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Originally Posted by DIRTYSECRET
My MacBook's good but I don't want to travel with it. I may be out of the country for 6 months and all I need is emails and perhaps my pro football/baseball. An iPad may be best but a bit on the expensive side. Dependability is the key word.
Any ideas? Thanks.
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I will begin with all the disclaimers: Not an apple fan, have had 2 large (10.5) screen Samsung tablets, NO complaints ever, very easy platform to use, incredible vibrant screen image and camera, but in the $500 category. Also never been a big Amazon fan, but of course most of us can't avoid it completely. Wanted a very inexpensive tablet for travel, still wanted a large enough screen to not get eye fatigue when I used it as a laptop. With reluctance, I ordered one from a TV shopping channel, think it was the one here in FL. The big "deal" (it was around Thanksgiving or maybe school starting) some years ago now, was the 10+ inch Amazon Fire for less than $100. All I can tell you is this thing has been beaten around everywhere, from beach, to cruise ship, to golf cart and air plane, often without even putting it into protective case ! The cameras, front and back, are excellent (but yes, my new Samsung Note phone is a higher quality camera, but most would not know the difference in the ones I take with the Fire. Never thought I'd be recommending an Amazon tablet, but, now I wonder why I ever bought such expensive ones ! That's my honest review (confession ! LOL !)