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Need a cheap Windows tablet/PC

I got interested in the RCA Cambio 10.1 that sells at Walmart for $99. But found the screen pretty small. I hope to spend under $200 for this gift.

It's for my father, who is pretty sedentary at the moment and in serious need of the World Wide Web. He's used to Windows XP, so Windows 10 will be a shift. Also, he's never had touch screens before.

I like there is a button to expand and shrink the text since his eyesight is pretty bad. I wonder if the detachable keyboard is good for him?

He'll be doing emailing, web browsing and looking at pictures. Maybe he'll do Skype conversations with video...

Is this the right type of machine for him?

What are your suggestions?

Thanks

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Lee W, MVP

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John

Sorry - I thought you meant Memory and I see now you mean drive storage space. Yes, 32 GB of drive storage space would be too little.

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This device needs to have no wires, so it needs to be a table or a small laptop.

One new requirement, I just learned, is it needs to support watching television and/or movies.

He's in a place that hopefully has wifi network, since streaming would use up a portable wifi quickly and end up costing a fortune. So, assuming there is a network there, does the need to have tv and/or movies change the selection at all?

I am starting to think a table could be the best choice. A keyboard may mean a mouse and it's not practical when upped sitting in a chair and have no table.

Is the Kindle Fire HD10 a good choice for a no-keyboard tablet for a Windows user?

Would the 32GB memory card bring his total to 64GB?

BTW: I am considering a used iPad...

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I have raised my prices expectations to maybe $300. He's not in a place he can freedom of movement, so a tablet is always right in front of you. Mouse wold always be dropping and it wold break or he's need help picking it up.

So, mousepads, I hate.

I think tablet is the way to go.

So, it could be an iPad, the larger one (not the mini)

it could be a Kindle Fire HD10

Any other suggestions?

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The question is, when buying a used iPad, how old a generation is okay?

I see first generation iPad for under $200.

Are these okay?

What's the current generation?

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