the red thing on the pen isn't an eraser, just for show.Probably. I mean, this is a huge game changer for me. Did the eraser work?
the red thing on the pen isn't an eraser, just for show.Probably. I mean, this is a huge game changer for me. Did the eraser work?
Why would you be upset at Microsoft for doing exactly the same thing they've always done?Damn MS. It's halfway through January and still no Surface Pro release information.
Wacom tablet.
Why would you be upset at Microsoft for doing exactly the same thing they've always done?
Yes, this is it, thanks! Do you have any recommendations?
Why would you be upset at Microsoft for doing exactly the same thing they've always done?
I am installing age of empires 2 right now, wonder if it works with a stylus. Project64 runs fine on it btw.
Edit: Deal just got better, Get an $100 amazon gift card with intel chip based purchase.
Just received my w700 today and due to Amazon's mistake instead of paying $780 and getting a $100 amazon giftcard I got it for a straight up $665! Not bad! First impression is that this thing is BIG. It's at least 70% thicker and heavier than the w510. Don't have the dimensions on hand but hopefully the surface pro is better than this. Functionality wise everything runs swimmingly so far. Encoding videos takes a fraction of the time, web pages load faster, multitasking runs smooth as butter. The 1080p screen has great viewing angles. I can't express how much better 11.6 inches is compared to 10.1. Everything felt so cramped on the w510. I increased the desktop to 150% which has helped tremendously with touch navigation. It comes with a high quality case, dock, Bluetooth keyboard and hdmi to vga adapter. Any questions please let me know.
I received my Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet 2 in the other day and have been loving it. The build quality is excellent. It has a nice smooth finish on the back that makes it a joy to hold. As for the screen size I prefer the 10.1 inch to the 11.6 inch that I tried on the Samsung Ativ Smart PC. This feels just like the right size for me. Performance wise, you need to know going into this that you shouldn't be playing many games or any gpu intensive things. Other than that, it works wonderfully. Browsing is great, as well as general desktop performance. The office applications open quickly and run smoothly as well as all of the other standard windows desktop applications. Played some snes and n64 emulators on the thing and they work fine as well. Basically for all of your normal windows tasks this works great. One thing I hate about Surface with Windows 8 Pro is that the pen has no silo. I would easily lose the pen if this thinkpad didn't have one. But it does which works great, it goes in flush against the sides of the device and is easy to get out. The pen is smaller than a normal pencil/pen size but still comfortable imo, although the right click button is sometimes hard to find when not looking because its flush with the pen itself. (I don't use it much though because right clicks on the desktop can be done by just holding down the pen for a second or two). As for pen performance, it works great for note taking but I think you would want a more powerful device for more art stuff, slows down when you use a brush in applications. The start screen itself has no slow downs, applications load pretty quickly. Seems on par with my desktop which has a ssd and not a eMMC drive like this device. I did notice some slow down in solitaire but the other games seemed to work fine. Overall, this is not your father's netbook. Performance of this new SoC plus the eMMC drive makes it run laps around those old netbooks. (I used to own a dell netbook which was serviceable, but nothing like this). As for the battery life, I can't say enough about it. Its excellent. I routinely get about 9-10 hours out of it just doing daily use (mostly browsing to be honest but I have taxed the system pretty hard with all of the installation and copying I have been doing the past few days). Now on to the images:
And here is the keyboard. It is a Bluetooth keyboard and not a dockable keyboard like many of the others. While I would prefer the dockable kind this is fine. As for the keyboard, I think its excellent. (this whole post has been written with it). Its not a complete full size keyboard but its hard to tell the difference to be honest, this one feels slightly cramped, slightly. But other than that its great imo. The keyboard does not have a touch pad, (that would make it waay too cramped) but it does come with a right and left mouse button as well as a middle mouse button. It also has the thinkpad nub, which to be honest I haven't gotten the hang of yet. It is pretty sensitive. (I do have my mouse speed to max so that might be it). I can still use it but I of course prefer a mouse. I also mostly just use touch or pen on the desktop anyway. Touch on the desktop works fine imo. You of course need to be more exact, but its not omg awful like people make it out to be. If you want easier touch targets you can always make the stuff bigger as well. And as for lap use, it works fine imo. Its not as stable as a real laptop but you can type easily on it. You of course need to have a flat lap, you can't be doing any of that yoga shit. And while the tablet is docked into the keyboard fairly secure it still sometimes can fall out, but I do think this is a better option for your lap than the surface keyboard.
And as for the Tablet screen, I found it quite nice. Of course it probably pales in comparison to the ipad 2400 whatever resolution screen but for such a small screen at 10.1 inches 1366x768 is great and text is nice and clear.
And here is the charger, it uses a micro usb to usb cord. the tablet isn't the fastest charger though, I only charge it overnight. I have heard the docking station for this thing will charge it much faster because it uses the bottom port to connect. I have that on order but it has been delayed.
