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Okay, so my wife has been using (without complaint) an old Dell Dimension with WinXP. It's time to move her to a tablet (I think).
She has a lot of Office related documents and wants to be able to access them from a local drive (no Office365 here).
Any suggestions on the best tablet or touch laptop that fits within our $500-$750 budget? I think she would prefer Windows 8.1 since that interface is familiar.
She has a lot of Office related documents and wants to be able to access them from a local drive (no Office365 here).
Any suggestions on the best tablet or touch laptop that fits within our $500-$750 budget? I think she would prefer Windows 8.1 since that interface is familiar.
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I would not recommend 8.1 as there have been lots of issues with it. Stick with 8.0 until they clean it up.
I have always used ThinkPads and I have a Windows 8 Pro 64-bit X230 right now.
Look here at Lenovo's tablet site:
http://shop.lenovo.com/ca/en/tablets/thinkpad/thinkpad-tablet-2/
They have a range of tablets that fit in your price range.
They are 32-bit tablets and so they will not be speed daemons. Still, they are worth a look.
.... Thinkpads_User
Look here at Lenovo's tablet site:
http://shop.lenovo.com/ca/en/tablets/thinkpad/thinkpad-tablet-2/
They have a range of tablets that fit in your price range.
They are 32-bit tablets and so they will not be speed daemons. Still, they are worth a look.
.... Thinkpads_User
Hi Euless_Tech,
In terms of manufacturers (not specific products), I agree with thinkpads_user about Lenovo and disagree with ZamZ0 about HP.
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet (model 183827U) that has the Nvidia Tegra 2 CPU, 64GB storage, 10.1-inch/1280x800 display, and stylus/pen pointing device. It has performed very well and Lenovo support has been good the few times I needed it. However, it runs Android, not W8. But based on my satisfaction with their Android tablet, I'd be tempted to try their W8 tablet if that's the OS I wanted on a tablet.
I also have several HP laptops (admittedly, not tablets) and they have been excellent. They all have dual-core or quad-core Core i7 chips with 8-16GB of RAM and everything from conventional HDD to hybrid SSD to true SSD. All run W7/64-bit and all have performed very well. It's possible that HP's tablets aren't as good as their laptops, but based on my experience with their laptops, I wouldn't hesitate to try their tablets...and certainly wouldn't go so far as to avoid them "like the plague". Just one person's opinion, of course. Regards, Joe
In terms of manufacturers (not specific products), I agree with thinkpads_user about Lenovo and disagree with ZamZ0 about HP.
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet (model 183827U) that has the Nvidia Tegra 2 CPU, 64GB storage, 10.1-inch/1280x800 display, and stylus/pen pointing device. It has performed very well and Lenovo support has been good the few times I needed it. However, it runs Android, not W8. But based on my satisfaction with their Android tablet, I'd be tempted to try their W8 tablet if that's the OS I wanted on a tablet.
I also have several HP laptops (admittedly, not tablets) and they have been excellent. They all have dual-core or quad-core Core i7 chips with 8-16GB of RAM and everything from conventional HDD to hybrid SSD to true SSD. All run W7/64-bit and all have performed very well. It's possible that HP's tablets aren't as good as their laptops, but based on my experience with their laptops, I wouldn't hesitate to try their tablets...and certainly wouldn't go so far as to avoid them "like the plague". Just one person's opinion, of course. Regards, Joe
@Thinkpads_User I always wondered how you got your name :)
May I suggest the following tablet from Asus.
www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_TAICHI_21/
May I suggest the following tablet from Asus.
www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_TAICHI_21/
Okay, so my wife has been using (without complaint) an old Dell Dimension with WinXP. It's time to move her to a tablet (I think).
I would stick with Dell since you already use their product(s) without any complaints. I would recommend checking out what Dell has to offer for tablets or touch laptops. I buy in the Dell Outlet and save some ca$h.
I have several users with Microsoft Surface Pros. A dew of them had an iPad but switched to the Surface Pro after using one for a short time.
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