So my 10 year old loves to write. She's always curled up with a notebook, writing. I want very much to encourage this. The issue she's having is that she has about 50 notebooks and never seems to be able to lay her hands on the one she wants when she wants to work on something. I suggested that she start writing on her desktop, but she says that since her desktop is in the family room (and I flat out refuse to move it to her room) its too loud in the family room to think. Thus, I'm thinking very hard about giving her some sort of portable technology to write her stories and journals and so forth.
So having said that, I started looking at tablets. I've sort of crossed them off - I don't think the touchscreen keyboard is going to be a good longterm solution for her writing. I think she needs a real keyboard. So I started looking at laptops. Too expensive, IMO and way overkill for this.
So I think I'm down to a netbook or a Chromebook, unless someone can come up with a compelling argument for something else.
She used a Chromebook at school last year, and she really liked it. I've never seen a Chromebook so I don't know what the features are, but from what I've read its a good basic educational tool.
A netbook I'm familiar with, but I worry that its a dying technology, but since I've sort of eliminated the tablets that are replacing netbooks I don't know that I care if its dying.
Anyway, looking for opinions. Thanks!!