looking for a good high usage tablet choice and I could use some guidance :) - Page 2

I'm so sorry for my late reply, I haven't had the chance to get on ocn these days. Thanks a lot for the replies!

yeah I've taken notice of that, maybe it's just me thinking wrong about the lower amount of ram. These tablet look great and all, but they're not what I'm looking for, more than I really need from a tablet ;D thanks though


I recently bought a new laptop, so I don't really need anything that would cost me more money because it could behave like one It does look like a good product though, thanks


too expensive indeed, not fund of the ways of Apple to make money roll from our pockets ;D all those new accessories/docks and what not...makes me shiver. I do know its performance is only matched by not even a hand full of other tablets, but it's not what I'm looking for. i'd even be scared to drop/break it tbh.


You might be totally right about the ram. I'm used to using loads of ram and had issues on my iPod Touch 2nd gen with ram usage (256Mb I believe). It's not that I leave unecessary things on (I even tend to play around with things just to increase performance). I believe the Nexus 7 might be a better choice than I thought , I've brought an iPad mini and a Nexus 7 together in class and we've compared pros and cons. The iPad mini was a disgrace haha, but the Nexus 7 actually surprised me. I think I've found my tablet ;D. The ram worries me a bit though...

Thanks again for the replies guys, appreciated! Rep given where suited
Edited by Ollii - 11/14/12 at 8:14am

The TF300 would be a fine choice indeed, but it's priced at €700 in my region for te 64Gb version with a docking station... that's way too much for me hehe. The less secondary memory versions lie around 500-600, still way too much.

Btw, thanks for pointing out that the apps are really satisfying great to hear. I'm not a big windows user btw, I mainly use ubuntu /linux distrib. I'm more than aware that mobile Os's clearly don't need as much resources as a normal OS would (that would be pretty insane). I just can't think of 1Gb being enough

I've read about a 32Gb 3g Nexus 7 version for the same price as the the first 16Gb version, which sounds really interesting, since I will need that 32Gb. Does anyone know about 64Gb Nexus 7 versions? or a 32Gb version with SD possibilities ~edit: scratch that, just read on some reviews/talk pages that Google prefer a non-extendable/uniform storage environment for some reaons like more people using cloud services, less issues between storage types, etc.
Edited by Ollii - 11/14/12 at 10:33am

Yup the memory slots are quite a + for tablets. Google either wanted to save money or they did it for protection of a user's data (including errors and incompatibility issues between data formats, not sure which ones though). Oh about the 3g, I'm not really sure..some sites say the new 32Gb also comes with 3g available as an option (might be bad sources), for example: the lamest google search ever. These sources seem to confirm that a 3g model is coming up before the endof this month .

I know I said 'price doesn't matter', but if I can save like €300-400 for only an extra of 32Gb memory, I definitely will. That's quite a lot of money...even for a dock and +32Gb included.The nexus 7 costs about €250 here. I won't buy the current models, since I read about the 3g and 32Gb first waiting for some more news.

During the iPad mini | Nexus comparison, the Nexus 7 was (like your friend says) very smooth to use. You can hold it in one hand and you can easily type when holding it with two hands without having to reach out for the middle 'keys'. Might sound a bit lazy, but it does increase throughput
Edited by Ollii - 11/15/12 at 8:31am

2x64Gb sounds really great, but then I had a look at Asus' website and I lol'd when reading 'extra SD slot(s) and extended battery life with the docking station". What if I told you I don't want a dock. hehe

I would use my brand new laptop if I could for everything I want to do on a tablet/phone, but I want a quick helping device without stuff like dockings to type with etc. If they would bring out a cute little dock thingy with slots for SD's and USB's it would truly make me doubt about this one. But I don't want something that goes up in price just to end up as a almost-there-but-still-not-a-laptop device .

You might say 'hey you never said you wouldn't want a dock', well, you're totally right. That's because I truly didn't know anything about tablets/the tablet market until I started this thread If I did not have an awesome laptop, the transformer would be no brainer.
Edited by Ollii - 11/16/12 at 7:53am