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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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