Hi All,

Anyone have any suggestion for W8 tablet ? Looking for light weight W8 Tablet.

Thanks...

Dell XPS 10...
estimate launch in Mid Dec...
in my waiting list now

they have been showing off some models in lowyat, but everytime i asked them they pointed somewhere in lowyat...i searched everywhere all i can see is refurbished atoms and old lowyat selling cheap with windows 8. I wonder when can i really go and buy one.

I have done some searching but no success. I believe it might take a while to flood the market with W8 Tablet

This post has been edited by c0ffeebucks: Nov 4 2012, 02:36 AM

I think that now W8 Tablet is on the market with high price...
Don't buy it first...

Regards,
Gan.

Is there anyone here using Acer W500/1 with Windows 8?
It basically has the 'minimum' requirement for running win 8...
I wonder how it performs....

i'm using it since developer preview. actually i install it on the first day that i bought on january this year.
here is my WEI score for the final Windows 8 pro:



Almost everything works except that snap feature since resolution is lower then requirement.
here is also a video that i upload few month ago that show the w500 connected to plasma tv with consumer preview

W500 has a totally different processor. It runs on dua core AMD APU on a traditional large laptop harddisk where as W510 runs on a dual core new ATOM processor running on SSD.

I thought W500 also runs on 32GB SSD ^^;

yup correct it run on SSD 32gb... look at the WEI score above.. its 6.4.. normally hdd is 5.9
that new ATOM only faster abit from that amd c-50.. what the most advantage is the better power consumption

Here is 510/Atom Z2760 WEI score...
3.5 for Processor
4.6 for RAM
3.5 for Graphics
3.2 for Gaming Graphics
5.6 for Primary Drive

... hey it only win on cpu speed.. the rest w500 better huhu

This post has been edited by Mr.PeeNutt: Nov 5 2012, 11:42 PM

PeeNutt.. .right now u're using that W500?

what kinda software/apps u stuffed into that thing?
how is it performing?

Is kinda hard to judge to overall performance right after the windows is installed... need to install programs, than can see how well it goes..

It uses SSD, but only 2GB of RAM, right?

Is the RAM / SSD upgradable?

This post has been edited by d3v073d_50uL: Nov 6 2012, 12:06 AM

hehehe yup i'm using the w500.
i'm a 3D/2D artist so most of my programs is power hungry
but for me surprisingly it run ok la.. sure cannot compete desktop werstation
but for lite job ok jer.

Ssd is upgradable with msata drive but RAM cannot already soldered. 2gb is more then enough for a tablet.
Most huge programs i install on 32gbSDHC card using junction ntfs method. Still hav 10gb sdd left after install alot of metro apps.

Here another video that i upload playing wif 3ds Max

thanks for the correction. I dont think 32GB is enough for a windows system. Windows OS is not like other tablet OS that cant do shit. When you can do lotsa shit on an OS, you normally need bigger storage to store all the shits that you are gonna get lol

for exam - cuz i can run Electronic Art's Origin on Windows OS, i am going to install lots of hardcore games yadda yadda ..

i'm looking the same thing as you.

VivoTab™ or VivoTab™ Smart. I'm still comparing one is 6xxg another is 5xxg

http://www.asus.com/vivo/en/vivoTab.htm

smart is 10" and Vivotab is 11" Vivotab comes with keyboard. Smart does not. Smart is equivalent to Acer 510 which is currently selling at RM1699.

i seriously cannot trust a computer brand that cannot even come up with a properly working website! It shows not that there was not testing/QC done!!


http://my.asus.com/Tablet/

Click on the Vivotab link and you get this http://my.asus.com/PageError/

wait for AMD Hondo APU tablets. It supports USB3.0 natively and i believe the tablets with come with 2.5" laptop size harddisks. so we will see 320G or above storage instead of the mere 32-128 SSD storage.

which one is better ?

Vivotab vs Vivotab Smart

or Vivotab Smart vs Acer 510?

the keyboard does not come along with tab? it displayed the keyboard included?

vivotab smart vs acer

all vivotab is RT rite ?

