I’m looking into a new tablet and it seems like grabbing a surface is a more affordable option to an iPad or other high end tablet. I can grab a decent one on marketplace for under $200 us. Is it worth it?

  • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml
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    I’ve done it on a dell xps and and surface 7 or 9 pro. Everything runs good if you use it as traditional. Once you go full touchscreen and do away with the folio keyboard. Typing is not worth doing. Touch input is ok on Mint or others but the in screen keyboard pop up almost never works. I went back to a laptop after 1500 plus dollars wasted. Battery life was subpar 3 hours or so. Seems great in theory and I almost used it to ditch the phone. Just isn’t ready fully. Laptop, all in one mini pc or desktop. Unless your truly browsing light or doing easy light things and want a bigger screen. It made me realize that 2 in 1s seem great on paper but practice they suck to hold, travel even in the house, generally just not what I was hoping. I used surface kernel and tried different distros. Returned both devices as it just wasn’t ready. Not having a full touch keyboard pop up in web, or OS use killed it entirely. I tried openboard and mints pre installed keyboard but nothing was fast and fluid. It was pecking slow and annoyed.