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iPad vs Kindle Fire advice pls, thanks.
Matryoshka
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I won £500 vouchers and earmarked it for the children's Christmas presents
I was planning to buy an iPad for my 11 year old son so he can surf the net but particularly so he can use it for his homework.
Now, I have won a Kindle Fire :j and understand you can go on the net on it too
Should I give him the Kindle or still buy the iPad for him? Or simply buy him a laptop? Every suggestion welcome.
Thank you
I won £500 vouchers and earmarked it for the children's Christmas presents
I was planning to buy an iPad for my 11 year old son so he can surf the net but particularly so he can use it for his homework.
Now, I have won a Kindle Fire :j and understand you can go on the net on it too
Should I give him the Kindle or still buy the iPad for him? Or simply buy him a laptop? Every suggestion welcome.
Thank you
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:If you see it in your mind, you're going to hold it in your hand.
Thoughts become things!
What you think about you bring about!
No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.
Romans 12:15 Be happy with those who are happy
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Personally if it was me and I wanted it for homework I would say the lap top so that you will be able to use things like Microsoft word to write assignments etc on. Can't imagine that would be easy om an IPAD or kindle.
Keep the kindle for yourself £2 Savers Club for 2022 #120 -
I would choose a laptop over an ipad anyday 0
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Thanks both. The iPad mini I had espied cost £269.00 in Argos. I have now seen this laptop ASUS X501U-XX039H 15.6" Laptop - White
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/asus-x501u-xx039h-15-6-laptop-white-17056517-pdt.html from pcworld and it costs £269.99 so only a pound difference
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If you see it in your mind, you're going to hold it in your hand.
Thoughts become things!
What you think about you bring about!
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Kindle is designed to read books on. Yes the fire has internet on but probably no better than a current smart phone and i wouldn't let kids use a phone to do homework on
Ipad and kindle are more for entertainmet than practical purposes in my eyes£2 Savers Club for 2022 #120 -
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If you see it in your mind, you're going to hold it in your hand.
Thoughts become things!
What you think about you bring about!
No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.
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I would certainly not see an iPad as a replacement for a laptop. I won an iPad and for games or checking emails it's great, but I couldn't cope with comping or anything major on it. It's really just a large smartphone without the phone facility. You can't use USBs or discs with an iPad either.Luck is believing you’re lucky – Tennessee Williams
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Thank you I'm glad I asked on here first
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If you see it in your mind, you're going to hold it in your hand.
Thoughts become things!
What you think about you bring about!
No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.
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My 'new IPad' is fantastic for games, email, internet browsing, texting and video calling but its an addition to the laptop, definatley not a replacement.
For homework use the laptop is definatley the best bet.0
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