Tablet recommendation?

3DPiper

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Can anyone recommend a tablet that will run W8 well?

I was thinking a duo/convertible type, where it has a keyboard but the screen flips around for just tablet use,
but I guess a regular slate would work fine as well..

Thanks
 

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No one will know yet becos it's still in pre-beta form. I'd say hold up on buying one at the monent.
 

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@3dpiper I am running win8 dp on my acer iconia w500. it has a keybord if you need. win8 runs very fast and smooth. no problems. if you dont need keyboard maybe you can get the msi windpad 110w. these are all expensive relatively now but once arm tablets hit the show prices will fall.
 

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Well a journal said "Sinofsky and co offered BUILD attendees high end swag in the form of a Samsung built tablet running a developer preview of windows 8. The 11.6 inch device features SDK, a recovery environment, a dock to connect with a keyboard or dual monitor, a 64 gb ssd (solid state) hard drive, 4 gb ram and was powered by an intel chipset."
Now human nature says they had this designed to run 8 to it's best performance. I would doubt that a tablet that falls short of the specs would run very well. If it's close Id try it. But a tab like mine which is a cheep POS will never run it.
 

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@kira which is your tab? You have to try it to believe it. Win8 runs fast on my anemic processor. Sure it will fly on the samsung series 7 slate but you dont need that unless you plan to run photoshop on your tablet.
 

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(braces herself for laughter and finger pointing) Its a china tab from some company called kinstone model s5pv210 samsung processor running droid gingerbread 2.3.1 total mem 378.89 mb and a dinky 4gb sd card :(
oh and resistive touch
I would try but Im not sure how to get my droid back up and running as it was if something goes wrong. Its only a 7 inch square display anyway. Im just starting to learn about android and sdk and roms and things like that. Plus if I brick it I'm down a machine... even if its just a tab.
 

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Probably better not to try. I am a PC person. Not sure how you are going to install it on an android device even if your specs are good. You would probably need at least 1gb ram to run things smoothly I would guess.
 

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the Nvidia Tegra tablets seem to be opimized for W8 so i'd keep an eye out for them
 

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Probably better not to try. I am a PC person. Not sure how you are going to install it on an android device even if your specs are good. You would probably need at least 1gb ram to run things smoothly I would guess.

I got 32bit version to try out...


slapped it onto one of my pc's here (2.4 dual-core intel, with 2GB mem)..and it only took up 9GB installed...

so add some on like anti-virus/etc. and it appears to be about same footprint as Win7 on my ViewPad10 tablet...



Win8 on my ViewPad10 tablet....

installed WindowsDeveloperPreview-32bit-english

install went smooth, connected to WiFi fine...install did overwrite my dual boot
setup with Honeycomb...so just re-installed Honeycomb which adds the
proper dual-boot..can now boot into Honeycomb or Win8 on the tablet....

also:
-Change displ key for Metro UI: hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\class\(4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\0000\Display1_Downscalingsupported to 1
-reboot
-set display to 1024x768

FOOTPRINT is 9.10GB on this tablet...it is partitioned as follows

2GB ext3 for android / 29GB for windows...
 

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I purchased a used RM Slate 100 for less than 300 on ebay. I did a clean install of the Dev preview and then upgraded to the Consumer Prev. Both have run great.
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Wireless Network Adapter: Integrated 802.11 b/g/n WiFi 2.4GHz
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Interface:26-pin dock connector, DC-in jack, Mini-HDMI, 2 X USB 2.0, OMTP jack, SD card slot
Total Size:295mm x 195mm x 14mm
Total Weight:995g
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I installed windows on my acer W500 1 week ago, best decision i have made for a few week now :), it has improve my tablets Performance a great deal. before installed windows 8 i was ready to dump it....glad i did not.
 

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Just make sure whatever you choose has a minimum screen resolution of 1366 x 768. Anything smaller than that will not be able to take advantage of some of the Win8 features (like "snap," which is awesome) or will not be able to run win 8 at all.

Aside from that, if it runs win7, it should be able to run win8 (better, in my opinion)
 

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I'm thinking of getting the Lenovo Ideapad Yoga. It's not a pure tablet, but I could never give up the keyboard very easily.

However, it depends on if I can afford it or find a place that carries it. Most likely just a simple tablet with decent specs and a stylus.
 
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I'm thinking of getting the Lenovo Ideapad Yoga. It's not a pure tablet, but I could never give up the keyboard very easily.

However, it depends on if I can afford it or find a place that carries it.

I hadn't seen that one before, it looks absolutely awesome. I have a Viliv S10 3G, and I use it in all of the same configurations.
The Yoga definitely looks like what my idea of a Windows 8 machine should be. Very cool.

I wonder if you can turn the keyboard off so there are no stray keypresses in stand and tablet mode?
 

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    Intel GMA 500
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    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Screen Resolution
    1366/768
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    SanDisk 64GB SSD
    Internet Speed
    6.41/5.47 MBPS
    Other Info
    WiFi 802.11 b/g
    Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
    Internal 3G (Huawei EM770W:
    HSPA/UMTS 850/900/1900/2100MHz,
    HSUPA: 5.76Mbps (UL) / HSDPA: 7.2Mbps (DL))
I'm thinking of getting the Lenovo Ideapad Yoga. It's not a pure tablet, but I could never give up the keyboard very easily.

However, it depends on if I can afford it or find a place that carries it.

I hadn't seen that one before, it looks absolutely awesome. I have a Viliv S10 3G, and I use it in all of the same configurations.
The Yoga definitely looks like what my idea of a Windows 8 machine should be. Very cool.

I wonder if you can turn the keyboard off so there are no stray keypresses in stand and tablet mode?
Apparently it turns off automatically after 180 degrees.
 

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    Nvidia Geforce GT 840M
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    15" Touchscreen
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    1366 x 768
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    1TB Hybrid
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000
I think towards the end of the year there will be a whole avalanche of slates, tablets and similar that come with Windows8. I would wait for that. One advantage - you need not buy a Win8 license seperately. Other advantage - you will have a much bigger selection.
 

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Another happy Acer Iconia W500 user here , only bought it the other day , already got Win 8 CP on it!
 

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I think the Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 (10" ARM Tablet with detachable keyboard) would be excellent with Windows 8 on Arm.

lenovo_ideatab_s2110_front-4f10a7d-intro.jpg
 

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    8GB DDR3 SDRAM
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