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Windows 8 on a Samsung Core i5 Tablet

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief September 14, 2011 · 1 min read

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At the BUILD Conference today, Microsoft showed a much more comprehensive preview of the upcoming Windows 8 OS along with some tablet prototypes, including this 11.6″ Core i5 Slate from Samsung.

Almost all of the early impressions gave Windows 8 and the accompanying hardware some pretty glowing reviews. The Samsung tablet shown here has the same specs as the Series 7 laptop they introduced a couple of weeks ago — Core i5, 6GB DDR3, etc.

Microsoft also showed three other tablets running on various chipset — an Intel Atom processor, a TI OMAP4430 and the quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 Kal El chipset.

Here’s a thorough walkthrough of Windows 8 {via The Verge}:

If you want to take a closer look, you can download a copy of the Developer Edition of Windows 8 here.

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70 Comments

jego207 · 15 years ago

Good to see that a lot of features are getting into Windows 8!

wyldkard · 15 years ago

nice! gives me a reason to want a tablet

Gian · 15 years ago

Just installed it.. It put all my current programs to Windows.old folder. Gonna reinstall nanaman. Anyways, it looks good, all your programs are now called apps. Smooth switching modes. I still need to explore since I’ll use this lappy for presentation.. >.<

John · 15 years ago

I’ve installed all my usual work apps and essential toos. it works great and I havent encountered any issues. The install was 15 minutes flat! If I dont see any issues in the next 2 weeks, I’m loading it on my x61 tablet. I’ll let you know how it turns out but if someboady has already done so, share naman ng tips!

John · 15 years ago

I have Win8 on my Rig and it works like magic! Try it, the ISOs are in the devsite.

pabs · 15 years ago

I’ll be patiently waiting for nokia phones running on windows 8, that would be great!!!!

mark mart · 15 years ago

I wanna try this too! sana di ganun kadami bugs.

Romar · 15 years ago

this would be a great competitor against other tablets OS’s. Only disadvantage of it is being paid operating system.

kobe67 · 15 years ago

After I heard about Windows 8 (Developer Preview), Nag download agad ko from Microsoft Website..

– Malaki talaga deference ng Windows 8 (Dev Prev) compared to Windows 7.

Rate- 10/10… Ang sarap gamitin, kahit sa laptop ko ito sinet-up para na akong gumagamit ng tablet or phone.

Windows 8 (Dev Prev) Screenshots in my Acer 4750G i5. –

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.246828555359777.58446.100000979030281&l=771f92831f&type=1

– Gawa ako ng vid if may time.

Gian · 15 years ago

I’m planning on trying it too.. But do you how can I uninstall it just in case I’m not impressed? :)

Romar · 15 years ago

@gian, you can not go back to your previous Os after installing this. Unless, you do a clean instalation again, or you may do a dual boot to make your current os untouched/unharmed.

Gian · 15 years ago

So that means I have to stay using this developer edition until the official release to keep my files untouched? :))

marc philip · 15 years ago

anyone tried downloading and installing the developer edition of windows 8 sa laptop? post niyo naman experience niyo dito. yuga try mo rin po install sa 1 sa mga laptops mo, dami ka naman laptop eh.hehe gawa ka rin ng review ng nito

movie quotes · 15 years ago

anyone tried downloading and installing the developer edition of windows 8? post niyo naman experience niyo dito. yuga try mo rin po install sa 1 sa mga laptops mo, dami ka naman laptop eh.hehe gawa ka rin ng review ng developer nito

capslock · 15 years ago

buggy pa tlga yan kc bago pa…may improvements pa yan guys…^^,

kyle · 15 years ago

not impressed with the UI,from the video above..the user is having a hard type swiping/sliding from left to pen app then right to open another one,too laggy also
-for first time users,how the hell do i know that swiping from the left side of the screen would bring out apps,no indicator is visible
-they should retain the start menu not live tiles,hopefully could switch back to it as i’ve heard