Thinking of a 8" Windows tablet

[PUREVENOM]

Hey guy I'm looking at getting a Windows tablet. I already have a surface pro 3 but I need something smaller to carry around. I'm in school and I do a lot of IT work. I've been looking at Dell and Lenovo. If anyone has suggestions please comment below

[Aniallation]

What is your budget?

[Kherm]

Dell venue 8 pro

Toshiba Encore 8 Write (if you need pen support)

HP stream 8

 

Oh, yeah, and a budget

[PUREVENOM]

Budget is like $300-400 max

[PUREVENOM]

What is your budget?

$300-$400 max cheaper preferred

[Aniallation]

$300-$400 max cheaper preferred

Check out the Acer Aspire Switch 10.

 

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Acer-Aspire-Switch-10-SW5-012-64GB-Signature-Edition-2-in-1-PC/productID.308002000

[Kherm]

I'd reccomend the Asus VivoTab 8

 

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/ASUS-VivoTab-8-M81C-B1-MSBK-Signature-Edition-Tablet/productID.307626900

[Techteen14]

Would you consider the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 8 with Windows and AnyPen? (Holy long name, Batman!)

(Can't link because Lizard Squad, but it's $299 or $249 if you can catch a deal)

[Majinferno]

HP stream 8. Full windows 8 with free year of windows 365 + I think 1tb of one drive storage.

[clementk]

i like my Lenovo Miix 2 ( have windows 10 TP on it now and works perfect and with the windows 10 installed no superfish )

[TetraSky]

I have the Dell Venue 8 pro (I believe they came up with a new model last year, got the old model)

Windows scaling is bad, requiring you to increase the size of everything in the options. Windows 8.1 is bad on tablet as well, especially if you choose one without a physical keyboard. Having to press the virtual keyboard button every single time you need to type something is a pain in the *** and gets old very quickly.

 

I personally installed Windows 10 on it, it's awesome compared to Windows 8.1, but it has it's issues, main one right now for me is that you can't/shouldn't update windows, as they are now forcing drivers updates on you through Windows update, which in turn result in blue screen on startup because the driver isn't correct for the Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet, requiring me to Reset windows to factory default. Hopefully they fix that in future build/before release. FIXED! That was fast.

 

 

All that said, as long as you have a physical bluetooth keyboard to go with it, it will be great for you.

As for the tablet itself, I feel like the touchscreen is a bit too sensitive, a quick search on google seems to indicate I'm not the only one with that problem. Can be somewhat mitigated with touchscreen calibration in windows though. The charging port is a ridiculous Rectangle shape micro a instead of the usual trapezoid micro b, meaning watch out which way you put the cable in or you risk breaking it.

http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2000px-Types-usb_th1.jpg

(Yes, you can plug a Micro B cable in a Micro A port, it's just Dell being dumb)

 

 

Edit: Well praise Microsoft, they pulled the awful driver update that was ruining my life so I can update, there goes my main complaint. I wonder if it's because they read my feedback or if they figured it really wasn't for my device.

[PUREVENOM]

I have the Dell Venue 8 pro (I believe they came up with a new model last year, got the old model)

Windows scaling is bad, requiring you to increase the size of everything in the options. Windows 8.1 is bad on tablet as well, especially if you choose one without a physical keyboard. Having to press the virtual keyboard button every single time you need to type something is a pain in the *** and gets old very quickly.

I personally installed Windows 10 on it, it's awesome compared to Windows 8.1, but it has it's issues, main one right now for me is that you can't/shouldn't update windows, as they are now forcing drivers updates on you through Windows update, which in turn result in blue screen on startup because the driver isn't correct for the Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet, requiring me to Reset windows to factory default. Hopefully they fix that in future build/before release. FIXED! That was fast.

All that said, as long as you have a physical bluetooth keyboard to go with it, it will be great for you.

As for the tablet itself, I feel like the touchscreen is a bit too sensitive, a quick search on google seems to indicate I'm not the only one with that problem. Can be somewhat mitigated with touchscreen calibration in windows though. The charging port is a ridiculous Rectangle shape micro a instead of the usual trapezoid micro b, meaning watch out which way you put the cable in or you risk breaking it.

http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2000px-Types-usb_th1.jpg

(Yes, you can plug a Micro B cable in a Micro A port, it's just Dell being dumb)

Edit: Well praise Microsoft, they pulled the awful driver update that was ruining my life so I can update, there goes my main complaint. I wonder if it's because they read my feedback or if they figured it really wasn't for my device.

Yea I was looking at the old dell from last year because we still have them at work. The model I was looking at was the 64gb for $230

[PUREVENOM]

I have the Dell Venue 8 pro (I believe they came up with a new model last year, got the old model)

Windows scaling is bad, requiring you to increase the size of everything in the options. Windows 8.1 is bad on tablet as well, especially if you choose one without a physical keyboard. Having to press the virtual keyboard button every single time you need to type something is a pain in the *** and gets old very quickly.

I personally installed Windows 10 on it, it's awesome compared to Windows 8.1, but it has it's issues, main one right now for me is that you can't/shouldn't update windows, as they are now forcing drivers updates on you through Windows update, which in turn result in blue screen on startup because the driver isn't correct for the Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet, requiring me to Reset windows to factory default. Hopefully they fix that in future build/before release. FIXED! That was fast.

All that said, as long as you have a physical bluetooth keyboard to go with it, it will be great for you.

As for the tablet itself, I feel like the touchscreen is a bit too sensitive, a quick search on google seems to indicate I'm not the only one with that problem. Can be somewhat mitigated with touchscreen calibration in windows though. The charging port is a ridiculous Rectangle shape micro a instead of the usual trapezoid micro b, meaning watch out which way you put the cable in or you risk breaking it.

http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2000px-Types-usb_th1.jpg

(Yes, you can plug a Micro B cable in a Micro A port, it's just Dell being dumb)

Edit: Well praise Microsoft, they pulled the awful driver update that was ruining my life so I can update, there goes my main complaint. I wonder if it's because they read my feedback or if they figured it really wasn't for my device.

Yea I was looking at the old dell from last year because we still have them at work. The model I was looking at was the 64gb for $230

[TetraSky]

I got mine for $150 (with shipping), used on ebay. In near perfect condition(add $15 for a case and screen protector). Only 32GB though and by default on Windows 8.1 with all the Dell junk, I barely had any free space(like4GB or something ridiculous like that). With Windows 10, with all the unnecessary Dell partitions deleted, I have about 10GB. Which is enough for my "regular" softwares, anything larger is in a fast 32GB MicroSD. I mean, it's a tablet, not like I'm going to install a 30GB steam game on it. So free space wasn't an issue.