[ale] new tablet

[jkinney at jimkinney.us (Jim Kinney)]

How well does it perform web surfing otherwise?  Many sites are dumping everything to the client to do in javascript and the little ARM CPUs are not powerfull enough for heavy compute loads.

On September 14, 2015 7:37:32 AM EDT, Paul Cartwright <pbcartwright at gmail.com> wrote:
>I was a little frustrated this past week with the performance of my
>tablet. I took it with me on my trip to Hartford,CT to visit my mother.
>Where I stayed there was AT&T Uverse 12GB service, tested on a laptop
>via speedtest.net . My tablet seemed to crawl on web sites..
>I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10". 3 years old now..
> Would it be worth it to upgrade?? to what?? I have a few more trips
>planned for this year, so I will be using it..
>normally when it is on, I keep these running: email, gmail, greader,
>chrome.
>
>possible replace tablets... Samsung ( yuck, bloatware), Dell Venue,
>Nvidia Shield, Nexus 9, Apple Air ( probably NOT)
>thoughts?
>
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>Paul Cartwright
>Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587
>
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