{"id":17044,"date":"2014-08-29T09:18:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T09:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=17044"},"modified":"2014-08-29T09:18:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T09:18:50","slug":"playing-with-a-new-low-spec-windows-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=17044","title":{"rendered":"Playing With A New Low Spec Windows Tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"

I visited my employer\u2019s stands at the Retail Trade Show in Dublin this week. I already knew most of the stuff there, but I got to put my hands on one of the new ultra-low spec Windows 8.1 \u201cUpdate 1\u201d tablets. ICYMI, the April 2014 Update for Windows 8.1 enables OEMs to sell lower spec machinery.<\/p>\n

For example, a Windows install is much smaller. That means you can sell a Windows tablet, and that\u2019s x86 Windows, not Windows RT, with 16 GB of storage.<\/p>\n

\"IMAG0219\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And the machine can have just 1 GB RAM.<\/p>\n

The machine I played with was a Win\u2019Tab8. I don\u2019t know who the manufacturer was (I think they were French) and I\u2019m not in the office to find out more info. It was an 8\u201d yellow tablet. Thin and light as one would expect. And I believe it was quite cheap (maybe sub \u20ac200). <\/p>\n

\"IMAG0220\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This tablet did have 16 GB storage, micro-SD expansion, an Intel Atom 4-core CPU, and 1 GB RAM. There was a micro USB port and a dedicated power socket (I like that!). I don\u2019t know what the battery life is like. Just over 4 GB of the storage was free. The RAM was under pressure; while I\u2019m OK with the small amount of storage for a consumption machine (I hope MSFT embraces expansion storage like on Android), I am not sold on tablets with less than 2 GB RAM. The demo machine was not logged in with a Microsoft ID so I couldn\u2019t install something from the Store. But I played around and it seemed to perform pretty well.<\/p>\n

Expect to see these kinds of low spec\/price Windows tablets in retail stores in the coming months.<\/p>\n

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