Tablet recommendations?

[Alan Johnson]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:08 AM, Tom Buskey <tom at buskey.name> wrote:

> I bought an ASUS Transformer (TF101).


I just bought the same with doc for my grandmother-in-law who is laid up in
the hospital with a broken leg and so won't be using her desktop for a
while after returning home either.  Beautiful machine.  All you could want
in a tablet and most everything you could want from a netbook.  I would
have gotten the prime, but BestBuy was back ordered forever.  Since both
have Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) (Android 4.0.3), the only significant
difference to her (and most users I expect) would be the weight.  The prime
is noticeably lighter and sleeker, so it would have be worth it for Gammy,
but the timing trumped it all.

I've been watching the Transformer line since release and nothing has come
close in bang for your buck since.  I have not yet bought one for my house
because I'm holding out for something with multi-user abilities so my
family can share it like we do our Ubuntu laptop with out any fuss in
switching users.  I'm expecting some nice units to come out on the heels of
Ubuntu 12.04 next month since it is a long-term-support release and the
first LTS with the new, more tablet friendly GUI.  Also, there is a lot of
talk about mutli-user support coming in Android.  There was some talk of it
coming with ICS but I have not seen it yet.  Anyone?
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