fatscoobfella1

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So chaps..

Gonna buy the new missus a new lappy for her birthday..

She only browses the net,never emails or downloads anything.

15" screen minimum and wifi is the only citeria needed.

Any deals out there //

classic scooby

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how about an ipad??
if she dosn't do much on it maybe this might suit her better
just a thought

nick.

Ant

+1 battery life a lot better than a laptop too

fatscoobfella1

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Great idea!!

How many coins?

fatscoobfella1

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Ok,

Just had a look at ipads..

What is the plus sides to them ? Battery life obviously good,but small screen so thats to be expected.

Why do they need to be on a network,do you have to have a simcard for them?

MMT WRX

They have built in WiFi so need for simcard option. Just buy the basic model.

Ant

Small screen isnt too bad as you won't be sat with it on your lap.

If she's into facebook and all that then its ideal


The iPad 2 would be ideal

Sent from my iPad

The

Jamescsti

Another vote for the iPad, get a wifi only version.
If however you do want a laptop I'd suggest going to a tesco extra store or similar and having a look what they have, they will be cheaper than pc world etc and are generally easier to deal with. Should get one under £300 for your requirements.

Don't get a NetBook, they are rubbish without exception in my experience.

Littleted

Ipad no contest, we have 3 in this house best things ive ever bought, Insta web browsing.

steve ex vauxhall

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Another vote for the iPad, got mine 2 days ago, going for anothernformthe wife tomorrow,
Only one thing I cant suss out though, how the hell do you copy and paste, or is it not possible

JackClark

Hold your finger down on the text or file you want to copy

madmerlin

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Just to offer an option to the ipad (as good as they are)

go out buy a 300 quid lappy, remove the hard drive and flog it, buy and fit a solid state drive and reinstall windows.. job done.

you now have a lappy that boots in 10 seconds (mine is 12 seconds from pressing button to being on the net) which plays flash etc, (ipads dont) - dont want to start a popcorn moment here, just stating the facts

since fitting a ssd in my lappy i wouldnt use abything else, as its as fast (actually faster) than ipad, uses microsoft software and has a "Propper" keyboard..

worth concidering chap.

btw your std hard drive would be worth between 30 and 50 quid depending on size, a solid state drive would cost you arround 60 to 90 quid depending on size. (i just paid 90 for a 120 ocz)
Burn a recovery disk before you flog the std drive to make recovering 7 on the new drive a doddle

either way, lappy or ipad im sure you will be in the good books mate..

Chip

I just bought a Samsung P6800 7.7 tablet, so much faster than an ipad, and amoled screen makes the ipad screen look primitive, even the kids (big i fans) admit it's better.

madmerlin

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tbf ive been hearing very good reports about the samsung os

Chip

Its avery good OS system, battery life is also superb, seems to go for ever . So slim and lightweight as well.

Chip

http://www.mobilesmspk.net/compare/a...galaxy-tab-7.7

fatscoobfella1

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All sound good, the Samsung sounds brilliant but maybe a little bit of overkill for what's needed.

And I was trying to keep under £300 because I'm a tight bugger!! No real need to spend much more on a browsing tool is there??

An iPad would be great, I do like the idea.. Is it a lot of messing around to get set up?? I absolutely detest the iPhone I have to always mess about with it just to do the simplest tasks!!

Gear Head

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For £200 for our Asus Netbook, I completely disagree!
Had ours 2 years now and it hasn't missed a beat. Never slow of tedious to use, battery lasts 8 hours and it weigh just over 1KG. How can you go wrong? It even has an SD card reader.

What is an ipad but a glorified netbook minus the keyboard. The specs are almost identical.

Jaybird-UK

Apple store refurb iPad 2 for £259

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/FC769

Jamescsti

The iPad is very easy to set up, having said that if you detest the iPhone you will feel the same about the iPad as they are pretty much the same device when it comes down to it.
That's coming from the owner of an iPhone 4 and iPad 2 and I love both.

Brun

I just couldn't do with an Ipad - when sat browsing, you have to use one hand to hold it up surely? Laptop = perfect - doesn't fall over if you happen to let go of it

Brun

.......and an Ipad is an overgrown ipod touch which in turn is pretty much an iphone minus a sim so if you hate the iphone.......................

f1_fan

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If you don't like the iPhone you won't like the iPad. It's as simple as that. All the fanboys will tell you otherwise but what works for one person doesn't work for another.... a fact they seem unable to comprehend!

Read madmerlin's advice, for you that is the best option IMO! And a very good option it is too.

fatscoobfella1

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Yep i read Mad merlins advice...

But about 3 lines in he started to lose me....lol....

I wont be taking anything to bits and reinstalling stuf.....For "wont" read "cant"........

Ant

Isn't that all a bit of a hassle

f1_fan

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Well the taking to bits thing was just about improving the start up time, to be honest waiting for an extra half minute doesn't bother me and I would rather have a proper keyboard. Just get the laptop, it will be cheaper and as I said if you don't like the iPhone you won't like the iPad

fatscoobfella1

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Seems to be the direction i am heading.......

Tesco do a nice looking Toshiba for £267...

Jamescsti

I had a look at those in the tesco near me last week, they seemed pretty decent spec, if I was in the market for one I'd probably buy that, seems to fill your needs.