Tablet recommendation, advice needed and some other questions

UKGuy2012 said:
I need some advice on which tablet I should get. I don't know much about technology. I always get advice from my sister, she brought the laptop I am using and set up the internet.

A few days ago, there was a clicking sound on my laptop and wouldn't load. My sister took the hard drive out of the laptop and use the linux CD to load the screen. It works fine now and takes around 15 minutes before I can use the internet.

There are times when the screen goes fuzzy. I am not sure what the problem is, sometimes, the screen works fine, sometimes, it's fuzzy.

At the moment, youtube, ITV player, BBC I-player works, but channel4 40D doesn't work. Channel4OD use to work before my sister took the hard drive out.

Now, I am thinking of getting a tablet. At first, I wanted an WIfi phone, but I have a mobile phone already, so I though a tablet would be better value.

I looked at amazon, and seen tablets price as low as 50 pounds up to 2000 pounds.

What I need is

Microsoft Words
Internet
Internet that plays youtube videos, BBC Iplayer, ITV player and Channel40D player
Can print internet pages and words document
Can play CDs and DVDS. I don't think tablets can play CD or DVDs? Correct me if I wrong
That is all I need.

How much would I be looking to spend? I want to spend under 200 pounds, but would spend more.

Anyone have a tablet, any advantages or disadvantages of having one?

Thanks for any recommendation and advice
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Random Component Failure.

Right down to business.

What is your budget?

Correct a tablet cannot play a CD/DVD.

Now for a cheap realiable bit of kit look here :

HP Compaq Presario CQ56-250sa. Open Box: 6 Months Warranty.

HP Pavilion G62-A17SA. Open Box: 6 Months Warranty.

Samsung RV511-A07UK. Open Box: 6 Months Warranty.

Some kit will come with open box warranties like the above, new kit can come with 1 yr or 2 yr warranties.

You have to hunt around to find what you need and require.

Tablets can be a pain to use, the Ipad1/2 are great, however l have an Asus Transformer TF101 and use it mainly on long flights or when kicking my heels between flights and transits.

I think all you really need is a cheap Laptop as above, or really just get a new HDD/SDD for the laptop you have and install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with its 5 year support it is solid, with vlc and 3rd party install it should handle most HD content and libre office will cover your other requirements.

Regards.

C.
 
CEUOTC said:
Random Component Failure.

Right down to business.

What is your budget?

Correct a tablet cannot play a CD/DVD.

Now for a cheap realiable bit of kit look here :

HP Compaq Presario CQ56-250sa. Open Box: 6 Months Warranty.

HP Pavilion G62-A17SA. Open Box: 6 Months Warranty.

Samsung RV511-A07UK. Open Box: 6 Months Warranty.

Some kit will come with open box warranties like the above, new kit can come with 1 yr or 2 yr warranties.

You have to hunt around to find what you need and require.

Tablets can be a pain to use, the Ipad1/2 are great, however l have an Asus Transformer TF101 and use it mainly on long flights or when kicking my heels between flights and transits.

I think all you really need is a cheap Laptop as above, or really just get a new HDD/SDD for the laptop you have and install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with its 5 year support it is solid, with vlc and 3rd party install it should handle most HD content and libre office will cover your other requirements.

Regards.

C.
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Thanks for the links.

I notice that the laptops on your links are quite cheap, all under 300 pounds. Are there a massive differences between those cheap laptops and the more expensive ones, say 1000 pounds?

What is a open box warranty? Is that the same as a normal warranty, where if your laptop break downs within 6 months, you can get it fixed for free?

I don't really have a budget. I want to spend as little as possible, all I need is for the laptop/tablet to be able to use the internet, run words, can print webpages and word documents. I don't really need a CD/DVD drive.

I am planning on buying an external hard drive. I think you connect it to the USB port. The laptop should start up a lot quicker. It currently takes about 15 minutes to load up and to be able to use the internet.

I am not sure if I can get my saved word documents and notepad files back.
 
UKGuy2012 said:
Thanks for the links.

I notice that the laptops on your links are quite cheap, all under 300 pounds. Are there a massive differences between those cheap laptops and the more expensive ones, say 1000 pounds?

What is a open box warranty? Is that the same as a normal warranty, where if your laptop break downs within 6 months, you can get it fixed for free?

I don't really have a budget. I want to spend as little as possible, all I need is for the laptop/tablet to be able to use the internet, run words, can print webpages and word documents. I don't really need a CD/DVD drive.

I am planning on buying an external hard drive. I think you connect it to the USB port. The laptop should start up a lot quicker. It currently takes about 15 minutes to load up and to be able to use the internet.

I am not sure if I can get my saved word documents and notepad files back.
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A £300 laptop will be a world away from a £1000 laptop wrt warranty, support, build quality and overall specifications of the laptop.

A £300 laptop will play farmville at a push.

HP Pavilion G6-1154SA A farmville laptop.

However it will still do:

"Microsoft Words
Internet
Internet that plays youtube videos, BBC Iplayer, ITV player and Channel40D player
Can print internet pages and words document
Can play CDs and DVDS."



A £1000 laptop will comfortably play MW3/BF3/Skyrim@native res etc play HD, multi task (however it will not make you tea, iron your shift or do up your laces for you).

MSI GT683-694UK A gaming laptop.

This will also do:

"Microsoft Words
Internet
Internet that plays youtube videos, BBC Iplayer, ITV player and Channel40D player
Can print internet pages and words document
Can play CDs and DVDS."

Ok right the open box warranty l guess is relevant to OCuK, however the laptop l have posted below will cover all bases with a small premium, it will do the job, take a lot less than 15mins to load an be usable and will easily run all you tube, iplayer etc at HD level.

It comes with a standard 1 year warranty, most laptops should last at least 3-4yrs with normal none desert/Afghanistan use.

MSI CX640MX-232UK 15.6" Intel Core i3 2.1Ghz Dual Core, 512MB Dedicated GeForce 410M Graphics Laptop.

And this will also do:

"Microsoft Words
Internet
Internet that plays youtube videos, BBC Iplayer, ITV player and Channel40D player
Can print internet pages and words document
Can play CDs and DVDS."

Regards.

C.
 
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