PaddockLad 17698 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Am being tempted by a Windows 8 pro surface tablet, which runs full windows 8 instead of the one available in this country at the moment which runs the rather more limited Windows RT. Theyre being released in the US on Feb 9th, but no news on any other countries at the moment. Sister in law is a yank so its not a problem getting one shipped across, only trouble is will it work properly in this country?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17698 Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 DHL packages are checked by customs?.... Does that mean there aren't any real techy drawbacks then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31225 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Will a tablet be powerful enough to run the full Windows 8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4411 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Expect to be charged 20% VAT - the sender has to put a value on which commercial senders I'm guessing would be correct. Also if they use any form of the US post office it will come via Parcel Force who will charge you a tenner "admin charge" (Fine for daring to buy from abroad). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17698 Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Will a tablet be powerful enough to run the full Windows 8? Will a tablet be powerful enough to run the full Windows 8? Been reading up on it this week....its a bit of a minefield. Am not the most IT savvy character, but Mrs PL wants a purple Surface "cos they look cute in the advert" this was quite illuminating... http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/brianmadden/archive/2013/01/24/can-intel-based-windows-8-pro-tablets-ever-come-close-to-the-low-power-and-long-batteries-of-arm-based-devices.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31225 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 The battery life must be next to nothing though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17698 Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Expect to be charged 20% VAT - the sender has to put a value on which commercial senders I'm guessing would be correct. Also if they use any form of the US post office it will come via Parcel Force who will charge you a tenner "admin charge" (Fine for daring to buy from abroad). Hmm....think I may get someone going on holiday to get one for me. those full windows 8 ones have core I5's and such in them with 4 gbs of ram, they'll have the power of an average desktop machine processor wise think it'd be a close run choice between it and the 13" macbook air for me tbh if i was going spend that kinda money with the macbook winning for personal pref/looks. This is what am thinking.......the surface pro does seem a good bit of kit which wont need up grading (for my uses anyway) for a good while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 6 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Losing the warrantee for the sake of a months wait is a bit silly? Personally I'd stay away from them until we know how robust the hardware is. Remember the 3 red rings on the xbox, this was a heating/cooling issue MS overlooked/ignored in testing. There are plenty of other models. I like the HP Envy x2 and their business class version (forget the name). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17698 Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 I thought there wasn't a release date for the surface pro in this country? They're only just releasing the RT version in most of Europe next month...good point on the warranty though. The Hp envy is mentioned in the comments on the blog about battery life I linked...hmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 6 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 There's quite a few to choose from. The Surface is just hardware, something Microsoft have a bad rep for. other convertibles cnet summary is worth a read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22008 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 (edited) I had a go on windows 8 on a laptop yesterday. It was horrible, couldn't even work out (without googling) how to turn the fucker off. Edited January 27, 2013 by Renton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9978 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Expect to be charged 20% VAT - the sender has to put a value on which commercial senders I'm guessing would be correct. Also if they use any form of the US post office it will come via Parcel Force who will charge you a tenner "admin charge" (Fine for daring to buy from abroad). Plus Royal Mail handling fee (£15 iirc) and last stuff we had shipped from the US (a present from family) they charged the VAT on the value of the items including the shipping charge. Bastards!! They check everything now, used to be hit or miss. Only way to do it really is to bring it back with you "used" if you are ever there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I was going to buy a US MacBook and get it shipped over to the UK last year (just ended up getting a cheap laptop from currys ). There's a website where you pay them a wee bit of money and they sort it all out for you. I think it works for pretty much anything from America but I can't remember the name of it for the life of me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17698 Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Had another think about it, spoke to some lads at work and may be going down this road now....no need for buying from the US, get a 32gig ipad2 and use a keyboard with it... http://store.apple.com/uk/product/HA500B/A/logitech-ultrathin-keyboard-cover-for-ipad?fnode=3e http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Logitech-Ultrathin-Keyboard-Cover-/321050610858?var=#vi-content Anyone use a keyboard with an ipad regularly?....and anyone know whats the best option if I want to get a sim card for 3g with an ipad?....is it best just to hook it up to your phone via wifi and use it's 3g/data plan? or should I just get an ultrabook/mac air thingy?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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