I teach MS English-Ipevo VZ-1 HD $139. or $94 model.Undecided. Plan to project writings, text, annotate.Have projector/laptop/iPad. Your thoughts?
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we opted for the 139 model since it did not require a laptop. Although if you use a laptop you get zoom options through the presenter software
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It's hard for me to answer this since I haven't used the $94 model. I will say, though, that this model has been great for the same purposes you say you'd like to use it for. Having a light on this model has been helpful on those occasions where the room is darkened and I need to better illuminate detail on something I'm showing.
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I bought the $139 model, I'm in love with it. I don't know how I taught without it all these years. I project everything with it, student's writings, my writings, work books, papers, and even science investigations. IT's FANTASTIC!!!!
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Wow, I'm lucky I bought mine last week for $875 before shipping. It's a great notebook! However, I've been doing some searching and looks like this might be a good contender: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834127100.Don't get me wrong, I have no regrets. The U30JC-A1 runs my Steam games gets my portable gaming crave fixed and it runs Lightroom well.
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***Copied and pasted my response to a similiar question*** Hi Janice, or in this case jloveforever4 The bookworm within me squeals with joy because I really love Vtech's V.Reader :) To answer your question...The e-reader on the Innotab does not compare to what the V.Reader offers. As you stated the V.Reader books (cartridges) come with games built in to help reinforce reading skills. This is not the case with the Innotab. The books available on the cartridge games are just the e-book. The stories are animated and include a dictionary but no games. The Innotab's e-reader does have educational value cause it will read the book to your child and define words, however I could do that myself. The skills my son learns through the games (at least for me) are what give the V.Reader value. Vtech has updated their V.Reader, so when looking to purchase one you will see that most retailers still have the old one available. You can tell the difference between the two because the new one has a raised keyboard (soft buttons) versus the old one which has a touch screen keyboard. The new one includes a photo viewer/video player, a mediocre art studio, and an app to practice writing so it may be something worth checking out (I have the old one). If reading is what your looking for the V.Reader is the better device, and with all those upgrades you will still have it all in one (minus the mp3). The titles available for this device are great and we use ours right before bedtime. It's a great way to spend extra time with my little guy! Hope that helped.
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I just went to walmart.com (1/27) and they have the SV421XVT at $897. Perhaps you were looking at the VO420E for $638.
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Thankyou J.Donaldson. Was it built to the same specs as the one on Amazon? If you write a review for it I'll be sure to read it. I'm deciding between this and the new hp dm1z.
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Student versions are affordable and can do everything the HD does except for 5.1 recording which is surround sound but everyone uses stereo so you and I are not missing out. And with the HD version, the only way to run would require HDX cards which are expensive. You should look up HDX cards. Student version is worth it because it is the full standard version but cheaper for students and teachers instead of buying as a regular customer or non student who would pay $100 more or so for it. So you got a great deal.
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I have a Archos 101, very happy with it.No sure what is your usage. I mainly check email, browse web, read news, check weather and let my kids play games.good battery life, power up very quick.It is not for you to write paper or edit ppt presentation for sure.
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If you need to bring your laptop anyway I would just purchase the Venture. I had the same dilemma and went the the Vista because I dont want to have to keep going back to my computer to drop a set of maps for another. I do have to say at the price the vista is going for here on Amazon you really cant go wrong with that either.
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I would say that the InnoTab is going to be too easy for an 8 year old, especially if she's very bright. I asked my husband for suggestions (he's the tech guru in the family) and he couldn't come up with anything under $100. He said she was too young for an iPad (and that's obviously much too expensive), but a Kindle Fire would be ok. Those are still way over your budget, but that's the only suggestion we have. Sorry we couldn't be more help!
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The computer is now dated, so don't expect to have all the same features as the latest model, but if ya just want a big screen to watch dvd's and a decent experience on the web, it's good :) as for productivity, the apps on it are decent but ya can't update it, which leads to a dated experience, but still enjoyable. So if your looking for a cheap but decent experience it's good, if you want a "work horse" of a computer for productivity, then this is not it. Hope i helped a bit :)
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I bought one yesterday. Will post a review in a few days once I have tried everything out. So far, works fine out the box printing from a camera memory card. If price is everything to you, get an iP6600D at the closeout price.
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The pen input is really nice for Adobe Creative suite. You'll have to download addition drivers from Wacom. So from that perspective it would be a great PS tool. But if I were to go that route I would rather spring for a core i5 surface pro 3. A traditional laptop should be more powerful dollar for dollar but you don't get the wacom digitizer.
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I multitask on this machine a lot. It has been responsive with many apps open, nothing too intensive, but many of them. Multitasking while hd videos are playing is no problem either. I wouldn't use it for video editing, encoding, heavy photoshop, 3d modeling, or the like. I think of it as a netbook on steriods, it is small and easy to travel with decent battery life and a much better processor than an atom but it is by no means a competitor for an intel i3-5-7. I have thought about the adding an SSD to this machine, I think it would be a great benefit but i don't think not adding one would be a deal breaker either. ie; onenote loads in about 4 sec, putty 1 sec, editors in about 3 sec. If you add one, be sure to get 7mm drive rather than 9mm. I dont believe the 9mm will fit.
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FYI - the HD is on sale for $149 and HD+ at $199 at Staples today. Not sure how long their sale lasts, but these tablets are a steal for that price.
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Honestly, when I purchased the screen, I took my laptop to the local community college. They teach classes in computers and one of the kids told me what I needed for my computer. I bought it and he put it in for me for a "donation" to their class. I gave the donation and then gave the kid a $20 tip ;)
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Thanks for the input. I constantly have to tell my kids they can't play with my $2,000 Mac laptop when I'm not there with them and the price is definitely right on these. Amazing what they manage to put in these little things for the money. I decided to go with the 900 since the smaller keyboard will probably actually be easier for them. Found one with the same hard drive as the 904. I hope they can make it last. I know they will love it as long as they do.
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I would recommend it to you. The wide screen makes it ideal for movies, but the audio quality is not so great. I wouldn't say it's bad though, just the internal speakers are sub-par. Get a set of external speakers, and you'll be good to go. As far as school projects go, it's been able to handle all the projects I've used it for :)