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| Thread ID: 127167 | 2012-10-08 06:27:00 | Best lappy for kids at high school next year | kiwimik (16839) | Press F1 |
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| 1305716 | 2012-10-08 08:08:00 | If I was the schools sys admin there is no way I would want to spend my time dealing with old crap that was too slow to run the schools apps properly. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1305717 | 2012-10-08 08:23:00 | Take a look on the lenovo webstore. Great value :thumbs: Edit: I did for you: shopap.lenovo.com |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1305718 | 2012-10-08 08:28:00 | thanks Alex, asus doesnt look to bad, windows surface doesnt look to bad either, maybe i should wait for a few months before purchasing | kiwimik (16839) | ||
| 1305719 | 2012-10-08 08:30:00 | Some really good buying on that Lenovo website too by the look. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1305720 | 2012-10-08 08:44:00 | I think we need more posts endorsing lenovo. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1305721 | 2012-10-08 08:57:00 | You should see their sales, you'd think they where owned by briscoes (except what they sell isn't crap and isn't a ripoff). | icow (15313) | ||
| 1305722 | 2012-10-08 09:35:00 | It is true, what the man says. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1305723 | 2012-10-08 18:21:00 | Basically the brief is no tablets, at least 11" screen, Crazy. Why? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1305724 | 2012-10-08 20:01:00 | There are plenty of reasonable laptops in that price range, I was looking for one for myself recently and found a range of toshiba, lenovo and asus laptops at PBtech for $650-$900 with i3 or i5 processors. I can't give you any feedback though because I went with a tablet instead. The main concern for me would be robustness, even the most careful of teenagers tend to be rough on hardware particularly when carrying it every day. I'm a little against the Idea myself, allowing students to use technology for notetaking and schoolwork is fine but they should be able to use anything that their family can afford that they find useful be it tablet or laptop or even a PDA. Anything that's "required" for schoolwork outside of books should be supplied by the school in my opinion. I think my transformer tablet would be superior to a netbook in a lot of ways, and lighter, more portable, and better on batteries compared to a full size laptop. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1305725 | 2012-10-08 20:32:00 | I think my transformer tablet would be superior to a netbook in a lot of ways, and lighter, more portable, and better on batteries compared to a full size laptop. Heck yes! Even the original which you can pick up WITH the keyboard dock for around $500-ish these days would be fantastic. Lighter, better battery life, those are the two main things. I recall starting Uni, everybody always fought over the seats next to a power socket (Or at least raced to sit in them first in a class). My Eee701 though survived me through two classes in row without the need to plug in to battery, not to mention I would always bring a multiboard in my bag so that in the odd event I *did* need to plug in, I was always guaranteed to get power :D For taking notes, basic browsing, research, and even some Java programming, it was absolutely brilliant. Not a fan of having to lug a full-sized / weight laptop around all day! What a joke... On top of that, on the off chance something *does* happen, a cheaper tablet with a keyboard dock, or a netbook, you won't feel *as* bad if you have to replace it vs something that cost twice as much. |
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