How to buy a laptop for kids
Back to school shopping can be fun: adorable outfits, colourful notebooks, and a coordinating backpack and pencil case for all those supplies. But as your little student gets older, your shopping list can change. Kids may need a laptop to access apps and software for digital and audio books, research and more. The choices, however, can be overwhelming, not to mention confusing (what is an SSD, anyway"). Here?s what parents need to know.
1. Choose the right computer type
There are three main types of computers you?ll want to consider: Chromebook, Windows-based PC and Apple. Before deciding which to get, ask the teacher or principal if there are apps or software the child needs and confirm that they will run on the laptop.
?I?m surprised how many people skip this step,? says Avery Swartz, a Toronto-based tech consultant and expert, and parent to a 10-year-old daughter. It?s important, she says, because there are programs that might not work as well (or at all) on a Windows computer but will on Chromebook and vice versa. It could be a deal-breaking decision. Chromebook:
A Chromebook is usually a safe choice since the child might already be using one at school. Data is stored in the ?cloud? (e.g. Google Drive) so kids can work on assignments from anywhere, and a single computer can be shared by multiple students. They tend to be the most affordable but they are also limited in functionality. While you can run Microsoft Office programs on a Chromebook, for example, the expe...
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