For the modern student, a tablet might be the single best accessory since the backpack. It can hold a four-year degree’s worth of important stuff, including everything from school papers and textbooks to music and movie collections.
Add a keyboard and your tablet can even take the place of laptop, though you’ll want to check with your school to make sure there aren’t specific software requirements a tablet can’t meet. For example, some colleges require students to use Microsoft Office. Normally that would dictate a laptop, but there are two tablets capable of running the suite: Microsoft’s Surface, which conveniently comes with Office, and Apple’s iPad, which requires an Office 365 subscription.
Here are some other things to keep in mind when shopping for a new tablet.
[h=Screen]2[/h]Models like the Surface and iPad make good choices for students not just because they can run familiar software, but also because they have comparatively large screens. The 10.6-inch Surface, 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, 10-inch Google Nexus 10, and 9.7-inch iPad are among the tablets offering sufficient space for word processing, at the same time allowing for comfortable Web browsing, textbook viewing, and (during study breaks), movie watching.
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