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hmmm. I didn't know you could put Win 7 on a Mac Air.. I thought there was a problem with it not having USB 3.0 drivers and the Mac only having US 3 ports. :confused1:
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I travel with a little net book. Had the book for a good three four year's. The only down side is the memory. Not big enough. So get a couple of one ter bite drive's that you plug in. Just down load to the spare hard drive at night. You will need a main supplies to drive the book as it take's it time.

It's worked well for me in all these year's. So I see no reason to change what I have. The other up side to me is. If I lose or get stolen the book, I still have all the picture's and video. And to me that's the main thing. A new net book will be less than a £100 to replace.
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I'd be tempted by one of these

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Nook or Kindle Fire?
The Nook and Kindle are ebook readers that also cover web browsing, email, WiFi and have lots of Apps and some other Android features.

Probably not as much of a "real" computer" as others but for travel (for me) it may suit?

The $174 Nook, is not too expensive, IMO ... and it's $300 less than the new Apple ipad air. It does NOT have a camera (I don't need one as I have a "real" camera that takes pics and pretty good movies)

Seems OK for storing pics, posting to forums and sending emails on the road.
It even has some GPS ability (no idea how it works). I'm an IT moron ... so ... what am i missing here? Does someone with very little IT ability really need more?

Things I don't need in a travel computer:
camera
massive storage
storing or editing movies
Games
Use only very few Apps

Things I DO need:
Decent web browsing
Good WIFI functionality
Email
storing pics
A few books and some music (not a lot)

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Yeah.... Me too...

Looks kinda flimsy though don't you think.
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Looks kinda flimsy though don't you think.
Yeah the connecting parts look like they could be a tad flimsy. That said its designed to be used as both so I'd like to think that its a bit tougher than it looks..... or i might just be being optimistic...
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hmmm. I didn't know you could put Win 7 on a Mac Air.. I thought there was a problem with it not having USB 3.0 drivers and the Mac only having US 3 ports. :confused1:
The bit where I wrote "I have Win 7" should have read, "I hate Win 7"

Nevertheless I have two versions on Windows on my MBA. I have Win XP running as a virtual machine under Parallels Desktop which means I can run Mapsource et al as windows within Mac OS. I also have a separate 25GB boot partition with Win 7 on it, though I have to say it's been six months or more since I used that—many of my older apps are flaky with Win 7 which was the reason I decided to move away from Microsoft's OS.

No problems with USB. If Parallels Desktop is running and you plug something into a USB port it asks whether you want this to be connected to Mac OS or Windows.
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Why is this so difficult... Too much choice these days isn't there.

Now I'm looking at a Google Nexus 10... haha

I can't buy into Apple. They are pure evil. And they drink the blood of babies...
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Last May I did a road trip from Vancouver Island to South Dakota and back over about two weeks. I took an Acer Android 7" inch tablet that cost about $200. It did a great job. Almost every place I stayed, including campgrounds, had wi-fi. I found it very useful for looking at maps, researching destinations, making campground reservations, email, ebooks, etc. It also had a decent camera, but I tend to use my smartphone for photos or video as it is smaller and more convenient.

I kept it in a heavy leather case that gave it very good protection, so I had no issues with scratching or sturdiness.

The only caveat is that a touchscreen is not that good for typing more than a few sentences at a time. If you expect to do a lot of typing, you might want to get some kind of a Bluetooth wireless keyboard.

I wouldn't hesitate to take a tablet of some description on my next road trip.
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Last May I did a road trip from Vancouver Island to South Dakota and back over about two weeks. I took an Acer Android 7" inch tablet that cost about $200. It did a great job. Almost every place I stayed, including campgrounds, had wi-fi. I found it very useful for looking at maps, researching destinations, making campground reservations, email, ebooks, etc. It also had a decent camera, but I tend to use my smartphone for photos or video as it is smaller and more convenient.

I kept it in a heavy leather case that gave it very protection, and I had no issues with scratching or sturdiness.

The only caveat is that a touchscreen is not that good for typing more than a few sentences at a time. If you expect to do a lot of typing, you might want to get some kind of a Bluetooth wireless keyboard.

I wouldn't hesitate to take a tablet of some description on my next road trip.
bluetooth wireless keyboard you say..... Now why didn't I think of that.





They even have their own fan page.. . Nexus 10 Keyboards ← Keyboards for the Nexus 10 Tablet

The Microsoft Wedge keyboard is getting a lot of internet love..

Microsoft Wedge Mobile Keyboard | Microsoft Hardware


Soooo. I think the 'new' Nexus 10 is on my list when it finally comes out along with a bluetooth keyboard..
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