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Originally Posted by rem736
i'm curious about one thing. why would someone who's shopping for a windows tablet go for the RT version rather than full windows (which also has the metro ui as well as the desktop ui). i'm comparing the dell venue 8 to a windows branded RT tablet.
wouldn't there be an advantage to have both interfaces offered in the dell tablet. you could always choose not to use the traditional desktop ui. and in most cases, it's cheaper than the RT tablet.
am i mistaken in that the windows RT tablet has only the metro ui?
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To the best of my knowledge, there are no currently marketed 8" Windows RT tablets. So that is one reason why a Dell Venue 8 Pro (and the likes) will be cheaper than the 10.6" Windows RT tablets. Another reason is the build quality. The build quality of a Surface 2 and Nokia Lumia 2520 are significantly superior to that of the DV8P. The Surface 2 also provides full USB 3.0, microHDMI, and charging port compared to the DV8P's microUSB.
On the flipside, the DV8P provides an active digitizer.
I own a Surface 2 and have my eye on the DV8P. The Surface 2 has a traditional desktop mode that only supports Microsoft Office (Outlook,Word,Excel,Powerpoint,OneNote) and Internet Explorer. It even supports multiple displays via the microHDMI port providing an experience similar to a desktop.
In theory, it sounds great to have legacy app support on a tablet. In practice, however, no so great. Those legacy desktop apps aren't optimized for touch so attempting to use them feels like a step back in time to the late 90's early 2000's when tablets were simply touch enabled desktops.
So to answer your question (in a very meandering way), you are correct. I suggest looking into how you plan on using a Windows tablet and browsing the Windows app store to see if the apps that you need are available. Ideally, you'd want to use Modern UI apps that have been designed for touch... desktop apps, especially on an 8" device are a decent fall-back but not preferable.