Re: [PLUG] Cheap x86 Windows tablet?

["Rich Mingin (PLUG)" <plug@frags.us>]

While that is cheap, as are Microcenter's equally cheap and equally crappy BayTrail-based tablets, you won't be running anything but WIndows on them for some time to come, at least not well.

It's been a while since I looked at the HP Stream 7, but last I looked it was major tinkering needed for wifi and nonfunctional or buggy touchscreen, along with only booting Linux one time in three, which really reduces the usefulness of a tablet, IMO.

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 7:12 PM, David Morfin <david@morfin.name> wrote:

Those Look like expensive tablets to me.  This is a cheap x86 tablet: http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00PJDNP5K

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Keith C. Perry <kperry@daotechnologies.com> wrote:

I'd probably go for the Acer or the Asus.  I really wish they would have stuck with the 7" form factors but 8.1" I suppose isn't much worse.  At 10" or more, I'll just do a netbook.

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From: "Greg Helledy" <gregsonh@gra-inc.com>
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Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 4:54:09 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Cheap x86 Windows tablet?

It looks like some devices to consider would be:
Asus Transformer Book T100
Dell Venue 8 Pro
Acer Iconia

The Asus has a 10.1" screen, the others have 8.1" screens.  But the
resolutions are comparable (1,366 x 768 for the Asus, 1,280 x 800 for
the others).  The Dell doesn't com with a keyboard.
http://www.cnet.com/products/asus-transformer-book-t100/

For more money, there's the Sony VAIO Tap 11, with an 11.1" screen at
1,920 x 1,080.  Specs are more comparable to the Surface:
http://www.cnet.com/products/sony-vaio-tap-11/

I'm not a "tech enthusiast", so even learning the desirable models in
the class is a necessary first step for me.  Now to try to figure which
one is likely to be usable with something other than Win 8.

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