quick question laptop vs tablet

[Jamil]

so i have been sticking to desktops for a long time now staying away from those foul things!, even got myself one of those old nokia bricks(well my android phone died and im too cheap to spend money on phones)anyways!
i am in need of something for the following things.

• Microsoft Word/Excel.
• PDF reading
• Web Browsing
• not take up too much space
• able to handle having 10-20 chrome tabs open, because im that kind of monster.

very simple demands, however im not sure what would be best laptop or tablet, honestly i despise touchpads those things are the devils work, but i love having a keyboard.
Battery Lifespan is not really an issue as i don't plan on using it far from a power outlet.
Storage capacity is also not an issue, as long as i can have some various files as well as basic programs im good.
had a look at this years ago and found something similar to "Surface Go 2" but what i found back then was cheaper, it was for my mom because she's not very nice to computers. cant find it anymore sadly and dont remember its name.

So in short, Laptop or Tablet, and does anyone recommend anything?
remember its for basic stuff. and will honestly only be used at a minimum.

[kelvinhall05]

Chromebook?

[SupaKomputa]

Editing a excell sheet on a tablet would be a nightmare.

Get a 2 in 1 laptop if you can't decide.

[Jamil]

having trouble finding a cheap 2 in 1 laptop, cheapest being surface go 2.
im guessing chromebooks are laptops with detachable screens, yes? i'm a bit out of the loop.

[Jurrunio]

excel sheet without numpad? Unless you already have wireless keyboard (and wireless mouse might as well) tablets are completely unsuitable.

[Jamil]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

excel sheet without numpad? Unless you already have wireless keyboard (and wireless mouse might as well) tablets are completely unsuitable.

this is very enlightening.

[kelvinhall05]

14 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

Chromebooks are useless and web oriantated

Did you read his damn requirements? Lol. OP can basically do everything on the web. Hell, there are online versions of Excel and Word (and gsuite, obv). Chromebook would be fantastic for him. Cheap, good battery life, reliable.

[kelvinhall05]

1 minute ago, Lord Vile said:

Miss the excel part? When spreadsheets get funky it can bog down lower spec systems. The last thing I'd call a chromebook is reliable. 

You do realize that you can get Chromebooks with more than just Pentiums or whatever, right?

 

ChromeOS is more reliable than Windows that's for damn sure. Don't think I've ever seen a thread where someone's Chromebook updated and bricked it.

[kelvinhall05]

4 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

But then they're not cheap.

You can buy nice Chromebooks for like...$500. i5s (not sure if they have Ryzen yet), 8GB RAM, SSDs, built super well.

5 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

Wow more reliable than windows, that's so impressive. I mean it's so hard to be more reliable than the ABSOLUTLY bulletproof Windows 10. 

Lol can't argue with that

[Jamil]

was hoping for 400 dollars max.
for 500 dollars you can get some beefy laptops i believe(if you look hard enough)

[Jamil]

PS: i live in denmark so count on a 25% tax on everything.

[Jamil]

1 minute ago, Lord Vile said:

Would look at things with an AMD R3 CPU in them then and I'd go 8GB RAM with a 128GB SSD over 4GB RAM with a 256GB SSD because those seem to be the only options.

thanks

[Ashleyyyy]

1 hour ago, Jamil said:

able to handle having 10-20 chrome tabs open, because im that kind of monster.

i regularly have 100+ tabs open... what kind of creature does that make me lol

[Jamil]

Just now, Ashley said:

i regularly have 100+ tabs open... what kind of creature does that make me lol

on my desktop computer i currently have 23 tabs open, it jumps from 15-40 depending on what im doing.

[Jamil]

found a laptop to what translates to 446 dollars (after tax) Lenovo IdeaPad S145-15 81UT00AAMX guess i'll buy that in a week in case i cant convince someone to give me a free one.