Asus VivoTab RT come with keyboard,Asus VivoTab/VivoTab Smart should be include of keyboard

only Asus VivoTab RT run on Windows 8 RT



This post has been edited by marcus20125: Nov 9 2012, 09:26 AM

if you notice the battery information for Smart and none Smart. You noticed that once mention battery on the tablet and battery with keyboard docking. on the battery spec for Smart - it only mention battery on the tablet not with keyboard docking. It maybe an error

yea i saw... confusing. marketing perhaps. have to wait till the real one released only can find out.

i see so hows vivo smart ? damn kinda love this tiles

any shop in KL or Selangor area have this 2 devices ald?

i see Acer is listed in Dexcom's price list

http://www.hardwarezone.com.my/priceLists

http://assets.hardwarezone.com/retailer_pr...rice(4)_2_0.pdf

and jayacom is slashing the previous generation of Acer W501 tablet by whopping RM400!!!! if comes with W7 HP. you can upgrade it to W8 Pro at RM49. The only downside of the tablet is that it does not have enough resolution to support W8 Snap - side by side app feature.

http://assets.hardwarezone.com/retailer_pr...20laptop_15.pdf

i dont see Samsung, Asus or Fujitsu Windows 8 tablets listed although they have been launched in Malaysia. Guess shops are still busy clearing out W7 laptops and Android Tablets!

Yea. that's why PC fair always out there to clear their stocks. I still very excited for the asus tablet. hahas. I'm a fans of asus.

personally, I don't trust Acer

acer quality poor rite ?

not well known for durability. the brand is wellknown for wallet friendly products.

sigh .. looks like i have to buy the damn expensive sony viao duo 11 inb4 if no budget dont force buy ..

woho! no need sony... sony just a high luxury good looking. get asus or lenovo is good and durable brand!

sony one need to fork RM4k sigh .. lenovo u mean the yoga ? .. asus vivo smart tab already sell in malaysia or else hmmzz

any laptops.. tablet wasn't sure since they are new developing tablet / touchscreen. so far no solid reviews on their durability of their tablets.

but i can say their laptops are remarkable!!!

fujitsu has an AMD Hondo tablet.
Dell has a hybrid and a tablet
HP has a tablet - Envy 2
Lenovo upgraded their Android Thinkpad to a Windows 8 Thinkpad 2
Samsung has a W8 tablet also.

so many choices.

Vaio Duo is a hybrid and it looks heavy!

if u have the money which one would u buy .. still waiting for that microsoft surface

I cannot find that Rm400 deal on that pdf price list.. it only show Rm 1299. My friend would like to buy 1 if it 400. U cant even buy netbuk wif tht price

Oooopp sorry u mean it slash 400 haha .still a good deal since 501 equip wif 3g

This post has been edited by Mr.PeeNutt: Nov 10 2012, 10:09 AM

i saw prestige it in lyp 2nd floor oledi have asus vivotab rt i believe

i saw prestige it in lyp 2nd floor oledi have asus vivotab rt i believe

just came back from Lowyat plaza. Windows 8 tablets are no where to be found. Acer at the ground floor said they ordered 20 units of W700 but sold out like goreng pisang. He expects new stocks to arrive next friday. From the look of it, to get your hands on the Acer Iconia W8 tablets, you have to pay deposit to book your unit thats if Acer does that at all. The shop lists the Intel i3 11.6" FULL HD IPS 64GB SSD, 4G RAM W8 64 bit at RM2199 without keyboard.
W510 is RM1699 without keyboard.

oh Senheng/SenQ is having W8 galore!!!!

They are giving card members RM50 discount on Acer iconia W700. SRP is RM2199

2199 is kinda worth it consider it is not RT, but with Intel Core i3 inside.

64 gb acer w7 kinda low memory .. dunno if buy this for show off the touch2 thingy only or for drawing sigh ..

tested sony vaido duo 11 the other day and immediately fell in love...but rm4k is a little bit too much " waiting for dell xps duo and Surface first lah

yeah RM2199 - you dont get the keyboard me think.
Iconia W510 - dua core atom processor is selling at RM1699 (no keyboard) and RM2199 with keyboard .. the keyboard (also comes with another battery extending batery life 2x) is like worth RM500 wtf

I just bought my ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T

without kb dock, price RM 3599 sold as ultrabook range becoz of the processor. kb dock full set is RM 3999.

This one uses micro hdmi (they dont sell the cable) but get a good one in viewnet price range is RM 39 - 40. Dont get short adapter get a wired one, short adapter for a micro hdmi out is too light and the hdmi cables are heavier - u'll get alot of dc becoz that.

For expansion, it uses Micro SDCard. with 1x usb 3.0

since, i dont have a kb dock and kickstand-ish. I combo with the use of microsoft wedge product. Works very well with wedge kb and kickstand.

