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Originally Posted by Quoth
Here in Ireland it works out more expensive than a decent laptop with no OS (A Lenovo). About €500 with pen & keyboard without adverts and 64G Flash. However it's moot because none of the usual Amazon marketplaces for Ireland depending on what you are buying (USA, DE, UK) will ship.
I've found Android rubbish (Keyboard only) and iPad (Keyboard & Pencil) poor for content creation compared to a cheap laptop and I also gave away 2 x MS Win10 tablets that had supplied keyboard docks as they were poor compared to XP or Linux even on an old Netbook. Win 10 seems only usable on a high spec laptop or tower PC.
So though initially I thought I might get a Fire 11 bundle I think not. A more expensive iPad might be better value to create content (but tying one it was limited) and an Android at half the price fine for consumption only use.
I'll stick to using my Lenovo skinny laptop or Lenovo android tablet if away from the desk.
I wonder are they rationing the Fire 11 as the current Fire 10 can be purchased from UK or DE to Ireland?
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You have to go really bottom of the barrel to get a poor experience on Windows 11/10. eMMC/HDD storage is probably the only must avoid and the latter is essentially extinct on new machines. These days it's not very hard to find machines in the $300-$400 range with 8-16GB RAM and a PCIe SSD which will give decent results for light usage.
I recently picked up a refurbed Surface Pro X, was thinking about the Fire 11 but they don't sell it here either and no idea when they will. Less than a base model iPad but can do a lot more. Some limitations (but also some pros) because of the ARM CPU but for web browsing, typing, etc. it's pretty great.