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Hi. It's actually to help my daughter with schooling. She does online schooling and I'd like her to be able to open documents (mostly Word, PowerPoint and pdf) on her second screen and then annotate them. I still want her to be able to view the class on her main screen (currently a laptop). Some other pupils have graphics tablets but they don't seem to have a screen that shows what you're working on.
Samsung have some solutions but I'd need to buy a new laptop and a new tablet and would cost about £1500 which is a bit much.
A secondhand surface with a pen? You don't have to buy the Microsoft pen. I use a Bamboo one.
Or an old Samsung Galaxy Active Tab 2.
I'm assuming she/you have a PC Vs Mac? The apple integration across iPad with the Apple pencil is great, but I suspect you have the former.
I have a Samsung s6 lite but it won't connect to the Lenovo laptop.
Sounds like Duet would work with an iPad, older versions would work with iOS 7 and above (so iPad 2nd, 3rd or 4th gen & Mini 1st gen) and the latest version works with iOS 12 (so iPad 5th gen, Mini 2nd gen or Air 1st gen and newer). Its a subscription service though but definitely proof of concept.
I have a 16gb 3rd gen and mini sitting doing nothing right now, AFAIK they're near worthless so if either was of interest then a suitable charity donation would get you it.
Either that look at an old but newer than that iPad, I avoided them on principle but they are very good for a given use case. Namely an e-reader thats not a kindle.
Yes I think it needs to be a screen. We looked at those graphics tablets from Wacom but it would be too hard for my daughter.
Not heard of Duet but that looks... amazing! Maybe I can use the Lenovo laptop and the Samsung tablet using that.
eInk one? There's a Kindle one you can write on, or the reMarkable one?
I have a Remarkable actually..the issue is that you can't connect live to the laptop. You need to convert documents to a pdf then save to Google Drive then upload, which is all too time-consuming during a class.