On: Lenovo to pay $7.3M for installing adware in lapto...

[gniv]

So, somewhat offtopic. I'd like to buy some tablets as presents and the Lenovo ones seemed well rated for the price. Are there others that are made by a, umm, nicer company? I'm looking for cheap and reliable rather than performant.

[dawnerd → gniv]

So what's your price range? Ipads were down to 249 which I'd consider pretty darn cheap.

[dingaling → dawnerd]

Amazon Fire 7 were down to £30 ( $40 ). That's cheap.

$249 is still serious money for most families.

[SmellyGeekBoy → dawnerd]

"Some" tablets implies more than 2, that's an awful lot of money to spend on presents.

[MegaLeon → gniv]

Last year I bought a Fire 7 for black friday, then rooted it and replaced the amazon OS with LineageOS and the Play Store. Made for an excellent cheap tablet gift which is still being used today.

[shash7 → gniv]

Maybe give chromebooks a spin? Or pair up an ipad with a portable keyboard.

[Lio → shash7]

I can't really comment on the iPad idea but in the context of Lenovo's malware install...

If you're purchasing a computer with Google software on it aren't you already handing everything to Google?

So is a Chromebook really an alternative if you're rejecting Lenovo tablets for poor security/privacy?

I've been interested in Chromebook hardware but have rejected them for security reasons previously. I'd be interested to hear other people's opinions on the mater.