casanovawa
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For the last few years I have been travelling with a trusty HP netbook and it was good for most of the things i need it for - rugged enough to be carried around with the odd bump and bang, storing all the photos i take with my DSLR, wifi/internet in accommodation, skyping back home, bit of general typing/office apps and watching the odd movie in airports etc... Alas it has stopped working and so i am looking for something new...
Some of the pads look interesting, but not going to go with them just because they are more the 'in thing' if a netbook will do the job better... I didn't really use the netbook when i was home, i don't travel far to work and so watch movies/tv shows or browse the net on the train etc... It was pretty much just used when on travel... I would also usually take 1 gig portable hdd with me for storing and backing up photos and movies etc and from what i can tell most of the pads don't seem to have a USB connection to use hdds unless i then go and invest in a wireless hdd which doesn't excite me much...
I think some new sort of microsoft pads have come out that come with USBs although i despise the Windows 8 format and some of them seem to have some cut down windows 8 for mobile sort of things which also has less functionality is it?? I saw an ad on tv this morning for a Galaxy Tab 10.1 and had some guy doing some travelling to Samarkand and he was taking all sorts of amazing pics and then adding text and swishing this way and that, but i figure those ads always make products look better than what you will usually ever get out of them, plus once again haven't looked if its compatible with USB... Lastly i like a proper actual keyboard to type on rather than tapping on the screen, so i guess when considering price it means investing in a little keyboard as well and hopefully that will give it some level of the ruggedness and protection that a netbook has in its hard case...
Or do i just stick with a netbook, which there seems to be fewer and fewer for sale these days as pads take over the market...
Price range i would be happy with $300-600, not into spending thousands... If anyone who studies this stuff a bit more than me has anything to add would be glad to hear it...
Some of the pads look interesting, but not going to go with them just because they are more the 'in thing' if a netbook will do the job better... I didn't really use the netbook when i was home, i don't travel far to work and so watch movies/tv shows or browse the net on the train etc... It was pretty much just used when on travel... I would also usually take 1 gig portable hdd with me for storing and backing up photos and movies etc and from what i can tell most of the pads don't seem to have a USB connection to use hdds unless i then go and invest in a wireless hdd which doesn't excite me much...
I think some new sort of microsoft pads have come out that come with USBs although i despise the Windows 8 format and some of them seem to have some cut down windows 8 for mobile sort of things which also has less functionality is it?? I saw an ad on tv this morning for a Galaxy Tab 10.1 and had some guy doing some travelling to Samarkand and he was taking all sorts of amazing pics and then adding text and swishing this way and that, but i figure those ads always make products look better than what you will usually ever get out of them, plus once again haven't looked if its compatible with USB... Lastly i like a proper actual keyboard to type on rather than tapping on the screen, so i guess when considering price it means investing in a little keyboard as well and hopefully that will give it some level of the ruggedness and protection that a netbook has in its hard case...
Or do i just stick with a netbook, which there seems to be fewer and fewer for sale these days as pads take over the market...
Price range i would be happy with $300-600, not into spending thousands... If anyone who studies this stuff a bit more than me has anything to add would be glad to hear it...