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Microsoft Surface or iPad in this situation?

kranky

kranky

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My sister has almost no PC experience and has been using an iPad for email, surfing and a few gaming apps. Her iPad is pretty old and is starting to have problems so something is going to be bought.

She asked me if she should get a Surface to be able to get up to speed with the PC world but still have a tablet experience which she likes. This was brought on because when her husband was in an serious accident a few months ago, all the bill paying and household finances fell apart since he manages all their money. She didn't know any of the logins, he couldn't communicate with her, and even if she could find the logins she wouldn't have known what to do anyway since he kept all the records in spreadsheets (something else she's never used). So now she wants to learn to do some things on a PC -- as long as she can still have an "iPad-like experience" when she wants it.

Price isn't an issue, it's the call between going with a Surface (lots of adjustments, learning how to use PCs, leaving some apps behind, yet being able to handle family finances if necessary) or a new iPad (which she likes but doesn't help if she has to take over the finances again.)

Any thoughts?
 
well if she needs a PC I don't see how an ipad alone can help with that.... so why is there a choice?

If there is, it depends on how fast she is at learning. If she's old and slow and has to learn the basics all over again every day, it may be a lost cause.
 
Get the ipad.

Let her use the computer that her husband uses. Which is really the big question. If they have a computer, why hasn't she learned to use it?
 
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iPad and move all the family documents to Office365 cloud. They can share docs, view from any device, and Microsoft takes care of the backups.

If the documents are just stored on one PC with no backups that's another disaster waiting to happen.
 
I agree on the iPad. She already knows how to use it, and spreadsheet viewers are available from Microsoft and Apple.
 
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