Ladders of technology
I got a smartphone a bit over a year ago. It has an e-reader on it, and I like it lots. However, it is small, and the battery life sucks. While I have been mostly happy with it, I think I will be swapping phones once Verizon offers an upgrade.
My desktop computer is old, and it is noisy, I rarely turn it on these days.
My laptop is a hand-me-down from my brother, and it, too, is old. I struggle with it a lot, as it is not responsive, but at least is it quiet.
I think what I really want is a tablet of some sort. I spec'ed out a Nexus 7 recently. It has more RAM than my laptop. I recently got a substantial raise at work, and my birthday is two months out, so a new toy is not out of the question. There is more money in each paycheck, even after I increased all of my savings streams.
I realized recently that all of my bras are over a year old, and one clearly needs replacing. I wandered over to Nordstrom's Rack after my workout at the gym to see if they had my favorite style in stock. Four bras later, I wander out to walk the rest of the Mall - it was a hard workout at the gym, and I needed to move.
There is now a Best Buy at the MoA. I wandered in to look at the various tablets. They didn't have any of the Google tablets, but they had lots of others.
Boy, the 7 inch tablet is small. I like the 10 inch. The 9 inch is pretty good, too. One consideration: I'd like to try digital drawing/sketching. The 7 inch table just does not allow for much gesture in the drawing motion. But then I'm looking at prices around $500, which is not toy range. I'm pretty sure I'd want to add a keyboard, at least for at home. Light laptops start at about $600. Some even do touch screen. Intuos peripherals of the quality I want start about $300.
So, do I upgrade to a laptop, complete with keyboard , or try a tablet? Which brand? I thought a Nexus 7 would be appropriate, but if I already think it is too small....
My desktop computer is old, and it is noisy, I rarely turn it on these days.
My laptop is a hand-me-down from my brother, and it, too, is old. I struggle with it a lot, as it is not responsive, but at least is it quiet.
I think what I really want is a tablet of some sort. I spec'ed out a Nexus 7 recently. It has more RAM than my laptop. I recently got a substantial raise at work, and my birthday is two months out, so a new toy is not out of the question. There is more money in each paycheck, even after I increased all of my savings streams.
I realized recently that all of my bras are over a year old, and one clearly needs replacing. I wandered over to Nordstrom's Rack after my workout at the gym to see if they had my favorite style in stock. Four bras later, I wander out to walk the rest of the Mall - it was a hard workout at the gym, and I needed to move.
There is now a Best Buy at the MoA. I wandered in to look at the various tablets. They didn't have any of the Google tablets, but they had lots of others.
Boy, the 7 inch tablet is small. I like the 10 inch. The 9 inch is pretty good, too. One consideration: I'd like to try digital drawing/sketching. The 7 inch table just does not allow for much gesture in the drawing motion. But then I'm looking at prices around $500, which is not toy range. I'm pretty sure I'd want to add a keyboard, at least for at home. Light laptops start at about $600. Some even do touch screen. Intuos peripherals of the quality I want start about $300.
So, do I upgrade to a laptop, complete with keyboard , or try a tablet? Which brand? I thought a Nexus 7 would be appropriate, but if I already think it is too small....