New Windows-powered tablet-notebook hybrids now in SA

ToxicBunny said:
Which equates to R2240.48 at current rates, excluding taxes.

So add your 10% duty, and 14% VAT and that comes to R2809.56.

So I would say they're not making massive profits on the unit tbh... They get it for cheaper than $199 for sure, but they have to ship them here which costs money.

I would say they're probably making about R400 per unit, at most.
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The local models both seem to have 16gb of storage.
 
looking at the info presented and some complaints about the Surface I actually think they are presenting 16 gigs after the OS install

interestingly I wonder if Microsoft has acquired the branding rights for NeXT ...
 
ToxicBunny said:
Did that Netbook have the new Atom processor, and a touch screen etc etc?
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At the time, yes of course it had the newest Atom available. Atoms still suck by the way, they are designed to. And who cares about a touch screen, having something that works is more important. How smooth do you think Windows 8 will run on that one single GB of RAM? And where will you put it on the ginormous 16GB storage?
 
Build quality and battery life... I will be interested to hear some feedback about this.

Would be fun to install Bluestacks on it just for sheetz and gigglez.
 
i.got~issues said:
Build quality and battery life... I will be interested to hear some feedback about this.

Would be fun to install Bluestacks on it just for sheetz and gigglez.
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The questions on Wallmart about it is a bit excruciating - 'does it have a floppy drive, etc' but the average battery life is supposedly about 6 hours.
 
According to the US press release the NextBooks are being launched via Walmart. Which means that Makro will get (a) a good price and (b) a certain degree of exclusivity.

The specification - Office 365 plus OneDrive - seems to indicate that the expected usage is more tablet / netbook than the Surface, which is tablet / laptop.

That said:

  • What will the on-going Office 365 plus OneDrive subscription charge be after the first year ?
  • Is the USB port 2 or 3. And can it mount USB devices e.g. hard drives ?
  • Will this run Windows 8.1 apps ?
 
kianm said:
You'll be left with 512Mb for your excells and mp3 album :D . But i guess there is a stripped down version for these tables, but again they said it's the full win8.1 so confused there
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On my Asus, Windows folder alone is 10GB, still need to add program files. You'll be using the micro SD or cloud storage for this one.
 
8 inch tablet + R400 Microsoft wedge keyboard= full blown windows experience in 8 inches of glory.
Sounds like I am going to be paying Makro a visit.
 
konfab said:
8 inch tablet + R400 Microsoft wedge keyboard= full blown windows experience in 8 inches of glory.
Sounds like I am going to be paying Makro a visit.
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You still need a cover or a stand for the tablet, sadly that's a deal breaker for me.
 
Yea, I guess you can use the wedge as the stand, but in all fairness its cumbersome at best.

Oh and you need a Bluetooth mouse aswell, then you need to carry three separate things with you, instead of just one nettop, its a missed opportunity from MS.
 
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