I’d get a Macbook Air. Thin and light enough to get past her “ipad” requirement. then you get your keyboard/mouse needs met. I travel to Europe a lot and my Macbook Pro is thin and light enough to carry in my carry-on backpack without issue. Although I do bring my ipad for catching up on my shows when on the train/plane.
> On Sep 8, 2019, at 12:32 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > She has several iPads so if I want tech support from her I better stick with > her brand of smokes. > > From: Ken Hohhof <> > Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2019 12:05 PM > To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT iPad question > > You just described a laptop. > > Also, does it have to literally be an iPad, i.e. an Apple product? Or just a > tablet? My son has some sort of Android tablet. You could get something > like a Samsung Galaxy Tab S6. > > Or if size is the only issue, get a compact laptop. Dell XPS 13 is nice. By > the time you add a cover and a physical keyboard and mouse to a tablet, it > walks and quacks like a laptop. You wouldn’t want to leave it on the train > though. > > > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf > Of Chuck McCown > Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2019 12:44 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > Subject: [AFMUG] OT iPad question > > My wife is busy (for months) planning some travel for this fall. She told me > I am not taking my laptop. Too big, too heavy etc etc. (I actually left it > on a train at Heathrow once, had enough time to go catch that same train and > found it.)But I digress. > > She says I can have an iPad. I acquiesce due to the fact that she micro > manages these trips and I don’t have to do a thing. She likes it that way > and I like it that way. I just go where I am told to go and I pay. She > makes sure I have clean clothes and the proper tickets needed for travel as > well as hotel rooms. It is actually pretty wonderful. She teams up with my > UK son-in-law as he is like this too. > > But again, I digress. > > I know almost zero about iPads. I need a human size keyboard. Hopefully one > with keys that physically move. I would like to be able to plug in an HDMI > monitor too. Mouse? > > Dear Borg, what are my options? > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com>
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