Enough Waiting, Here's How to Make Your Own Windows 8 Tablet
By McKinley Noble, PCWorld
Although CES didn't exactly signal the advent of Windows 8, the touchscreen-centric OS is definitely on quite a few developers' minds. Of course, until the complementing tablets finally come out of hiding, everyone else is left twiddling their thumbs. But if you happen to have special access to the preview version of the system software, you can simply create your own Windows 8 tablet -- from spare parts, no less.
As shown over at Instructables, one tech-savvy modder turned an old-looking Toshiba laptop into a working Windows 8 tablet with little more than a screwdriver, tape, some glue, and a couple small planks of wood to give everything some breathing room.
HERE'S HOW
By McKinley Noble, PCWorld
Although CES didn't exactly signal the advent of Windows 8, the touchscreen-centric OS is definitely on quite a few developers' minds. Of course, until the complementing tablets finally come out of hiding, everyone else is left twiddling their thumbs. But if you happen to have special access to the preview version of the system software, you can simply create your own Windows 8 tablet -- from spare parts, no less.
As shown over at Instructables, one tech-savvy modder turned an old-looking Toshiba laptop into a working Windows 8 tablet with little more than a screwdriver, tape, some glue, and a couple small planks of wood to give everything some breathing room.
HERE'S HOW
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro x64
- Computer type
- Tablet
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Surface Pro 3
- CPU
- i5
- Memory
- 4GB DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel Graphics HD
- Screen Resolution
- 2160 x 1440
- Hard Drives
- 128GB SSD, 128GB MicroSD
- Internet Speed
- 8GB
- Antivirus
- Bitdefender