Baytrail Atoms, heck even Clovertrail Atoms behave like appliances like iPads and Android tablets. Not only are they in a special sleep state which they can instantly wake up from (as long as you didn't install any naughty drivers) like any other tablet. It can actually receive notifications just like those tablets as well, ie. the Modern UI Skype can notify you of incoming calls even though it's on standby.

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This post has been edited by marauderz: Jan 26 2014, 11:51 PM

Old 6" touchscreen UMPC? I think I know what you're talking about, hell I owned a VilliV myself, generally you shouldn't need to worry about it because the resolution of the 8" tablets are 1280x800, most desktop apps should be able to fit in the 800 pixel height without any problems, push comes to shove you could always rotate the screen so you have 1280 height instead there's always some compromise when it comes to using Desktop apps with touch only.

Do install the virtual touch pad though, it's amazingly useful!

Since you already mention that you know about wacom, I suppose you already know the difference between a capacitive screen and a digitizer? Why would I need to show the use of a stylus on a capacitive screen when it'd be just like using your finger... unless of course I get those precision disc tip stylii

I had the 2nd gen Acer tablet pc back in the day, and I can tell you that they CAN put a button on a thin Wacom digitizer.

I'd think that would have more to do with the stylus itself rather than the screen right? I tried a few capacitive stylii, one was a flexible cloth which would bend when it was writing causing all sorts of problems, while the other was the rubber type which was just big and hard to estimate where the contact point is to draw accurately.

Your listing of accuracy is pretty much correct, but of course here comes the cons of each method.

Wacom :- supposedly draws more power, Wacom charges a lot for it
N-Trig :- AAAA battery... AAAAAAAAAAA!!! Also, the technology is susceptible to noisy power lines and environmental interference
Resisitive : It is accurate as long as you keep it calibrated. also, requires a somewhat mallable (ie. not solid) screen therefore the display can't be solid and protected
Capacitive : Pro is that it doesn't need to be calibrated for the most part, con is that it because it's acting more like it's detecting an area of touch, it's hard to be accurate.

Now.. that said, I finally decided to pick up an Adonit Jot Mini since RadioShack was selling it.

What do you know? It IS an accurate capacitive stylus... BUT..

I wonder if it's due to how the capacitive screen works, drawing large big strokes no problem, slowly trying to write small things like words on a buku latihan? Nope, doesn't work well.

Already did one between resistive and capacitive the last time. guess it's time to update!

There are replacement disc tips for the jot as long as you don't break off the ball bearing pivot point.

Have you updated to the latest driver pack from Acer Website yet? I think it was the one before the latest one which allowed mirroring at 1280x720 already.

Inability to go into mirror mode is most likely a driver issue for Intel, since according to this (if this is indeed what you're referring to) it does mention that the driver must first be updated.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2904594

Can hear it failing to power up? Try restarting and see?

How can one see wheter it's running on 2.4 or 5Ghz?

Happy CNY to all who celebrate it, I *FINALLY* managed to try the Adonit Jot on the Acer W4, and.. surprise surprise... after the disappointing performance of the capacitive screen of the Dell Venue 8 Pro, The W4 actually performs *quite* well comparatively, it still goes nuts at times and you still hard to push down slightly harder to ensure proper detection, which is a bit tricky when you can't rest your palm on the screen!

Draw circle on the slide, you mean using the insert shapes right? Yeah, it's easy enough to insert a circle and then manipulate it thanks to the transparent tip design of the jot.

Using it as a mouse replacement, shouldn't be a problem.

Using it for writing... well, for BIG words, shouldn't be a problem, for small cursive writing like on a buku latihan. While the W4 behaves MUCH better than the Venue 8, it still hiccups every now and then.

if its the typical wacom feel technology pen, just go get a Samsung Spen for replacement, because it is higher in supply its cheaper than getting the actual brand one... Of course the problem is that you wouldn't be able to put into the tablet then.

you mean when you turn off the device, the lights beside BOTH cameras come up? Well, if that's not a hardware problem, then it'd mean something is spying on you!

1. I think so, you just need to disable the UEFI secure boot protection

2. From my actual usage feel it seems like the bottleneck for clovertrail came from some poorly performing graphics drivers, but of course Baytrail has numerous other improvements other than having better graphics so there is a performance difference.

That's because all things point to the fact that the synaptics capacitive screen SUCKS BALLS! You should have much issue with the stylus hover feature unless there's some calibration or interference with the digitizer sensor.

That's because the digitizer technology they license to OEM's like Asus, Samsung and Microsoft have NOTHING over the best digitizer that Wacom has to offer, if you're an artist who is familiar with Wacom technology think of it this way. The digitizers in the OEM tablets are akin to a Bamboo level digitizer, where as the highest end that Wacom has to offer is something on the Intuos Level can only be found on the Cintiq companion.

http://cintiqcompanion.wacom.com/CintiqCompanion/en/

Note how it's digitizer supports tilt detection and 2048 levels of pressure.

I'm pretty sure that's not a good idea Not even sure if it's conductive.