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1358239 2013-10-30 04:18:00 Hi All.

Is it possible to delete the OS from one of these & replace it with W7 or W8? Thanks. PJ 		Poppa John (284)
1358240 2013-10-30 04:21:00 It might be if you were a super guru tech person, but if you were you wouldn't be asking how to do it,so the answer is.. Nope, you can't.

Besides, Android is specifically designed to run on tablets.. Windows in all its flavours.... not so much. 		Webdevguy (17166)
1358241 2013-10-30 04:24:00 NOPE ---Wrong architecture wainuitech (129)
1358242 2013-10-30 04:26:00 Windows RT and its other cousin also take up about half of the storage space on Windows tablets, which kinda defeats the purpose of having a fully capable but lightweight efficient OS running on your tablet with optimised storage. Webdevguy (17166)
1358243 2013-10-30 04:32:00 Ok Thanks. PJ Poppa John (284)
1358244 2013-10-30 19:50:00 You can buy tablets with Win RT. There may be a reasosn no one wants them .
Win RT is NOT the same as windows, it wont even run Windows programs , needs a special version of you fav Win programs programs (correct me if Im wrong)
This was partly the problem, end users wouldnt understand the difference between WinRT & 'normal' Windows8
Tablets with 'normal' Win are also available, but they are really just a laptop with a touchscreen. Often Not cheap either

But yes, Samsung WinRT tablets WERE available, may still be. Doesnt mean they are worth having. ;)
www.engadget.com

FYI, this looks interesting
next-gen-samsung-galaxy-tab-could-dual-boot-windows-rt
reviews.cnet.com 		1101 (13337)
1358245 2013-10-30 20:48:00 Looks like people have managed to put XP on something with Android on it. On YouTube

But with a link / icon on the main screen. They didnt wipe what was on it. But it was so slow it took like 5-10 mins to boot into XP, and 5-10 mins for the menu to appear. But it didnt have anyway of getting online. And it didn't have sound 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
1358246 2013-10-30 20:56:00 You certainly can buy tablets with Win RT, and the apps that run on them from the Windows App Market Place.. or Windows Store or what ever its called. But judging by the zero interest expressed in Windows Tablets by the general public - Its only schools that are being given them for FREE from Microsoft in order to gain market share by MS that are grabbing them, I'd suggest going with a Galaxy Tablet if you are not a fan of iDevices.

Now baring in mind that the Windows OS has been forcibly shoe horned to fit into a Windows Tablet as opposed to re written from the ground up and therefore optimised to run in a low power environment, I'd suggest avoiding it. After all there are plenty of better choices in the Android/Galaxy Nexus or iPad space. 		Webdevguy (17166)
1358247 2013-10-31 10:46:00 You certainly can buy tablets with Win RT, and the apps that run on them from the Windows App Market Place.. or Windows Store or what ever its called.
And those apps are specifically written for Win RT, they're not compatible. It's x86 vs ARM architecture, the CPU's just aren't compatible. 		Chilling_Silence (9)
1358248 2013-10-31 11:59:00 You certainly can buy tablets with Win RT, and the apps that run on them from the Windows App Market Place.. or Windows Store or what ever its called. But judging by the zero interest expressed in Windows Tablets by the general public - Its only schools that are being given them for FREE from Microsoft in order to gain market share by MS that are grabbing them, I'd suggest going with a Galaxy Tablet if you are not a fan of iDevices.

Now baring in mind that the Windows OS has been forcibly shoe horned to fit into a Windows Tablet as opposed to re written from the ground up and therefore optimised to run in a low power environment, I'd suggest avoiding it. After all there are plenty of better choices in the Android/Galaxy Nexus or iPad space.

Schools are purchasing Surface (http://www.surface.com)tablets running Windows RT, and the schools that I've seen like to have another choice now rather that just iPad and Android devices

Parents I talk to don't like being told by schools that 8 year little Jonny needs to have at least an iPad 3 for school, else "he'll be left behind"

Sure they don't run desktop Windows apps, just like Android and iPad don't run Windows desktop apps. They run Windows Store apps. But I think they are the most productive tablets on earth, you can do real work on these things, they come with Office 2013 including Word, Excel, OneNote and Outlook. You can create content as well as consume it.

Windows RT has been designed from the ground up to go on low power long life tablets with ARM chips. But its not a toy mobile operating system OS, its not just a big phone. I can be productive, I can plug into external monitors and extend my desktop. They have real full size USB ports, they have microSD ports, they have a kick stand builtin. They properly multitask, so I can run apps side by side and be productive. They have the best email client and web browser on any Tablet I have ever used, they support flash, IE11 actually works beautifully fast and fluid with touch on Surface and I enjoy browsing on my Surface much more than my iPad or Google Nexus tablet. I can do things that are pretty hard on other tablets, like printing, like plugging in a mouse and keyboard, like connecting up to network file shares on my home or school/work network.

And with Surface 2 at $649 I think they are great value with a FHD 1080P screen, and 200GB of SkyDrive cloud storage included for 2 years, and 1 year of unlimited Skype calling to 60 countries around the world.

Its good to have choice. 		nmercer (3899)
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