Continuing the winning WinBook tradition A trusted award-winning brand for 25 years, WinBook tablets continue our tradition of outstanding quality and proven performance; core values of the WinBook product line. Featuring the best, most widely preferred mobile technology like Intel® quad-core processing, Intel HD graphics, and Windows® 8.1 operating system, WinBook tablets are designed for every mobile user in today's digital world. The inclusion of one year of Microsoft® Office 365 Personal makes WinBook tablets the best choice for business users who depend on Access and PowerPoint; students, who require the features and flexibility of OneNote; and busy household executives who track family budgets, after-school schedules, and important tasks in Excel and Outlook. And that's only some of what you can do with a WinBook tablet which also boasts robust security features, powerful WiFi capability, Bluetooth® 4.0, and exceptional battery life.
A**R
Excellent features vs. price
I give four stars for size, capability, and price.First the positive. I wanted a one-handed tablet with Windows 8.1 for all the basic tablet activities: e-mail , web, Kindle, news, weather, Netflix, Hulu, etc. What I got was all that AND a somewhat basic PC. The fulls size USB port makes it more useful than most tablets, plust it still has a micro USB and a micro HDMI. With a powered USB hub and an HDMI adapter it can support an external mouse, keyboard, and monitor. Now it's a full desktop PC that fits in your back pocket.Now the negative. Screen is very hard to read in desktop view. A mouse is almost required as the windows symbols are much smaller than a fingertip. The battery life is very poor, but external battery packs are common and cheap these days. Memory fills up fast. I used the utility from Micro Center to maximize it, which helped. My Office 365 subscription was already in use and could not be activated. A sample installation took up too much space so I switched to Open Office and it suits my needs thus far in a smaller space.Overall, it's a great value with those caveats. Buy a 32GB card, HDMI adapter, and a powered hub and it's still cheap but amazing. Replaces a Roku for streaming movies or a low powered desktop for basic browsing and e-mail. I also found a wired keayboard/case for ~$6 on Amazon. It is in transit but it should make this a laptop replacement. Enjoy.
B**Z
Amazing for the price!
Windows has come a long way from the days before Windows 7 when every iteration needed a more powerful computer to run it. It's frankly amazing how well Windows 8.1 runs on such inexpensive hardware. No, you won't mistake this for an iPad Mini. It's pretty thick, and the screen's not the best (though reasonably high resolution). But for browsing the web, watching Netflix, reading the news and checking email, it works great and there's really no reason to spend more. Frankly, if you haven't experienced Windows 8.1 on a tablet, you need to. The Marketplace is definitely lacking, but the OS itself is far nicer (in my opinion) than iOS. The biggest drawback to this is the battery life which is pretty poor and even when asleep it tends to drain fairly quickly. But as long as you remember to keep it plugged in when you're not using it I think you'll find it an incredible bargain.The fact that you can run normal desktop apps and plug in accessories and an external monitor is definitely a bonus, though with the skimpy RAM and disk (and small screen) I wouldn't plan to use this too much. Oh, and if you need Office 365 (I didn't), the tablet's basically free.Giving 5 stars not because it's the best tablet ever, but because at $70 or less it's an absolute steal.9/29 Edit:I wanted to add some notes about Windows 10. I would not recommend upgrading this to Windows 10. You can, and it is functional, however Windows 10 Desktop (even in tablet mode) is intended for devices 8" or larger, and it is not possible to scale things up enough to make it nearly as user-friendly as 8.1 on a device like this. Worse than that, I found the performance to be generally worse and had a lot of "low memory" issues. This may be in part due to optimizations to the installed image on this device which made it smaller. In any case, Microsoft intends that Windows 10 Mobile be installed on devices like this, and it's easy to see why. So I recommend just keeping this on 8.1 which works great and will be supported for a long while.
H**I
Bargain for experienced WinOS users, probably a headache for grandma.
It's not perfect. But it's cheap, and it runs what I need it to run. 5 stars because it's a bargain that does what I need.Here's how I got it into a setup that works great for me.The very first thing I did was cancel out of the security software install, because I don't want the brand they push on the tablet.Then I went to ninite, where I selected, downloaded and installed the base software I wanted (browsers, utilities, etc.) Most importantly, I made sure to get the 3rd party start button for Win8. That made a huge difference for me, a die-hard Win7 user.After that, I went into the control panel, and customized the display by changing the font size to 125%. That wasn't big enough, so I opened the advanced options up and ramped it up to 150%. That's usable for me. I don't recommend downsizing the resolution. You can only downsize it to 1024 x 768, and it looks nasty on the Winbook. You also lose 3/4" on either side of the display (horizontally) because of the different aspect ratio.Still in the control panel, I went to programs, where I uninstalled the 3rd party security software. Then I installed the Windows security software, ran Windows Update, and went for a walk. It takes about an hour to update.Getting a capacitive stylus is extremely helpful for avoiding fat-fingering things. I think it's more of a "interface is too tiny" problem than anything else.You'll also need to go into the control panel to stop Skype from loading all the time. It kills performance on the tablet. I use Skype, and I like it just fine, but I don't like it running all the time, hogging the very limited resources on this tablet.Win8 apps in general are kind of annoying, but that's my personal opinion. I like programs over apps on Windows. That's why I want to run Windows in the first place. So I disabled them in the control panel. I also disabled the password on wake from sleep, because it was getting annoying. I'm not keeping any state secrets on this thing, so I'm not too worried about it.The cameras aren't that great, but they're good enough for Skype, I guess?Battery-wise, it can run in stand-by for a 36-48 hours before draining the battery completely. It's good for 3-4 hours of active use, from my experience.TL;DR: Great if you know what you're doing, or have a very specific need. Battery is average at best. Not necessarily grandma-friendly, due to tiny fonts, difficulty hitting targets on the screen, and Windows OS knowledge required to make it perform well. You won't take good pictures with the cameras, either. But it's stupid cheap!3/19/2015 UPDATE: You may get a weird black screen full of yellow text, and it may seem like your tablet is locked up or broken. It's not. Hook up a keyboard to the USB port, type in 'reset' (without the ' marks) and it should reboot. That's what I did with mine, and I have no problems with it. It was probably a bad update or bad boot.
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