The stylus is amazing! comes with Samsung preinstall app like those in note tablet S-note and etc.

My own review on device

This post has been edited by icy_wolfy: Nov 14 2012, 09:46 AM

Back from Midvalley megamall. Lenovo at the third floor displays Both Lenovo thinkpad Twist and Yoga, priced at around RM 3600 and 3500 respectively. Its impressive to say the least. Certainly to look out for.

Not for me as it does not come with digitiser.

w7 only have a stand dock no keyboard dock ....

Dear icy_wolfy, may I know where you bought it? Is it a local set or oversea set? As lelong got come with dock for rm3499...Lelong

This post has been edited by picfantasia: Nov 15 2012, 08:26 PM

lowyat, upstairs cant remember which floor definately not LG and G, is very near the escalator going up ; two guys maning the small samsung booth. ATIV looks very like laptop when on clamshell mode... tengok betul betul u will find it.

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Added on November 16, 2012, 9:21 amthings to know when using windows 8 tablets

windows + printscreen on keyboard = screenshot now appears in library picture folder
in metro mode; hold windows (homebutton) + vol down = same as above
in metro mode; hold windows (homebutton) + vol up = accessibility option, read aloud screen etc.
in metro model; hold windows (homebutton) + power = quick power/logout button (tablet version of control + alt + del)


This post has been edited by icy_wolfy: Nov 16 2012, 09:21 AM

means urs actually have keyboard but out of stock la keyboard the dock ? . cause i ask they said the keyboard is included . if need to buy then i say babai samsung

correct, that time I bought it in lowyat was the 10th November. (they still setting up the set that time so new) I think by now should have kb dock dy , dunno need to check.

i using my laptop for work, using photoshop and visual studio at my laptop.
possible win8 tablet to replace my laptop? can windows' tablet install these software?

thats what im using mine for

Does it tilt when you lean the screen? what's the safe scree angle before it tilt?

Hi, want to ask if i get a windows 8 tablet, can i install n play pc game like diablo3 or other online game with it?

Depends on the specification.
But based on my research, those with intel hd4000 can play diablo 3 at a lower res.
However, you have to be sure that your windows is windows 8 pro, not windows RT.

i have a Microsoft Surface, the original Windows 8 tablet by Microsoft. You can visit here

I have a question.

Is there any WINDOWS 8 PRO tablet which intergrated with GPS capability?
So far, only WINDOWS 8 RT tablets have that feature.

does anyone bought Surface RT from ipmart ? price quite reasonable la

I can confirm that Dell Latitude 10 comes with GPS sensors (and other sensors commonly found in other win 8 tablet).

I am getting my Acer Iconia W700 tablet tomorrow. it's the most decently specced hardware minus the expensive pricetag. Acer is really improving quite a lot now compared to previous years ...

Is there any color other than the white/silver?

Afaik, for MY market Acer MY only bring in one color ... In the US, they have 3 variants of the same W700, and they also comes with black together with white / silver.

BTW, just got wind that MS Surface with Win8Pro will be available for sale in the US January next year, but pricetag very expensive worr ... at USD899 ... imagine here Surface with WinRT got ppl selling almost RM3K plus ... With Win8Pro surely will double the price ...

There're certain places selling surface below rm2.4k.

The surface pro price above doesn't include the keyboard though. So add another USD100 or so for the keyboard.

Also, reports are saying that the battery life won't be as good as the surface rt. The surface pro will last about the same time as ultrabooks, which is about 4-5 hours.

Personally i think that for that price, there are better options out there. Battery life if pretty much on par with other ultrabooks, so it's not a plus point here. Maybe the surface rt is better for those looking for tablet-type devices. Surface pro is probably aimed towards the ultrabook market.

Whaddya think?

Read an article somewhere that tech analyst said Surface Pro might not be targeted for consumer, more for enterprise. For what strategy MS was thinking when they announce the pricing for Pro, no one knows, mebbe they are doing it so that they can push more sales of their RT .... As for me, just got mine Iconia W700 today. Haven't turn it on yet, now doing the compulsory 8 hour first time charge .... Will update tomorrow once i have turn it on ...

Please do and price(range)?

Ok, i have turned on my W700, and all i can say is, wow ... booting up using win8 on the tablet is way faster than win8 loading on my C2D desktop with 8GB ram. the downside is that the W700, doesn't come with a physical keyboard and memory expansion slot (microSD). I have installed Win8 on my desktop first and have logged into it using my hotmail account, have downloaded several Metro apps in it. when i logged in to the W700 using the same account, all my settings, contacts and apps from my desktop appears on it as well. Now that is cool.

