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Thanks for the suggestions so far, just to clarify, it’s not MyCo that is setting the budget or buying it, but the company she works for.
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Originally posted by Lance View Post£400 isn't much of a budget. Whatever you get won't last long.
That said I was just looking on Currys and amazed how many £200-ish notebooks there are now, many seem to be 2-in-1 laptop/tablet things. From my experience they are pretty clunky as tablets - if MSOffice is the top requirement is a tablet really the best fit over a notebook?
I did see this sort of thing as well: https://www.techbuyer.com/uk/surface...-MICROSOFT-REF
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£400 isn't much of a budget. Whatever you get won't last long.
The new iPad pro, with a keyboard and mouse is very good. As long as you don't need Visio, Project or Powershell. And will last a good 6 years (my 1st gen iPad pro is still running fine). over budget though.
Surface Pros similarly are good with a decent lifetime, but again well over budget.
I've heard good things about the Surface Go, but more as a low cost, almost disposable, temporary device. My mate takes one skiing so he can work from a mountain restaurant without having to lug a full size laptop around.
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Originally posted by courtg9000 View PostI would avoid the Surface Go models from Microsoft as they run Pentium processors and from what I have have seen of them are not as well screwed together as the surface pro's.
But I'd personally try and push the budget to the higher spec kit.
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I have a Microsoft Surface Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S8. Both over your budget but Samsung do a cheaper tablet. Office for Android is okay but be warned with using Excel Spreadsheets with VBA orMacro's as some stuff can crap out.
Both are excellent pieces of kit
I would avoid the Surface Go models from Microsoft as they run Pentium processors and from what I have have seen of them are not as well screwed together as the surface pro's.
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Got one of the MS Surfaces for my lad. The one that has the floppy keyboard it docks to. I forget the exact names of them but you know what I mean, not the laptop ones. I used these at my last client as well. Have to say they are very impressive. Full keyboard for full laptop functionality but then can use without as a tablet using the pen to crop images in and write and the like. He's using it for his Uni and it's a god send for writing down notes and equations then pasting a cut from a webpage in in seconds.
IMO well worth the money if you don't want just an android tablet but don't want a full laptop. I'd say get the one you need with only tip the hat at the budget though. A good one will last longer and pay for itself over time.
I always go for big screens so nervous about recommended smaller screens but if you are absolutely sure then something like the Surface Go 3
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/microsoft-10.5-surface-go-3-intel-pentium-128-gb-platinum-10230516.html
Check if the keyboard comes with it. It's only got one USB so you'll need to buy one of them extender things if you want to hard network and use other USB things thoughLast edited by northernladuk; 25 August 2022, 15:12.
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Tablet for The Wife
I've been asked by The WifeTM for advice on a tablet computer for her work. She's got an iPad for personal use but wants to replace an old Dell laptop with something smaller and lighter.
Main requirements:
1. Running MS Office (mainly PowerPoint presentations, some Excel)
2. Ability to connect to a projector (to display presentations)
3. Wifi/bluetooth only (don't need to connect via sim card)
4. USB-C or similar charging.
5. Screen less than 13"
Nice to have:
6. Remote Desktop
7. Work with standard external keyboard & mouse
8. Needs storage for some files, but I doubt anywhere near 128GB total memory.
Her work will be buying it for her, but said that since I work in IT, I obviously know everything about Microsoft Surface, etc. Budget is around £400.
Anyone with knowledge care to make any suggestions?Tags: None
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