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I'm sold. There, I said it, I want one.
The other day I was poking around some Windows tablets out on display at the amazon showroom and picked up the 8 inch Windows tablets. Before, my experience with such was playing with a Dell Venue Pro 8 and that was just something that boggled my mind. Why would you want an x86 based tablet with a screen so small you can't use the Desktop properly?
Well, along came Windows 10 and the speculation that having a Desktop UI might not be there, or if it was to be there still; it would be in a very touch optimized form. The thing that REALLY sold me is how utterly well put the Windows' keyboards are. Not only is the keyboard phenomenal in all regards on Windows Phone (miles ahead of ios, loads better than android and is the stock keyboard too), but even on 10 inch tablets the keyboard on Windows is very usable, MUCH better than other sized tablets. But on an eight inch tablet....it's spectacular! I mean, I can literally use it like on my Windows Phone, type things out in landscape made as I do on my phone and can hit EVERYTHING with ease. It's simply awesome!
Not only that, they're like 100 dollars nowadays, that's a steal! Except I think I want me an ASUS tablet with a Wacom stylus and of course they have one.
I'm also against smartwatches, but might pick me up a Microsoft Band watch to try out.... I also need to trade in my Surface RT tablet.
The other day I was poking around some Windows tablets out on display at the amazon showroom and picked up the 8 inch Windows tablets. Before, my experience with such was playing with a Dell Venue Pro 8 and that was just something that boggled my mind. Why would you want an x86 based tablet with a screen so small you can't use the Desktop properly?
Well, along came Windows 10 and the speculation that having a Desktop UI might not be there, or if it was to be there still; it would be in a very touch optimized form. The thing that REALLY sold me is how utterly well put the Windows' keyboards are. Not only is the keyboard phenomenal in all regards on Windows Phone (miles ahead of ios, loads better than android and is the stock keyboard too), but even on 10 inch tablets the keyboard on Windows is very usable, MUCH better than other sized tablets. But on an eight inch tablet....it's spectacular! I mean, I can literally use it like on my Windows Phone, type things out in landscape made as I do on my phone and can hit EVERYTHING with ease. It's simply awesome!
Not only that, they're like 100 dollars nowadays, that's a steal! Except I think I want me an ASUS tablet with a Wacom stylus and of course they have one.
I'm also against smartwatches, but might pick me up a Microsoft Band watch to try out.... I also need to trade in my Surface RT tablet.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS
- CPU
- AMD FX 8320
- Motherboard
- Crosshair V Formula-Z
- Memory
- 16 gig DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS R9 270
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
x2 3 TB Toshibas
Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
- PSU
- OCZ 500 watt
- Case
- A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
- Cooling
- Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
- Keyboard
- Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
- Mouse
- Microsoft Touch Mouse
- Browser
- Internet Explorer 11
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014