The Linx 1010 simply pulls apart to become a tablet, but gives you that laptop feel for typing with.
The trackpad on the keyboard is also very responsive, giving a positive and definite feel when clicking the left or right mouse buttons. The Linx 1010 simply pulls apart to become a tablet, but gives you that laptop feel for typing with. I’ ve often seen situations in schools where the teachers have a tablet but don’ t get on with the on screen keyboard – the Linx 1010 rectifies this at an affordable price.
Moving on to the device itself, the 10” screen really does give you an entry level Windows 10 device which is truly portable, but crucially very affordable for schools. The screen colours have a good depth to them, coupled with a sharpness of display that makes using applications like Microsoft Word or PowerPoint feel like you are on a fully fledged laptop or PC. With the standard tablet range of buttons to be found down one side( power, volume), it’ s a familiar and expected experience when getting the machine out of the box and starting for the first time.
Many other tablets and devices in this price bracket suffer from a lack of auxiliary input / out options, but with the Linx 1010 you are blessed with two full size USB ports, a headphone socket, mini HDMI adapter, and USB charging port, so it really is fully stocked for any class use you may think of that requires additional devices to be connected( e. g. programming the BBC micro: bit).
So in the classroom – and especially from the network managers point of view, would I domain join them?
Well if you have a well sorted mandatory profile then the answer is yes, the Intel ® Quad Core™ processor deals with the work at an acceptable pace,
meaning that the Linx 1010 will fit it in to your existing infrastructure nicely.
With lower cost devices, there is often a trade-off to be had in terms of storage in order to keep the devices themselves more affordable( especially when purchasing on a class-or schoolwide scale), and the 32 GB storage capacity of the Linx 1010 is not going to compete with fully fledged laptops or PCs, when the space taken by the OS itself is taken into account.
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