ASUS VivoTab RT Review - think Eee Transformer with Windows 8!!

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 23 Oct 2012 at 22:17

This looks interesting:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6387/asus-vivotab-rt-review

Glaucus · 23 Oct 2012 at 22:18

If you're going to start a thread, do a proper job.
For example good op like here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18439317

Amp34 · 23 Oct 2012 at 23:35

http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/23/3536302/asus-vivo-tab-rt-review

Although a little worryingly...

So what can you do with the Vivo Tab RT, and how does it work? The interface is wonderful — the Start screen is fluid and smooth, the gestures are responsive and useful, and thanks to the great live tiles you can glean a lot of information without ever launching an app. If you do launch an app, though, the experience gets frustrating very quickly. Apps can take several seconds to load at all and several more to load fully; there are stutters and lags as you swipe through apps; some taps and gestures just don't register.

I'd blame developers, but the problems are equally persistent within Microsoft's own apps. I'd blame the hardware, but the Vivo Tab runs a 1.3GHz Tegra 3 processor, which we've proven over and over again is a very capable processor. I'm left with no choice but to blame Windows RT, which just doesn't seem optimized for speed or fluidity beyond the Start screen. A couple of these problems exist on Intel-powered devices as well — apps are slow to load there, too — but they're much more manageable on full-blown Windows 8. Windows RT just seems too resource-intensive for the hardware supporting it.

If that's the case then... Uh Oh....! :eek:

I guess we'll have to wait and see what the Surface reviews say (with the surface being the spec for Windows 8, being designed and made by the software developers)...

snapdragon · 24 Oct 2012 at 00:17

Glaucus said:
If you're going to start a thread, do a proper job.
For example good op like here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18439317

Very kind of you to descend from your high horse to help a fellow member, I've often wondered if Glaucus is Latin for condescending.

Fallen god · 24 Oct 2012 at 00:31

Amp34 said:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/23/3536302/asus-vivo-tab-rt-review

Although a little worryingly...

If that's the case then... Uh Oh....!

I guess we'll have to wait and see what the Surface reviews say (with the surface being the spec for Windows 8, being designed and made by the software developers)...

Other sites have reported it is the SSD that is slowing things down, only running at 10mb for file transfer :eek:

It could also be the Tegra chipset, I think we will see a clear difference between that and S4 tablets. Have no idea why the Surface is using it too, given the price point it should use the S4, better battery, less heat, much faster, come on its not hard.

Photek · 24 Oct 2012 at 01:07

The thread title is misleading. Win RT isn't Win 8. Yeah it looks and works exactly the same, but it wont run Windows x86/64 software.

And that Verge review is pathetic. The guy hasn't even reviewed any other RT tablets and already hes blaming RT for desktop performance problems. He also don't seem to understand the difference between apps and desktop software. He mentions the Tegra 3 like it's the ONLY component in the device as well, as if nothing else could possibly affect performance like the slow Nand storage.
It's totally possible that RT wont run as well as something like iOS/Andoid on the same level of hardware, as they're simple phone OS's, the other is very nearly full blown Windows with support for millions of peripherals.

If you have a brain, stick with Anandtech.