Tablets

That Surface 3 is extremely tempting. I might finally be tempted enough to pull the trigger on one.

Be careful on those. Would wait for reviews.

Remember this is not the first low cost surface they came out with. The last one was really bad.

And yes you need the type cover.

Really bad how? It was a terrible idea to fragment Windows and make the whole confusing Windows RT niche, but aside from that I haven't seen many complaints about the quality of those? This product eliminates the major problem with the original cheap surfaces by going x86 instead of ARM.

I don't know that it was 'bad' but RT is even more worthless than regular Win8. I would say it was rather simply not at the correct price point, especially considering the state of the Windows app store.

Get a minimum of $200 off of a Surface Pro 3 when you trade in ANY working tablet. In-store only, only good through tomorrow (April 18th)

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Column_sl said:

Be careful on those. Would wait for reviews.

Remember this is not the first low cost surface they came out with. The last one was really bad.

And yes you need the type cover.

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I've been very happy with the Surface 2, it is by far the best tablet (for me) I've used. Keep in mind I don't really need apps and used it mostly for work and reading the web, which it does nicely. The ability to dock Skype to once side while doing other work cannot be understated.

If you have a lighter laptop, I could see a tablet being superfluous. My wife has a Macbook Air and an iPad and just does all her internetting on the Air. Whereas I have a desktop and an iPad and use the iPad 98% of the time.

I have a gaming desktop, a big laptop(17" screen, dedicated GPU), a 10" Samsung tablet, 7" Nexus tablet, and a (5.5") Note 3 Phone.

I always bust out the laptop or get on my desktop if I'm actually interacting/typing a decent amount on a forum(like now). Touchscreens & auto-correct just absolutely blow for typing out more than 1 or two sentences(anything longer than a text), I need a full keyboard for that regardless. Not to mention trying to do advanced things like copying/pasting text or quoting previous posts, that's frustrating as hell on a touchscreen device.

That being said, If I'm laying on the couch and watching TV and just want to screw around and read stuff online as well, that almost always defaults to one of my tablets. The 7" Note is easy enough to hold with 1 arm if I'm completely laying down on my back or whatever, but the 10" tablet is definitely easier to read, and I'd rather use it for web browsing, but I pretty much need to lay it in my lap for using it at length, which is no big deal if I'm sitting upright in a chair or whatever(the 10" tablet has a flip cover that props it up like a laptop screen).

I'd say that anymore, 100% of my TV and movie viewing is done with a tablet in hand. I'm always wanting to look up an actor on IMDB, or google something about the show or characters. It just adds so much more to the viewing experience to see something happen, think of a question about it, and instantly have the answer in your hand rather than sitting there and wondering about it for the rest of the show. I hate watching a movie where you see someone, you recognize them but you can't think of what else you saw them in, and it bugs you for the entire movie. Now I can fix that in 30 seconds or less.

I've tried to get into tablets myself over the years, and have asked similar questions I think even in this thread at one point. I just never have been able to get into them.

It helps I suppose that I never have those thoughts like joeboo. Don't care who the actors are, or where I've seen them. It's a fleeting 15 second thought about where I've seen them before, and it's gone. Doesn't bug me. I also don't have regular cable TV, and only downloaded shows. If I'm watching TV, I'm watching the show. There are no commercials to use the tablet on, and I'm never watching a show I don't care that much about. I'm not forced to watch shows my wife likes, but I don't. lol. I also don't have any extra time where it would be useful. If I go to bed, I go to bed immediately. There is no lay in bed for a while with a tablet. I have no train or bus ride commute.

I feel the tablet is a little bit laptop, little bit smartphone, and for many, it works perfect to kind of bridge that gap, but for me, I never need that bridge.

meStevo_sl said:

Best Android tablets right now the Tab S from Samsung (currently $100 off at Amazon)?

Edit: picked one up today for the wife. Screen has to be seen to be believed.

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Why so good? That thing looks great.

Looking for tablet recommendations for my 72-year old mother. She's not technically savvy and struggles with the Windows 8 PC I set up for her (how she keeps managing to get a metro app to cover half the screen is beyond me).

I fucking hate Apple (irrational dislike from my Commodore days, I guess) but I'm seriously considering just buying an iPad for her. Although I fear that I could drop, what? $500 on one of these things and she'll fare no better.

The tablet would be used for nothing more than basic email, browsing the web, and MAYBE picture/movie taking. Do not care about the app library. I considered looking for a cheap Surface RT for this reason, but given that Windows 8 blows her mind I'm pretty hesitant.

She's used my Nexus 7 okay, so perhaps a 10" Android tablet. The Nexus 7 is slow as shit nowadays so would need something considerably quicker. Can't be any of this pushing buttons/swiping the screen with delayed responses. That'll frustrate the hell out of her as she won't understand "whats going on".

Kindle Fire? It has that help app.

Just bought a couple Surface 3 tablets for the wife and I. We sold our iPads because we needed the full windows for some school apps. So far, I'm impressed with them. The windows tablet apps are nothing to get excited about but it's nice having windows in a portable form factor. We can be at work and still study in our downtime.

Great build quality and while not faster than the pro 3, it's very snappy. I'd recommend them to folks that are looking for a bit more than a tablet. But fuck Microsoft for the price of accessories!