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Laptop vs Tablet/Ipad for travel

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  • 30-03-2015 4:51pm
    #1
    verywell
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭


    Hi all

    I am travelling long haul shortly and have realised that my trusty ipad has very little storage space so I cannot put a lot of movies/tv shows on it.

    So I was wondering is there an alternative that you could suggest? I cannot afford to spend 600+ on a higher spec ipad. I would spend approx 300/450 on something new if I have to. Would a mini laptop be better or a different tablet?

    Any ideas on what I can do? Thank you!


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    #2
    ZENER
    Registered Users Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    Will your destination have decent connectivity? What about using some form of cloud storage to store content and access it as you need it?


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    #3
    verywell
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭verywell


    Hi Zener

    yes hopefully should have good connectivity. It really is only for light browsing and watching either Netflix or downloaded content.

    If I was on a plane I would not be able to download from Cloud? Sorry might be a silly q. Not very technical.


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,448 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    verywell wrote: »
    If I was on a plane I would not be able to download from Cloud? Sorry might be a silly q. Not very technical.

    Don't even think about it. Downloading a movie from the cloud on a plane would probably cost you the price of a new iPad.


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    #5
    verywell
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭verywell


    Thanks coylemj. That rules cloud out so. I was thinking if I got a small laptop or an android tablet then I could use my external harddrive to view any movies etc that I needed.

    Kinda sorry I got the ipad as the storage is so small on it.


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,220 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    I'd get a sub-€100 Android tablet with a microSD slot and a few 32GB cards


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    #7
    verywell
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭verywell


    Any particular ones?


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    #8
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,220 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    No specific recommendations, but you may as well try and get the most recent Android version you can find, for your price. Or you might get a secondhand laptop. I just bought one recently for £16! (2GHz Dual Core 15", just needed a charger and hard drive). Postage and exchange rates and ParcelMotel brought it up to about €36.

    You might consider if a tablet will power your external drive?


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    Seamu$
    Registered Users Posts: 606 ✭✭✭Seamu$


    You could look at OTG (on the go) storage solutions - usb drives with a suitable connector that your device can play content from. Although the Apple options seems much much more expensive than the micro usb alteratives that would work with Android tablets etc.

    Apple

    Micro USB OTG 64GB or this


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