What can I actually use a tablet for?

[hendrebc]

Have a laptop for doing usual farm office stuff but can't really be arsed carrying it home to do some work of an evening all the time. And I always forget the damn thing like I did again today I have a Microsoft office account and it's cloud based so I don't have to move stuff around with a usb stick like I used to. So could I use a tablet for that at home? Wouldn't be a lot just messing about with spreadsheets mostly. And the usual stuff normal people have tablets for of course. Can't make much sense of what I've read on google Seen some refurbed ones on eBay for not much money don't want to spend a lot id rather drag the laptop home than that. Yes you got it I'm lazy and tight in equal measure

 

[TripleSix]

Put a cheap pc in the office, preferably with 2 screens and keep the laptop at home.
Much easier, everything cloud based so all data shared.

 

[milkloss]

I wouldn’t do spreadsheets on a tablet. I’m sure some do but I reckon it’d take some getting used to.
General browsing and keeping the child happy is our use for it/them but we do have a wireless printer at home which makes it more handy.

 

[Bury the Trash]

I Use mine with an app and a stickreader on the sheep.
Plenty of pdf's info on it etc to have nearby when setting a machine up or repair info.
Way bigger screen and keyboard than phone is the point.
But best to Get a decent case or cover for it .

 

[farmerm]

My farm office and home office are one and the same... personally I would just get a second laptop or a PC for the office. I loved the iPhone when we first got it but I can't even remember when I last picked it up, even the kids haven't picked it up for weeks. For portability the mobile is much handier, for workflow the laptop with multiscreens, wireless keyboard and mouse smashes what I can achieve on a tablet.

 

[Henarar]

Do they work like a phone only bigger?

 

[farmerm]

To put it simply... If you want to do what you can do on a phone but with a bigger screen then get a tablet, if you want to do what you do on a laptop but with on a second device then get another laptop.

 

[farmerm]

Do they work like a phone only bigger?

pretty much.

 

[hendrebc]

How much would one o

To put it simply... If you want to do what you can do on a phone but with a bigger screen then get a tablet, if you want to do what you do on a laptop but with on a second device then get another laptop.

That's pretty much what I needed to know thanks
I'd seen refurbished tablets and iPads on eBay for £100 or less and thought it would be handy but had another look on eBay now and you can get refurb laptops for the same money or not much more so than settles it. Or I could just not be a lazy useless f**k and remember to take the other laptop home in the first place

 

[deleted user 837354]

Tablets are fairly cheap provided you don't want to do much more than run Office applications. If you want a Tablet that will record video, edit it and put it on the web whilst you create content and X Y Z then you can get them but it will be £1000-1500.

If you look in Tesco you can get Samsung tablets that will run a lot of apps very readily, read emails, PDFs, respond to emails etc etc.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

My only advice, is to look after the battery properly - eg run it out, and charge it up fully while NOT using it.
Unlike many phones, where you can replace the battery when it starts failing - most tablets won't let you do this

 

[Cowabunga]

I wouldn’t do spreadsheets on a tablet. I’m sure some do but I reckon it’d take some getting used to.
General browsing and keeping the child happy is our use for it/them but we do have a wireless printer at home which makes it more handy.

An iPad Pro with stylus would work as would one with a wireless bluetooth keyboard and mouse or trackpad. It all adds to the cost though. For business use you will get the VAT back, if registered, and 100% tax relief, which is a heck of a different prospect to the ordinary family on a wage gets.

 

[milkloss]

An iPad Pro with stylus would work as would one with a wireless bluetooth keyboard and mouse or trackpad. It all adds to the cost though. For business use you will get the VAT back, if registered, and 100% tax relief, which is a heck of a different prospect to the ordinary family on a wage gets.

Have you got an Apple Pencil or stylus?

 

[Cowabunga]

Have you got an Apple Pencil or stylus?

No, and neither do I use the iPad Pro for spreadsheets. It would be useful though, because editing and deleting text, in particular, is a pain on the iPad without those aids. I much prefer to use the office iMac because of this.

 

[milkloss]

No, and neither do I use the iPad Pro for spreadsheets. It would be useful though, because editing and deleting text, in particular, is a pain on the iPad without those aids. I much prefer to use the office iMac because of this.

Thought so. I have a niece in uni on an architects degree and she needs a new ‘pen’ every couple of months for her iPad Pro. They just don’t last very well even if not dropped or abused.
One time she went to the apple store and the guy said that the iPad update had interrupted the communication somehow but that was fine, a new one only costs £xx!!!

She does like it very much and is always praising how good it is but Daddy always pays for a new one so that’s ok

 

[Cowabunga]

Thought so. I have a niece in uni on an architects degree and she needs a new ‘pen’ every couple of months for her iPad Pro. They just don’t last very well even if not dropped or abused.
One time she went to the apple store and the guy said that the iPad update had interrupted the communication somehow but that was fine, a new one only costs £xx!!!

She does like it very much and is always praising how good it is but Daddy always pays for a new one so that’s ok

Was it the tips falling off?

Anyhow, since neither of us have paid for and used their pen, but we presumably both use keyboards and mice or trackpads, we both know that these work. I love the Magic Mouse from Apple but would prefer to have the extended keyboard rather than the standard cordless Apple keyboard, if only for the dedicated numerical keys. I find it much more convenient to use a calculator style numerical key set than a straight row of keys across the top of the board.
First World problems I know.

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

Good for a quick check of the commandments whilst your out and about. Some forward thinking types have suggested the reverse side can be used to jot down the seven deadly sins...quite like yorkstone finish myself, but the missus prefers bathstone

 

[Bury the Trash]

mines a Samsung galaxy heck of a camera on it. Can get replacement batteries for it as well not that it needs one yet after 2 and half years of regular use.