Gabe3 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I've noticed the windows 7 samsung series 7 tablets with an i5, 4gb of ram, intel 3000 graphics going for 600-700 used, and $950 new. looking at the new samsung ativ 700t, it has higher res display, larger ssd, and slightly better graphics for $250 more. if you don't need these things, seems like the old series 7 would be a good choice? am I wrong? I'm curious if the touch screen tech is better in the new win8 tablets? I want to get the best tablet for the money, my budget is around $600, getting a older win7 tablet seems like it could be a good way to get the best specs for the money. I'll probably wait and see what a used ativ 700t goes for, but my guess it probably won't be under $800. Or maybe a acer W700, no sd slot on the W700 is kinda a deal breaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I would have thought that the win7 tablet could run win8 fine, tho win8 wasn't my cup of tea, it is supposed to be great even on older hardware, I suppose there could be one or two issues with the touch hardware maybe, but all in all, I can't think of a reason why you couldn't get a win7 tab and just buy a win8 upgrade for it, and it not to work. Draconian Guppy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Skip 7. Trust me. I had a Win7 tablet, and the UX is horrible. You're going to have to up the DPI scaling to at least 125% or even 150% to get the UI elements to be touchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe3 Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Skip 7. Trust me. I had a Win7 tablet, and the UX is horrible. You're going to have to up the DPI scaling to at least 125% or even 150% to get the UI elements to be touchable. why would I keep win7 on it? sorry, I should have said I would upgrade it to win8. when I said windows 7 tablet, I meant tablets that have windows 7 on them originally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 why would I keep win7 on it? sorry, I should have said I would upgrade it to win8. Sorry, missed that part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 YES!! Finally got my invisibility back :woot: Draconian Guppy and mcloum 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Supervisor Posted November 21, 2012 Supervisor Share Posted November 21, 2012 Hello, I have a Samsung Series 7 Slate that came with Microsoft Windows 7 that I purchased for testing Windows 8 on. It worked well with both operating systems, but for touch-centric functionality, Windows 8 outshines Windows 7. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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