Windows 8 Tablet (full desktop) recommendations
-
When it says "turns into a tablet", that means it has a touch screen, right?
It does. The screen flips around to hide the keyboard so you can run it in tablet mode.
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier -
When it says "turns into a tablet", that means it has a touch screen, right?
Yes
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
-
We are looking for a Windows 8 tablet for testing and development, needs touch screen and a "full desktop" (i.e. able to run x86 / x64 code). Looking good at a trade show is bonus. Any recommendations?
-
HP Envy x2 is also another good one to have a look at we have one a work for roadshows etc.
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help end the violence EAT BACON
With the caveat that I've never gone beyond a bit of puttering, I've got one of those and have been mostly happy with it.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
-
We are looking for a Windows 8 tablet for testing and development, needs touch screen and a "full desktop" (i.e. able to run x86 / x64 code). Looking good at a trade show is bonus. Any recommendations?
Microsoft Surface Pro
-
With the caveat that I've never gone beyond a bit of puttering, I've got one of those and have been mostly happy with it.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Dan Neely wrote:
I've never gone beyond a bit of puttering,
That is my thoughts with the HP Envy, well any tablet really great for a bit of puttering and nothing serious.
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help end the violence EAT BACON
-
Dan Neely wrote:
I've never gone beyond a bit of puttering,
That is my thoughts with the HP Envy, well any tablet really great for a bit of puttering and nothing serious.
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help end the violence EAT BACON
my main computer at home is a godbox class desktop with a 3 monitor 4960x1600 config. Laptops never go beyond the puttering stage unless I'm on the road. I've got two long weekends planned over the next month and a half that should give the x2 a solid workout. My main objective is figuring out if all the misc desktop enhancements are worth the rainbow colored full screen start menu for my new desktop built later this year. (Notionally: Haswell, 1TB SSD, GTX680, 16(32?) GB ram.)
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
-
Microsoft Surface Pro
The XPS versions from Dell have faster processors.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
-
We are looking for a Windows 8 tablet for testing and development, needs touch screen and a "full desktop" (i.e. able to run x86 / x64 code). Looking good at a trade show is bonus. Any recommendations?
Lenovo has one that I really liked. It's a laptop hybrid, so it's a bit awkward as a tablet, but otherwise it's probably what I'd buy if I liked laptops.
-
peterchen wrote:
needs touch screen
What is the point of a tablet _without_ touchscreen ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
Don't ask me, I'm a desktop guy, shape and weight of my phone is suitable for close combat. :rolleyes: (image similar[^])
-
Microsoft Surface Pro
Probably a good choice if - as recommended - we are looking into a hybrid anyway.
-
The XPS versions from Dell have faster processors.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
But are they as sexy as the Surface? :-D
-
But are they as sexy as the Surface? :-D
-
Well there ya go.
-
We are looking for a Windows 8 tablet for testing and development, needs touch screen and a "full desktop" (i.e. able to run x86 / x64 code). Looking good at a trade show is bonus. Any recommendations?
-
Don't ask me, I'm a desktop guy, shape and weight of my phone is suitable for close combat. :rolleyes: (image similar[^])
I was a desktop guy until a week ago; built my last desktop from a dual Xeon shell, plugged into 5.1 and a 40 inch telly, with parts from the spares draw and wireless keyboard and mouse. It's a lovely multimedia and programming and world domination centre, but the used Elitebook I picked up for a song is definitely not just for puttering. It renders mp4 twice as fast as the four xeon cores, and is a serious piece of kit. Tablets? Definitely. Puttering. Mine is used for Skype where it really shines. Hybrid tablets like the ones you guys are discussing? Could be pretty handy, not just puttering.
-
We are looking for a Windows 8 tablet for testing and development, needs touch screen and a "full desktop" (i.e. able to run x86 / x64 code). Looking good at a trade show is bonus. Any recommendations?
We're using the ACER W700 series Windows 8 Tablet to do all our development with. Hardware is rock-solid, touchscreen, external VGA capability, etc... and most of all it has a screen resolution of 1920x1080 (1080p) to meet your graphic needs. Hope this helps...
-
We are looking for a Windows 8 tablet for testing and development, needs touch screen and a "full desktop" (i.e. able to run x86 / x64 code). Looking good at a trade show is bonus. Any recommendations?
-
We are looking for a Windows 8 tablet for testing and development, needs touch screen and a "full desktop" (i.e. able to run x86 / x64 code). Looking good at a trade show is bonus. Any recommendations?
I have A Lenovo Yoga, its the one where the keyboard can flip around back and it becomes a tablet. I like it a lot, but I don't use it in tablet mode much. You can also flip it around into a "tent" mode so it's a self-standing touchscreen tablet. While that might be useful in a trade show environment, a tablet and stand is probably cheaper. Its got an SSD, so it boots from power-off in ~10 seconds, shuts back down in about 15 seconds, neither of which probably matters in a trade show environment. However, it will absolutely need AC power to run all day (as will any other tablet with an Intel processor that runs Win8), a real tablet with an ARM that runs WinRT might not. I've also been doing a bit of C# dev on it recently a la VS 2010 express. It works for that as well as any other laptop. The yogas were a hot product back around Christmas time, so the device itself might attract some attention. Almost certainly more than a tablet or laptop. You'd have to display it in tent configuration so people noticed it though.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
-
The XPS versions from Dell have faster processors.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
Also, which is least costly/less expensive?
