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07-01-2013, 04:54 AM | #17 | |
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07-01-2013, 05:23 AM | #18 |
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I think it's for sale in Germany...http://www.amazon.de/Acer-Iconia-W3-...ds=acer+w3-810 but the customer reviews on the display are disastrous...!
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My point was that after you take off the cost for the embedded Office, the tablet's cost is "just" $280. As for the screen problems we are hearing about, perhaps as the manufacturing processes or software processes (which is it?) are tuned, they will go away? Still it does show something amiss with the QC. The usual "deadline" pressures, I presume. Somewhere people are being impaled as with Apple maps. |
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07-01-2013, 09:21 AM | #21 |
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You don't think Microsoft is willing to discount Office in order to kindle some fire (pun intentional) under sales for Win 8 machines?
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07-01-2013, 11:20 AM | #22 | |
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07-01-2013, 02:15 PM | #23 |
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Seems like most of the detractors have little or no experience with Windows tablets and are making assumptions. This looks like a solid device at a fair price. If you are looking for a toy to play games with the Windows ecosystem probably isn't for you. But Windows 8/RT tablets are fast and fluid and the 8.1 update adds some much needed polish to the overall experience.
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Do Windows tablets and phones use the same apps?
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07-01-2013, 03:27 PM | #25 |
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I'd have to see the display first hand. The Surface RT is what resolution/ppi and it looks very good to me.
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07-01-2013, 03:43 PM | #27 |
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I don't think it was an accident. I saw a prepared (empty) endcap with signage for that product today, in Staples.
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07-01-2013, 03:49 PM | #28 |
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You can never tell what will happen when the customers get hold of the product. People always figure it out then.
It might be a winner like Kindle was, or a loser like that HP tablet was. I had a friend who had a Viliv 5 (maybe N5). It was tiny but it had Windows 7 I think. He liked it. OR at least he swore he did. |
07-01-2013, 04:25 PM | #29 | |
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If you do need something with real ultrabook specs to run photoshop, they have you covered there too with the Surface Pro and other Windows 8 devices. Don't get me wrong, these Windows 8 devices aren't perfect by any means, but they are a lot better than most people give them credit for. |
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07-01-2013, 08:32 PM | #30 | |
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I have a fully functional mini-computer called a Nook HD+ that is going for cheap these days. Other things like the Nexus 7 are still fully functional mini-computers and are a much better value. For what I do on a computer (programming & web design) my 17" laptop screen is small enough. I couldn't do any serious work on a tablet of any kind. |
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