joz8968

iTrader: (13)

Please see here...

https://www.scoobynet.com/showthread...1038527&page=1


[Mods, if you want to clean up the threads by moving the original one in NSR to here, then pls feel free... ]

dpb

if you get one the lynx 10 , don't update it windows 10 - at least not without supervision

mine was 40 quid , deal on its own

dpb

You could course get one them there MacBook , basically a netbook, for x 10 price

An0n0m0us

Netbooks are a thing of the past they basically don't exist any more. A netbook was a small laptop with a 10.1" screen or smaller and ran with a very slow atom cpu (not to be confused with the current much improved modern atom cpus). The 11.6" laptops have never been categorised as netbooks and always been laptops and these are still a popular size laptop for portability.

What you have now are tablets, convertibles and laptops. From your requirements you are after a Windows tablet with a keyboard such as the Linx 10 which is what I have or a convertible which is basically a laptop with the keyboard able to swivel all the way round to act as a stand or fully round so it can be held like a tablet. However because their keyboard doesn't normally detach they are far heavier than a tablet with a removable keyboard.

So when searching look for convertibles not netbooks and windows tablets. On the tablet side you can get something as cheap as the Miix or Linx right through to the top end of the market of a Microsoft Surface/Pro edition. The Surface 3 is currently £349 at John Lewis which is the cheapest it's been but is now a generation out of date. The Pro versions are far superior but are incredibly expensive.

As for Windows it will be Windows 10 all the way now. It is the best iteration of Windows to date and I say that from a technical background. Those who knock it generally aren't from a Windows technical background and shouldn't be slating something because they don't understand how good it is or what you need to do to improve it from the standard setup.

I didn't mention there are also the 2 in 1s but these are big money. These are laptops with detachable keyboards so you get a proper laptop and a powerful tablet but you pay for it. As an example:

http://www.intel.co.uk/buy/uk/en/cat...604.1463999626

So as always with tech it depends what you prepared to spend as to what you can get.

joz8968

iTrader: (13)

Cheers everyone.

Many thanks for that extremely helpful post, Anon.

I want a Windows one cause of my particular needs.

Will prob go with the Linx 10.

Does Windows 10 still allow you to configure and assign a COM port via the USB?

An0n0m0us

No problem

Is this any help:

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/usb...in-windows-10/

joz8968

iTrader: (13)

Cheers.

Does that mean the USB is already pre-configured as a COM out of the box, all ready to go... No drivers need installing?

An0n0m0us

For the particular hardware with device ids mentioned in that blog covered by the driver then yes. So you will need to know if the hardware you are connecting is USB CDC Abstract Control Model (ACM) compliant hardware.