Overall the experience has been great. the only minor problems I have seen from the tablet is occasionally the sound just stops working (although never when using audio, it basically stops working when not in use and you go back to do something and the audio is off) A quick restart fixes that though (and I mean quick, this thing reboots fast). And another small issue is on a few occasions my wifi would not come back on (think this is after its been in sleep for awhile, but it doesn't happen much only a few times for me). A quick tap of the wifi icon on the desktop and 10 second troubleshooter fixes it though. Other than those two issues its been perfect. I did notice that some people complained about the usb port not connecting to external harddrives. My external (well it is really just a normal harddrive in a mobile case) works fine. It has its own power though so maybe that is the difference. Every usb device I have used with it has worked fine though.
I bought the tablet from amazon for about $665 plus $10 1-3 day shipping. I ended up cancelling my original order from Lenovo but it just showed up at my doorstep last night with another tablet and the keyboard and an extra case (guess it comes free when you buy both, nice of them to tell me). No worries though, my dad was in the market for a new pc and has agreed to buy the other tablet off me. So basically it was $665 for the tablet off amazon and about $120 for the keyboard. I think the case was about 20 or 30 but it looks like you can get that free unless they were just being nice.Great write up. The device looks pretty slick. Good to hear it performs well. How much was all that kit, if you don't mind me asking?
About 9-10 hrs and no ports on the keyboard. Ports on the tablet are:Thanks for the Tablet 2 writeup.
Whats the battery life like? Also any port on the keyboard?
I bought the tablet from amazon for about $665 plus $10 1-3 day shipping. I ended up cancelling my original order from Lenovo but it just showed up at my doorstep last night with another tablet and the keyboard and an extra case (guess it comes free when you buy both, nice of them to tell me). No worries though, my dad was in the market for a new pc and has agreed to buy the other tablet off me. So basically it was $665 for the tablet off amazon and about $120 for the keyboard. I think the case was about 20 or 30 but it looks like you can get that free unless they were just being nice.
Yeah that is it. 367927U model is the one with pen and windows 8 pro.Is this the one you bought? Amazon has some different listings but everything points to this being the one that's $699 on Lenovo's site directly.
Yeah that is it. 367927U model is the one with pen and windows 8
yeah it would work fine.Awesome, thanks. Just ordered it. Another question though: Would that Lenovo case work ok with just the tablet? I wasn't planning on ordering the keyboard right away but I obviously need a case, going to be packing it to college with me every day more than likely.
I'll say this, though: if you're going to buy the X1 Carbon, buy the touchscreen. As Windows 8 matures, it's going to become even more touch-friendly, and I don't care what Steve Jobs said touchscreen laptops are awesome. The fingerprints all over my MacBook Air's screen, left as I prodded the display in vain, can attest to that.
5 hours of battery life = 5/10 on the Verge scale. Good to know.
Yep, I was right: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46184466&postcount=2129
it would be 8 if it was apple laptop
it would be 8 if it was apple laptop
In our battery test, which cycles through a series of websites and high-res images with the screen at 65 percent brightness, the new Air lasted five hours, 34 minutes
It lasted 4 hours, 44 minutes on the Verge Battery test, which cycles through a series of websites and high-res images with brightness set at 65 percent.
yeah it would work fine.
I wonder if Baldur's Gate special edition will run on Windows tablet.
it says Intel graphics chipset Not supported (on Steam)
windows 8 tablet is the new mac OS, where gamers go to dream of their platform being supported.. in vain.
5 hours of battery life = 5/10 on the Verge scale. Good to know.
Yep, I was right: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46184466&postcount=2129
windows 8 tablet is the new mac OS, where gamers go to dream of their platform being supported.. in vain.
The list in the OP doesn't have the Lenovo Helix. Is the list in the OP only for tablets that have been released? Is there a more complete one that includes all Windows 8 tablets that have been announced?
Oh nice thanks. btw I think the Helix has 8GB RAMI have it. I just had the row hidden because at the time I thought the spec was too good to be true.
I have un-hid it on my chart.
Oh nice thanks. btw I think the Helix has 8GB RAM
EDIT: The stat sheet says "Up to 8GB"
Same here. I want 8GB RAM!!!!The news out of CES (after that article was posted) seemed to indicate 'up to 8GB'. The PDF on the US site also says 'up to 8GB' although it is possible that the launch will be 4GB only. I just know I'm not biting until the 8GB version is available.
Microsoft store says $799. I assume that is with the dock.Does anybody know what Asus' VivoTab with Windows 8 is going for?
I recently got the RT one to replace my dying netbook, because of the $200 reduction in price at places like BestBuy and FutureShop, and Asus' offer to send out free keyboard docks to anyone who buys before the 31st.
I'm pretty sure that the $399 "$200 off" price is the new regular price for it though (BestBuy already has it listed for that now with it no longer being on sale), and I could have sworn I saw a page on FutureShop or something recently that showed the Windows 8 Vivo Tab listed at $499 (not on sale). I can only find listings for it now for like $799 though, and nothing at all on FutureShop or BestBuy.
If I can confirm that the Windows 8 one will be going for $499 soon, regular price, then I might just return the RT one, sell the free dock, and use that money to get the Windows 8 one when it goes on sale from that $499 price point.
I don't -need- Windows 8, but it would be nice not to have Windows RT's limitations on programs and whatnot.
Anyone know about this?
Microsoft store says $799. I assume that is with the dock.
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store...goryID.44066900/categoryID.60424800/list.true