Horses for courses FFS!
Why does every tablet, phone & console thread turn into a bloody fanboy soapbox?
All formats have their merits, you make a decision based on your requirements and your budget - you don't have to justify your choices by slagging off the opposition :disappointed:

​a locked platform is the future

This is a budget tablet thread.
We understand that something 4-5 times this price will likely be better.

Good housekeeping :smiley:

SOLD OUT
http://www.rakuten.co.uk/shop/luzerntech/product/TES-079842651-A-UK/

I had that once, anti biotics sorted it though.

Just a quick update to this, got my tablet recently, have tried it with xbox one streaming and it works like a charm, pretty happy with my £40 impulse buy.

Well I'm amongst the many who have grasped the fact that Apple are going down..when an investor like Carl Icahn dumps 2 billion USD of Apple stocks on live TV, one knows where the company is headed.

The iPad mini 2 (retina)is hardly a "very poor screen", it just has worse color saturation than the mini 4. It's signicantly superior to this Windows tablet's screen even with the use of the cheaper panel.

Also, just because something is designed so intuitively that a child can use it doesn't make it any worse for an adult to use. Likewise, just because something is difficult and complicated doesn't make it good. Not that I expect you to grasp that.

Actually, tablets have eMMC drives which are not as fast as SSD but the 1GB on budget Windows tablets isn't that limiting in my experience. More is always better though :wink:

And wouldn't you rather give your kids the best device tailored for them with the best battery? No point buying a cheapy device whose battery lasts an hour and probably dies after a year. Heck, the iPad probably works out cheaper if anything as you're not having to recharge it all the time and waste your time, effort, energy and electricity bill

I haven't used it but it shouldn't since linx 7 runs fine. Obviously don't expect much from it but still.
If I'm not mistaking if its running out of rams they use your storage memory and since its SSD(yes I know its not super fast ssd but still) it should be fine.

Well obviously its battery is worse than ipads. I mean look at the price. :x
Yes I agree about ipad being easier to use but it should be obvious I mean comparing these 2 is like comparing calculator and ipad.
Both can calculate but calculator is easier to use and battery lasts for months....
Bit by bit and all those limited arm tablets will die.

Agreed. The main advantage of the Linx 10 was 2GB of RAM, and it was not much more expensive.

This one is really compromised, and only useful for certain applications. Even Chrome will struggle.

steam streaming too. and many websites like hulu need windows for free. buy

Thank you for the info, i think i will give it a punt for the price.

The Linx 7 has the same hardware inside and handles it very well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWScR_-_He0

Yes, will be fine unless you try running 4K or larger 1080 files.

Hi all, just wondered if this would be able to handle kodi ok.

Horses for courses FFS!
Why does every tablet, phone & console thread turn into a bloody fanboy soapbox?
All formats have their merits, you make a decision based on your requirements and your budget - you don't have to justify your choices by slagging off the opposition :disappointed:

Windows tablet - Cheap iPad wannabe with a quarter of the battery life that isn't built from the ground up for touch. Trying too hard to serve two separate roles.

Ipad - multimedia
Android - multimedia
Windows tablet - a proper pc with all multimedia capabilities.

a dance platform

A railway platform?

I think for kiddies (thinking of my six year-old niece particularly) the Hudl 2 or similar is the way to go.

But - I think we underestimate how quickly children pick things up - some children will be able to use Windows desktop (the App Store is rubbish) - especially if they're used to PCs. My niece can navigate Android perfectly well, she either plays games or watches continuous Minecraft videos on Youtube :smiley:

​a locked platform is the future

Whilst I respect your opinion I do believe the iPad would be better suited to a child. Indeed the children of the next generation are going to wonder why we go through the trouble of desktop operating systems when iPad is so much better. IOS is the future, Windows and osx are the past

This is a pretty good point. Whilst we have a couple of iPads, they will not be replaced when they expire, instead we will use the Windows 10 tablets we have acquired in the meantime. There is an educational advantage for my son (aged 11) in having the same interface as his laptop, desktop and the computers at school, which think is really important.

Well, from personal experience I would not agree with any of those claims. Some people think it is wort paying four times as much for a sexy badge, others are happier to get much the same usability for a quarter of the cost (less when one considers the cost of proprietary peripherals and repairs).
Don't get upset about this issue, no one one has been disrespectful to you, they have just pointed out that an iPad is very poor value in this market.

I've got a Linx 8 and it didn't fare so well when I tried it but when I stated this last time on here, someone else with a Linx 8 said the opposite.
It might come down network setup - best of luck :smiley:

I was considering getting one of these tablets last week @ £50, have ordered one today with the extra 15% off just to see how it handles Xbox one streaming

In the 1st photo Mila Kunis is CAKED in make-up, yuk! :disappointed: But I`d still sh*g her (given the chance) :laughing:

A budget Android tablet would have made a better suggestion but a Windows tablet will suit some children very well indeed.
It works with Flash websites, it can run "proper" (x86) software and it readys them with a familiarity of a proper OS for when they will want / need a laptop.
Don't underestimate how quickly kids pick up technology - it's us foagies that resist change :stuck_out_tongue:

Surely it goes without saying the quality of an item costing 5x as much is going to be better?.

:laughing::disappointed:

And its 1000000 times more limited. :wink:
Plus good luck changing that screen when kids will break it. :smiley:

And will last 4 times as long with 4 times nicer screen and be 4 times more usable for a child.

With respect, that is a very silly comment. iPads cost 4 times as much and to be candid they are not much better (we have two iPads).

jeez.....did someone really say "you would be better off with an ipad"

Yeah, and I'd be better with mila kunis.

I replied with his particular use case in mind being children for which an iPad is much better even if more expensive as it's a lot easier. Why waste money on something the children aren't going to be able to be productive on. This would be my recommendation http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-iPad-Mini-2-Retina-16GB-Wi-Fi-7-9in-White-Grade-B-GOOD-CONDITION-/272036614232?nav=SEARCH

Would this play 1080p mkv videos ok?

What do these have to do with Tesco?

Mmm, tempting.

I've been after a 10+ tablet simply to read comics on and nothing else. Seems fairly decent for this.

How about posting your first deal for a similarly priced iPad.

This is a budget tablet thread.
We understand that something 4-5 times this price will likely be better.

You're better off getting an iPad

Personally I'd be looking for 2gb of RAM. There are plenty of used Windows tablets doing the rounds on ebay - I picked up an 8" unit last week for £36 and it's in mint condition and works really well so far.

But if you just want it to browse the net then this should be fine. These users will be fine with 1gb of ram and the odd slow down, but for power users it's too limiting. Horses for courses but heat from me

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Probably better getting an Android tablet in that case, would be easier for them to use and probably much better with the apps

These any good

For the kids so General web browsing and youtube etc