Just gone for this. I'm hoping to leave Windows on and set up Ubuntu (or similar) on a USB drive
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Just gone for this. I'm hoping to leave Windows on and set up Ubuntu (or similar) on a USB drive
Be warned though. Quidco cashback isn't guaranteed. It's been a couple if days for me and hasn't tracked. Probably will have to raise a claim.
Cashback is officially £50 only. It is tracking morebfor some, but that doesn't mean they'll actually pay that much.
This is probably the price point these tablets need to be at to get any decent number of sales.
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Following this up, Quidco has now tracked.
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I'm waiting to see what happens when my order tracks. £50 is what I am hoping for, but any more would be a bonus
Its a great device, only let down by the poor battery, if you can deal with the 4 hour battery life its worth getting at that price.
I would say it depends whether you need a tablet that powerful. Bay Trail delivers cheap Windows tablets that have a good balance of power and battery life. An Asus T100, HP Omni 10 or Dell Venue 11 Pro might be a better bet if an i5 isn't needed - full Windows 8 and battery life in the region of 8-10 hours.
Which goes to show that people don't understand what these tablets actually are. Perhaps MS need to do some more marketing and explain a bit better.
Not aimed at you, just generally, where people seem to assume the pro tablets are in any way like normal arm tablets rather than ultrabooks without keyboards. But then that's always been the problem with Windows devices, people never understand quality and just assume the £300 Acer device is the same as the £1000 Samsung.
Aren't they all made of natty plastic though? Still not sure where the Atoms fall into the useage system either. If you need full fat Windows then it's unlikely Atoms are going to cut it, if you don't then why not get the ARM Surface 2 and get even better battery life.
Until it is paid, it can be cancelled. It is a good sign it has tracked but not guaranteed.
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/html/pbpage.windows-xp-eos/offerID.42507151709
£359 64GB with touch cover. Plus possible £50 Quidco, could be £309.
£359 64GB with touch cover. Plus possible £50 Quidco, could be £309.
The link I posted is what appears on XP machines.
But the link works for anyone on any device.
MS can't reliably detect Windows XP machines, when they are only using the browsers user agent.
Correct, no Office but a you do get a touch cover 1.
You will be about to get it for £359, the Quidco is possible but not guaranteed.
But the link works for anyone on any device.
MS can't reliably detect Windows XP machines, when they are only using the browsers user agent.
Correct, no Office but a you do get a touch cover 1.
You will be about to get it for £359, the Quidco is possible but not guaranteed.
The Asus T100 runs an Atom Z3740. The Surface 2 runs Tegra 4. Benchmarks put both machines on a fairly equal footing (each wining a few benchmarks while drawing on the majority). Battery tests rank the two machines around the 10 hour mark. The biggest differences are the price (I got my T100 for £300 with keyboard dock, while the Surface 2 is £359 without keyboard), quality of materials (the Surface trounces the Asus - better screen, better build quality) and OS (Windows 8.1 vs Windows 8.1 RT).
Why write the Asus off just because Intel attached the Atom brand to the CPU? It's quite a capable machine - Source games run without bother, and I've had a couple of games of Civ V on it without much trouble. It's able to keep pace with the Surface 2, yet is more flexible on account of being able to run full Windows programs.
I wouldn't be surprised to see the next Surface running a Cherry Trail chip rather than an ARM-based processor. If Bay Trail is the sign of things to come then Windows RT is dead. It is rendered pointless by Intel being able to compete on power-per-watt.
That link works on all devices (I used the same one earlier from Windows 8.1), tracked with Quidco too for £58. And you can get a cyan touch cover which is infinitely more awesome than black
Very impressive
I paid £400 for mine, though that did include Office as I noted and hopefully the Quidco will come through.It's sat next to me on the desk trying to download Windows updates. I've barely used it yet so it's too early to say much about the software side, having not used Windows 8 much before, but the hardware is very nice. It has a premium iPad-like feel which I haven't often seen from PCs.
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That Surface Pro is becoming too hard to ignore.
I have a Surface 2 and it's perfect for me, and then I have an ultrabook (With the Surface Pro spec), I have no need for the Pro, but want it anyway.
I have a Surface 2 and it's perfect for me, and then I have an ultrabook (With the Surface Pro spec), I have no need for the Pro, but want it anyway.