Ask HN: Tablet Choices

Posted by fumar on Thursday October 25, 2012 @11:22AM
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My girlfriend's birthday is on Sunday.

She needs to replace her laptop. Ideally, I would buy her a Macbook Air. Unfortunately, she is dead set on a tablet of some sort. She was excited by the Courier video a few years back.

She really wants a tablet with a good keyboard solution. I think Surface is the best bet on it. What do you guys think?

I narrowed down the list to:

Microsoft Surface RT - iPad 3 - Refurbished, seems like a good deal iPad 4 - iPad Mini - Asus Transformer Prime -

I added more notes on here, vpena.sqsp.com/2012/10/24/on-tablets Never thought, this would be a hard choice. I know Monday the Nexus 10 will probably debut.

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Re:Ask HN: Tablet Choices by duiker101 on Thursday October 25, 2012 @11:26AM (#4697960)

Totally go for the surface, if money is no problem I think ATM there is no other tablet I would buy. Other way the Transformer is great, but if it's a laptop replacement I would still go on the Surface to avoid risking the need to buy a laptop later because she feels the tablet is not enough.

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Re:Ask HN: Tablet Choices by fumar on Thursday October 25, 2012 @12:37PM (#4698240)

Right, I think the biggest draw back for Surface RT is the screen. I have an HP Touchpad, and the resolution is terrible. But, I think im leaning towards Surface at the moment.

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Re:Ask HN: Tablet Choices by Galactor963 on Thursday October 25, 2012 @12:48PM (#4698301)

How tech savvy is she? I've found that many people who say they want "a tablet" really only think the iPad. If she saw the Courier video, I take it she's a little more tech savvy than that, but it's still worth asking.

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Re:Ask HN: Tablet Choices by fumar on Thursday October 25, 2012 @01:09PM (#4698411)

She has moderate skillz. We use a several different devices at home; iMac, macbook, Windows pc, HP Touchpad (cm9), Android smartphones. I think she would be willing to put up with a few quirks from a first gen device. But, the iPad feels less risky.

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Re:Ask HN: Tablet Choices by jamesjguthrie on Friday October 26, 2012 @01:44PM (#4703309)

From that list I'd go Surface RT. If you'd look at other options I'd say something like the Dell Latitude 10. That's a tablet but with the full Windows 8 experience.

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