On Friday, December 26, 2014 1:07:30 PM UTC-10, sf wrote:
> Just heard about the Nextbook (it's spelled correctly) - quad core.
> What is your valued opinion about that one?
>
>
> 10.1" touchscreen
> 1.83GHz Intel Atom Z3735G Quad-Core processor
> 32GB of storage memory
> Microsoft Windows 8.1 OS
> Webcams, WiFi and Bluetooth
> Battery Life estimated @ 10 hours
>
> I don't know anything about processors and Atom is probably pretty
> slow, but at least it's a quad core - so that part is less of a
> bottleneck. I wanted to hold out for Windows 10, but now the release
> date is slated for the end of September and I can't wait that long.
>

It sounds OK if you can live with the small form size. I'm typing this on a similar spec machine. I think you should find one with more than 1 GB of RAM - the one I'm using has 2GB. The low wattage of these machines are a good thing as are Windows machines that go for under $250.

OTOH, the laptop that I really like is a 13.3" screen Chromebook with an HD display. They're great! Too bad I gave the one I had to my daughter. You'd have to use Google Groups to post on a Chromebook but that's a very small price to pay to ditch Windows and all the burden and hassles of that dinosaur of an OS.


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