote:
That's where I'm lost on what to buy. If you talk windows 7,8,10 or XP, I can follow the conversation, but when it comes to all these "food items", mashmallows, suckers, frozen treats, etc., ...

The Android OS versions are in alphabetical order, so Marshmallow is newer than Lollipop, before that was Kit-Kat, etc.

I think the newest is Oreo (V8.0, 8.1), the next one will start with "P".

CC

Thanks. I didn't know that.

One thing that the iPad does EXTREMELY well is to reproduce its screen on a TV via Apple's "Lightening to HDMI" adapter.

This is one of those features you may not need very often, but comes in really handy when you have a use for it.

The two monitors I use now are 32 TV's. One in the bedroom and one in the living room. I have a PC hooked up to them running windows 7. We download movies to it and watch while camping. I also do work in Quickbooks on that PC. Quickbooks doesn't like to share a screen with other programs. At home I use two monitors side by side. Works well. On the road I could use a tablet as a "stand alone" and display an excel spreadsheet on it. It's stored in dropbox. My employees update it daily. I can't see both monitors I have now at the same time so I need a tablet to display excel.

Just my 2 cents! I bought a 10.1" RCA tablet with removable keyboard about 2 years back. It has Windows 10 and I have kept up the Upgrades! It has 2 GB RAM, and 32 GB internal storage, and is expandable! I paid $78.00 on closeout, the new models were being introduced!:C

For those of you that are using Android tablets, which ones have built-in "assisted GPS" (like the ipad with LTE capabilities) for fast location finding?

Wal*mart has one for under 100 dollars and RCA but that is about the only one I'd not recommend.. (I have one and some functions .. at least when I bought mine,,, were not yet working) But I agree with that one exception most anything will work.

The tablet will need to be connected to the internet
Not to your pc, it will be a second stands alone computer viewing data
Not a second display for the PC
You could buy a second small LCD monitor to connect to the PC
IDK which one is the better option for you
Your best option might be too get both
Tablet for gps and maps
Second small LCD display for the pic

jcpainter wrote:
One thing that the iPad does EXTREMELY well is to reproduce its screen on a TV via Apple's "Lightening to HDMI" adapter.

This is one of those features you may not need very often, but comes in really handy when you have a use for it.

"Wired" connections for anything (except maybe power and maybe headphones) are fading fast ! Most tablets rely on "screen replication" to a TV via WiFi and, if your TV does NOT have WiFi, some kind of a "dongle" (Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, etc).

Personally, would like a wired connection, one that plugs into a TV's HDMI port, like you mentioned.

MrWizard wrote:
The tablet will need to be connected to the internet
Not to your pc, it will be a second stands alone computer viewing data
Not a second display for the PC
You could buy a second small LCD monitor to connect to the PC
IDK which one is the better option for you
Your best option might be too get both
Tablet for gps and maps
Second small LCD display for the pic

My PC has 2 HDMI outputs. I need three if I want to add the third monitor. That would be ideal but It's a NUC mini PC so I can't add an internal video card.

Today I tried to use a HDMI splitter so both TV's I have now can display the same screen, using only one HDMI port. Leaving a HDMI for a third monitor. The splitter isn't working for some reason I can't get the two displays to work through a splitter. I've tried two different ones.

I looked at external USB video cards on amazon and I may go that route but my USB's are not 3.0 so it looks like I'd have to use VGA. That would be OK. If that works, I'll get a 19" monitor and attach it next to the 32" TV mounted vertical. That's the way I have it at home and it works great.

Still thinking about the tablet for the advantages it offers. I may go look today but it's going to be 64 degrees! My motorcycle is yelling at me to ride it!