Laptops ideas for a 10 year old

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

Yeah.....a netbook might be best for him. It has enough power to surf the net and do school work on.

I WOULD NOT get him an iPad. That's a lot of money invested in one device for a 10 year old. Unless you're rich....then go right ahead.

Depends on what you want it for.

My SIL said both her kids wanted an Ipod touch so they could play games on it. So she bought an Iphone thinking the kids could use it for games, and she's thinking she's saving all sorts of money, even though she uses not a single smart phone function other than games.

I don't have the heart to tell her that instead of buying a $300/month plus $360/year data plan guaranteed for $720, she could have bought an Ipad and used the wifi in her house for $200.

If kid just wants to play games, Ipad is not a bad deal.