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RCR · 06-02-2012, 11:25 PM

What about the Samsung Slate? Didn't Microsoft hand these out to the folk developing Win8?

I got one about two months ago with Win7 installed and I'm happy with it. The Slate comes with a docking station and bluetooth keyboard. With its two usb ports, it works well with a usb mouse and usb dvd player plugged in. With all that attached, the Samsung looks like an elegant desktop, (with a touch screen). And of course you can pull the screen out of the dock and just walk away with a tablet in your hands.

I also have a Consumer Preview of Win8 which I installed on an old laptop just to play around with it. My impressions of Win8 are mixed. It has two switchable flavours: "Metro" which is the ugly tiles that are supposedly tablet friendly and "Desktop" which is a slick version of Win7. There are already third-party fixes offered on the internet to work around some of the dud bits of Win8.

When Win8 is commercially released I may buy it and put it on my Samsung. I think I would keep it in "Desktop" mode though.

I was going to review the Samsung Slate as an ebook reader, but first I wanted to road-test it on an overseas trip I'm taking in the second half of June.

06-02-2012, 11:25 PM	#7
RCR Addict Posts: 334 Karma: 992487 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: 2 x Sony 505, iPad, Samsung 7 Tablet, ASUS Transformer, Nexus 7	What about the Samsung Slate? Didn't Microsoft hand these out to the folk developing Win8? I got one about two months ago with Win7 installed and I'm happy with it. The Slate comes with a docking station and bluetooth keyboard. With its two usb ports, it works well with a usb mouse and usb dvd player plugged in. With all that attached, the Samsung looks like an elegant desktop, (with a touch screen). And of course you can pull the screen out of the dock and just walk away with a tablet in your hands. I also have a Consumer Preview of Win8 which I installed on an old laptop just to play around with it. My impressions of Win8 are mixed. It has two switchable flavours: "Metro" which is the ugly tiles that are supposedly tablet friendly and "Desktop" which is a slick version of Win7. There are already third-party fixes offered on the internet to work around some of the dud bits of Win8. When Win8 is commercially released I may buy it and put it on my Samsung. I think I would keep it in "Desktop" mode though. I was going to review the Samsung Slate as an ebook reader, but first I wanted to road-test it on an overseas trip I'm taking in the second half of June. Last edited by RCR; 06-02-2012 at 11:28 PM.