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As school and work have moved inside the house for most families, you may find it harder than ever to control your productivity and entertainment — let alone the productivity and entertainment of your family.
Tablets are a great solution for anyone who needs to work on the go, stay entertained, or make it easier for the kids to participate in Zoom school, so it’s no surprise they have been popular for a long time. They are the perfect solution for those who need to work, create, and otherwise keep busy.
If you’re in the market for your first tablet, a backup tablet, or need to supply your entire family at this point, the Apple iPad is a reliable option, and going for a refurbished model ensures you won’t have to spend an entire mortgage payment getting your household geared up.
What can you do with an iPad? There’s not much you can’t do. You can download any of the Microsoft Office software applications, including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, or any other application from the suite that you may need. iPads are powerful enough to shoot and edit videos and images. You can watch movies, listen to music, draw, paint, and design. Connect peripherals, like keyboards and mice, to the iPad for even easier use if you’ll be staying in one spot for a while. And if you set up everyone in your family with an iPad and headphones (maybe iPad minis for the kids), it can give you some much-needed peace and quiet so you can focus on that big project.
These refurbished models start as low as $95, saving you quite a bit of money and even helping save the environment by keeping them out of landfills.
iPad Pro
iPad Air
iPad mini
iPad 9.7-inch