mr:w
Prominent Member
Apologies in advance if this has been covered elsewhere, did a brief search but couldn't find anything.
We used an iPad for last lockdown homeschooling period, it was okay(-ish) but all content provided by the school was through Teams, OneNote, Powerpoint etc. While most functionality on the ipad supported the content, some didn't which caused headaches.
My wife and I both use MBPs and use them throughout the day so can't really give her our machines to use instead of an ipad. Our daughter (6 years old / school year 2) uses some sort of Surface device at school, so we're now thinking the best bet to ensure school-supplied content works as intended is to buy a Surface. Would like to buy something that allows her to use as a tablet and doubles as a fully functional laptop so she can start to work her way round a keyboard.
I keep coming back to a Surface Pro 7, which I'd buy a keyboard for. The question is - would the Surface provide same functionality as a Windows laptop? I assume a Surface Pro 7 runs what is essentially a fully functional Windows o/s on which Teams, OneNote, Powerpoint and so on run the same as on a standard Windows laptop?
Thanks in advance for any info.
We used an iPad for last lockdown homeschooling period, it was okay(-ish) but all content provided by the school was through Teams, OneNote, Powerpoint etc. While most functionality on the ipad supported the content, some didn't which caused headaches.
My wife and I both use MBPs and use them throughout the day so can't really give her our machines to use instead of an ipad. Our daughter (6 years old / school year 2) uses some sort of Surface device at school, so we're now thinking the best bet to ensure school-supplied content works as intended is to buy a Surface. Would like to buy something that allows her to use as a tablet and doubles as a fully functional laptop so she can start to work her way round a keyboard.
I keep coming back to a Surface Pro 7, which I'd buy a keyboard for. The question is - would the Surface provide same functionality as a Windows laptop? I assume a Surface Pro 7 runs what is essentially a fully functional Windows o/s on which Teams, OneNote, Powerpoint and so on run the same as on a standard Windows laptop?
Thanks in advance for any info.