Tablet Or Similar To Store Photos

[Mrsspagnoli57]

Presently have a laptop running Windows 7 No problems at all with it (chose not to upgrade to Windows 10) I have hundreds of photos which I would hate to lose. I have put them on a memory stick as well as on the laptop but I am thinking of buying a tablet purely to store them on. I am not particularly tech savvy so would appreciate ideas on what to go for. Are there any that are purely for photo storage? Also-when I do upgrade to a new laptop with windows 10 would I be able to transfer photos from my memory stick? or direct from old to new laptop? I presume I'd need a USB cable to do this? Thanks

[Samuraisan]

We used to have a kind of tablet that was just for photos and when you switched it on the photos would "slide " We gave it toMr Sam's mother and she had it on all the time.

[hc4361]

You don't need a tablet. A portable hard drive would make more sense as back up - much cheaper and more storage

[Buenchico]

Last bit first:
Connecting two Windows computers together isn't as simple as connecting them with a USB lead. You need to establish a network between them. (The simplest way is to create a network via your router, rather than using any type of lead between the computers). However you shouldn't need to do that anyway as you can simply plug your USB memory stick into your new laptop, and then access your photos directly, without any problems.

If you can afford the price, your best option for storing and viewing photos might be an iPad. That's because:
(a) they've got exceptionally good quality screens (so your photos will look their best) ; and
(b) they've got a 4:3 screen aspect ratio (which matches the ratio used by most digital cameras, so your photos can fill the screen). Android tablets usually have a 16:9 aspect ratio ;
(c) they've got a longer battery life than many Android tablets.

However, at a far cheaper price, an Amazon Fire (for just £49.99) would still meet your needs quite well, even though you'd need to install a microSD card if you've got lots of photos to be stored. (You can buy a 32Gb card online for around a fiver. It will hold over 15,000 photos taken on a 6Mp camera. Should you need it, you can use a card up to 128Gb in the Amazon Fire).

See the reviews here:
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/test-centre/tablets/best-tablet-best-tablets-best-tablet-2016-20-best-tablets-2016-uk-3265725/

[Mrsspagnoli57]

Ideally I wanted a tablet because I could view my photos-its not just a question of storage-I'd like to be able to have something a bit larger than a smart phone to show people photos on although the external hard drive does sound good can you actually view things on it or does it have to be connected to a computer?

[Buenchico]

^^^ An external drive needs to be connected to a computer.

[Mrsspagnoli57]

Buenchico
Thanks. you have given me the answer I needed.