ipad or netbook for travel - advice please (no joke this time its serious question !)

right am going away for two weeks in September for a 'sun and lazing around' holiday. Not done one of those for that long for a very long time. Anyway the hotel has wifi and i can't be offline for 14 days - 7 is manageable.

Laptop too big so do I buy a netbook or an ipad....? I know fuck all about ipads and not really arsed about having one but whats best. Or what does one do that the other don't. Does ipad take USB ??

Just want internet, to have my music on it for apartment (don't have an ipod and keep all mine on usb to play through tv and in car etc..)

Any advice, cheers

I have a 13.3" laptop that I find to be pretty portable (I'm tying on it right now). It was pretty expensive though.

You can get a decent netbook for a couple of hundred bucks if you can find a decent deal. I'd look into that route just because I know nothing about IPad's.

The lack of responses to this thread remind me of 'the little boy who cried wolf' ;D

I know - ignorant fuckers !

Disrespectful from posters to a guy who been round here since their mommas were still wipin' their noses

Dont know much about the notebook, but the i-pad's are really good, If it was a choice of the two, better the devil ya know, i-pad would be the one for me ;)

Basically,

A Tablette is kind of like a computer except it is not as powerful (at least, for the moment) and use a tactical screen instead of a keyboard, which works well but not as fast as a keyboard, would you have to work on it.
The good side though is that it is extremely pleasant to use with tactical screen, thin and somehow, very friendly user (for the Android and Ipad I could touch) and the autonomy of the battery is much better than a lap top in general (ipad battery life = more or less 10 hours where a lap top is more 3 to 5). Tablets tend to be a tad more expensive now than a netbook by around 200 bucks (guess it,s more or less the same in the UK.)
If you just want to read newspaper, answer casually emails and browse internet, a tablet can be interesting for you for the weight, easiness to carry and the life battery (which I believe is what you're looking for) but if you intend to either work on it or do more complex things, a good little netbook might be better.
The very best actually would be that you find somebody with a tablet/ipad and give it a try to see if you like how it works, from there you might have a very important imput concerning your next investment.

Some infos about it

What Is the Difference Between a Tablet PC & a Netbook? | eHow.com

What is the difference between a laptop and a notebook or netbook

right cheers

so two questions

i) can I add external speakers to a tablet

ii) and can it take usb (given they are only 32GB won't be much good for storing films and music)
ta

The I-Pad 1 does not USB ports..

I-Pad 2 does have them but cost more.

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right cheers

so two questions

i) can I add external speakers to a tablet

ii) and can it take usb (given they are only 32GB won't be much good for storing films and music)
ta

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You can plug speakers/headset on a tablet, there is no usb port on the Ipad I but it does on the second version. If you do not absolutely want an Ipad, you should still look at the alternatives with android system to see what fits best your needs.

If you just want web browsing, music and porn then an Android tablet or a cheap Linux based netbook will do the trick.

But knowing you, you'll go out and buy an iPad anyway.

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If you just want web browsing, music and porn then an Android tablet or a cheap Linux based netbook will do the trick.

But knowing you, you'll go out and buy an iPad anyway.

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I hate touch screen !

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right am going away for two weeks in September for a 'sun and lazing around' holiday. Not done one of those for that long for a very long time. Anyway the hotel has wifi and i can't be offline for 14 days - 7 is manageable.

Any advice, cheers

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Here is what you do; take the money you were thinking of spending on an Ipad/netbook, find a nice knocking shop & finally pop that cheery!

Needing a way to get online because you can't last 14 days? Seriously dude, get laid!

Hope we can still remain friends though.

xoxox

Just go and buy an ipad and stop pretending its because your laptops too big you nonce.

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Originally Posted by Mark TKO

right am going away for two weeks in September for a 'sun and lazing around' holiday. Not done one of those for that long for a very long time. Anyway the hotel has wifi and i can't be offline for 14 days - 7 is manageable.

Any advice, cheers

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Here is what you do; take the money you were thinking of spending on an Ipad/netbook, find a nice knocking shop & finally pop that cheery!

Needing a way to get online because you can't last 14 days? Seriously dude, get laid!

Hope we can still remain friends though.

xoxox

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Stupid fucking Welsh cunt

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Just go and buy an ipad and stop pretending its because your laptops too big you nonce.

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Stupid fucking Berskhire cunt

I normally like your jokes but this one is shit.

I really wanted an ipad2 but was put off by the fact it can't play avi files as standard. If like me you don't pay for your movIes then nine times out of ten it'll be in avi format. I'm not certain but I think to play avi files you'll need to convert them first with an app. Somebody else told me you can buy an app that plays avi but I'm not so sure.

Also, the iPad won't play flash videos. Not a major but it pisses me off when on say the BBC Sport website I can't view a post match interview cus it's in Flash. Add to that the cost of an iPad as well!

A net book is less than half the price of an iPad so it's the more economical choice but I doubt you'd get a movies worth of battery life out of one.

Personally even with all the cons I'd still want an IPad they just look the bollox!

going to go netbook- does everything I need it to do and wouldn't use an ipad

if only my mate in Croydon would answer his phone I might be able to get one tonight