I need help to choose the right tablet for my mom. See description for more info.

Discussion in 'Tablets and Smart Phones' started by apun77, Mar 5, 2019.

  1. apun77

    apun77 Guest

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    Hi guys,

    I just talked with my father 5 minutes ago because my mom's birthday is in 2 weeks (my parents are both around 70 years old). He told me he wanna buy her a tablet. But my dad has absolutely no clue what a tablet is, he is old and don't even know how to start up a computer. He told me the cost is around 1000$ (we are in Canada) and it is because it is made by apple (I have no clue who told him that).

    Just to make it clear, I am 30 years olds, I built 3 computers in the past by myself and I know what I'm doing when it's about desktops so I told him WWWAIIT!. But I have no clue about Mac products or even tablets in general. I never owned a tablet and I don't want one so I'm clueless.

    My Mother is old but she started using computers maybe 10 years ago to send emails to her sisters in France and then learned about 5 years ago how to use bridge games or subscribe to websites to play bridge online and she likes it. Sometimes she isn't home for a few weeks because she is paid to help older people in other cities in the province of quebec and she would like to be able to access her email and play her bridge game without having to bring her laptop. (she knows how to use it but is really insecure and always call be for everything).

    What kind of tablet would do the job? I can answer more questions in the comments. Thank you
     
  2. scoter man1

    scoter man1 Ancient Guru

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    I'd strongly recommend a chromebook over a tablet. If you're sending emails, idk why you'd ever want to use a tablet. It's hard to hold and type on.

    I got a chromebook for my mom and she loves it. Can't destroy it either (software wise).

    She actually had a tablet before, never used it. I sold it and bought the chromebook for her instead, huge difference.

    Maybe one of these:
    https://www.google.com/chromebook/device/acer-chromebook-11-cb311-8h/
    or
    https://www.google.com/chromebook/device/hp-chromebook-11-g5/
    or
    https://www.google.com/chromebook/device/asus-chromebook-c202/
     
    Last edited: Mar 10, 2019

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