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However , we live in the age of the Cloud and schools should be looking to make use of the opportunity it provides in terms of storage and collaboration . These machines really work best when used with Office 365 , allowing your students to save to OneDrive and enjoy all the benefits of the Office 365 service .
Of course you can now ‘ selective sync ’ your OneDrive folders to your device so you can simply take your data offline with you .
If you are using the Linx 1010 with Office 365 a nice little tip is the fact Office Mobile ( the Universal Windows Apps ) are included . These are fully functional but lower footprint apps ( the ones you can download from the store ), but when you sign in with Office 365 it will connect you to your OneDrive Space . So no big deployments of
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desktop office which can eat up space on your device .
These machines cannot be used well with OneNote , Class Notebooks , even without the presence of a stylus or Pen as seen with the Surface range of devices .
Other than the lack of a stylus , the only other slight drawback is the lack of MicroSD support . On this type of device , which will always have limited storage , adding a MicroSD card offers a simple and effective was to expand the local storage at low cost . However , as I said before these low end devices are ideally paired with Office 365 and OneDrive to mitigate local capacity issues .
As a good entry level Office 365 device for BYOD or a 1-2-1 rollout in a primary school , I would most
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definitely recommend the Linx 1010 . With a SRP of around £ 150 including the keyboard , it ’ s an amazing and affordable way of getting technology in front of students at an affordable cost .
Kevin Sait Follow me � @ kevin _ sait
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HOW WOULD I RATE THIS DEVICE ?8 / 10
Packing
8 / 10
Keyboard Use & Feel
7 / 10
Device
6 / 10
Expansion
9 / 10
Price
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