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Question

Tablet or Notebook?

Oct 24, 2012 3:05AM PDT

Need to purchase a Tablet or Notebook for downloading and storing music. I have very limited budget.Will use the device as primary music source. Which is my best option?I have extensive music collection. Can an external drive be used with a tablet? Thanks for your advice in advance.

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Can the external be on a network or cloud?
Oct 24, 2012 3:14AM PDT

I have a 2TB drive on my network so no real limits.
Bob

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Tablet Or Notebook
Oct 24, 2012 3:40AM PDT

I guess I would prefer cloud.

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Then we have a lot of options.
Oct 24, 2012 5:34AM PDT

My Amazon MP3 player is OK, then we have DropBox, Gdrive, and more.

My tablet has a 32GB memory card so it's doubtful I can run out of play before I need to refresh it.
Bob