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Originally Posted by pl001
This kind of argument is what I don't get. Who wants to run Photoshop on a 8" tablet? These are designed primarily for Metro apps, which they run very well. The desktop stuff is a bonus, no other tablet can run those kind of applications. And they run stuff like Office perfectly fine. Being able to run them in addition to the standard tablet stuff isn't a disadvantage.
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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This is exactly my delima when I stumbled across the Note 8 at our local Staples. As much as I loved how it works there has been a niggling in the back of my head about "it's not Windows". If this Acer has an active, as in Wacom, digitizer and display specs in the same range as the Samsung Gaxaxy Note 8 then I'm in the target demographic as I need the ability to run Office apps, and NO none of the Android office suites touch the level of compatiblity and sophistication of MS Office apps. This sort of device would indeed make life far easier for me long term as for me I see every Android device I own as an unhappy compromise...as much as I feel in love with the Note 8 in-store it's not a Windows based device with the implied compatibility I want and need. Price is about the same.
Last when talking using the device to earn a living I am not going to allow a $100-$200 premium influence my purchase. For recreation then sure a 100-bucks less is great but in terms of time spent chasing my own tail trying to get cross platform reliability it's not even on the radar.
One thing I am disappointed with is there is not a single relational database creation tool for Android, well beyond HanDBase (a very low end under funded option sadly). With a Win based device I envision at minimum Access, even better Foxpro and even better adding SQL DB Management tools. Right now you cannot create/prototype an RDB on an Adroid device. There are some management tools but nothing for actually creating the RDB. Heck even flat file DB's are not that well supported beyond proprietary stuff. Even mySQL Lite is only supported from an app use perspective not a design & create perspective. That is just a small example of why the higher cost would easily be worth it for people like myself.
And psssst, what about Calibre on such a device? How does it run these days on Win8? I have been told it will likely never run fully on Android due to certain library dependices...would it not be worth an extra $100 or so to have that tool on your tablet?