Hello everyone,
I recently picked myself up a NVIDIA shield tablet (using it to post this actually) and so far the experience has been mostly okay. However, I have had some serious issues, including ones that forced me to take the tablet back and get another one. Some issues include a "coil whine" from the tablet's CPU that is usually quiet but in a quiet room you can definitely hear it, one time (not too long ago) the speakers made an awful screeching sound while listening to Spotify, sometimes the system is a little sluggish in switching apps and in changing screen orientation on the home screen, and sometimes (like while I was writing this) the stylus will not work properly However, despite these issues (plus poor PC game streaming quality, but I don't know if that is the tablet's fault), I am overall enjoying the experience.
However, one of the reasons that I bought this tablet was as a portable replacement for a laptop, and as a way to take notes in my classes. So far it meets both of these requirements well, but I was recently surfing on the web and found the HP Stream 13 Laptop. This laptop is 13" as the name implies, costs only $230 (much less than the Shield + keyboard + controller + case). Would it make more sense to return the tablet due to the issues that I have had so far, since they may return or get worse, and go with the cheper laptop and save over $100? The laptop could also run Steam's game broadcasting service, although that is limited to PC game streaming (no NVIDIA GRID, which I enjoy but am not yet sold on for when it will begin costing money in July) on a local network.
TL;DR NVIDIA Shield Tablet or HP Stream 13 for school work and game streaming? (Read: already have Shield, but have had some issues and am still in return window).
Thanks so much!
I recently picked myself up a NVIDIA shield tablet (using it to post this actually) and so far the experience has been mostly okay. However, I have had some serious issues, including ones that forced me to take the tablet back and get another one. Some issues include a "coil whine" from the tablet's CPU that is usually quiet but in a quiet room you can definitely hear it, one time (not too long ago) the speakers made an awful screeching sound while listening to Spotify, sometimes the system is a little sluggish in switching apps and in changing screen orientation on the home screen, and sometimes (like while I was writing this) the stylus will not work properly However, despite these issues (plus poor PC game streaming quality, but I don't know if that is the tablet's fault), I am overall enjoying the experience.
However, one of the reasons that I bought this tablet was as a portable replacement for a laptop, and as a way to take notes in my classes. So far it meets both of these requirements well, but I was recently surfing on the web and found the HP Stream 13 Laptop. This laptop is 13" as the name implies, costs only $230 (much less than the Shield + keyboard + controller + case). Would it make more sense to return the tablet due to the issues that I have had so far, since they may return or get worse, and go with the cheper laptop and save over $100? The laptop could also run Steam's game broadcasting service, although that is limited to PC game streaming (no NVIDIA GRID, which I enjoy but am not yet sold on for when it will begin costing money in July) on a local network.
TL;DR NVIDIA Shield Tablet or HP Stream 13 for school work and game streaming? (Read: already have Shield, but have had some issues and am still in return window).
Thanks so much!