As for the pricing, i bought it from the sellers here in LYN forum, so if you want, you can head on down to Notebooks & Tablets in Garage Sales and search there.

Waiting for Acer Iconia AMD Hondo tablet

The Vivotab Smart seems like a good buy for a budget Win8 tablet

According to reviews, the Clover Trail CPU is worst than Tegra3 and the dated performance of Atom processor

is it that bad?

I agree with you. I got mine on the 30th November and by far this tablet seems like it is worth the money. I am happy with most aspects of it even though it doesn't include the Bluetooth keyboard like other countries.
One thing about it is the SSD space which is 64GB doesn't seem sufficient enough if you are going to put HD movies, photos and full fledged Windows games inside.

Edit: what is your current storage space? Mine is at 32GB

This post has been edited by farkingdom: Dec 3 2012, 11:59 AM

I have 27GB left .... will be carrying my external then after this ... sigh ...

I am looking for one which has the docking station that has network cable connection. And one that has Wacom pen option.

Not many choices though..

Does S-Pen similar to wacom pen capacity ?

I'm using mine mainly for school work though, games and movies in my other laptop. I googled somewhere that someone managed to upgrade his SSD. Here's the quote:


Any idea?

Samsung Ativ Smart PC Pro will do the trick.

I am sure that there is always room to upgrade the W700 further, but if you upgrade it on your own, you will void the Acer warranty, unless u get Acer to upgrade it for you. i believe the W700 can become more powerful with rams upgraded to 8GB and SSD upgraded to 250GB. I do hope that the folks in iFixit.com would be kind enuff to provide us with a teardown of the unit.

I don't think I would risk upgrade my w700 by myself unless I sent the unit to be upgraded by someone else. Yeah but I believe our RAMs are soldered onto the motherboard so it might not be possible to upgrade that unless you ''add more rams'' into it. The w500 and 700 use mSATA SSD that is upgradeable to 250GB. But, how do you even open the back cover in the first place????

I would really love to upgrade mine to 256 GB SSD. Just hope some sensei can shed some light here on the process.

So S Pen and wacom is interchangable ?

They are actually the same thing.The S Pen has a built-in Wacom digitizer.

guys, anyone try on the Vaio duo 11?? I would like to get some recommendation..

so far the convertible tablets out there are a bit disappointing. They're either have minimum power, or when they have maximum power (maximum will have only Intel HD Graphic 4000), they only have 4.5 hours battery life. Even the one coming next year, the Microsoft Surface Pro has 4 hours battery life.

So it's either 8 hours battery life with minimum power or 4 hours battery life with maximum power.

if 4 hours battery life only, it will be worst comparing to ultrabook...

Then get the keyboard which has battery in it. Like acer, envy x2. Double battery life, if I'm not mistaken up to 18 hours in total.

ultrabook different. powerful ultrabook can easily last for 8 hours, but heavier, thicker and not convertible.

its dilemma for me now, either buy an ultrabook now or wait for better hybrid lappy to come out....

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Added on December 7, 2012, 6:01 pmany news that when samsung ativ pro launch??

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Added on December 7, 2012, 6:05 pmany news that when samsung ativ pro launch??

This post has been edited by tomtom13: Dec 7 2012, 06:05 PM

Samsung ativ pro is already launched, just not enough stock..

what is the MSRP??

Rm3,599

thanks bro, so is samsung ativ a good tablet/hybrid?

mahalnye......almost same price with Surface Pro

3.5k is too high for what it does. Try wait til more products come out

Just got acer iconia w700 so far loving it lol. Worth the wait and price tag <3

am waiting for intel haswell then will get a hybrid laptop ...

I do agree on this. Having a w700 for several weeks and so far I love this so much.
Those who can't shell out rm3.5k for Ativ Pro, I suggest going for w700, one is for the price, which beats the normal Ativ that only packs Atom, second this has a beautiful full HD screen and a very satisfactory battery life up to 8 hours.

Ativ PC Pro use full intel chip, I think i5, same as W700. The main difference is that Ativ pc Pro has digitiser interface, which is good for handwriting or for graphic artist. It will be good for photoshop user etc...

NOrmal ativ that uses Atom chip also comes with S-Pen (wacom) digitiser, its god sent for graphic artist.

Sony Vaio 11