I did just mention that a tablet with full windows 8 OS is about to be released ... Eliminating the software shortfalls of existing tablets. The downside is that it will probably cost 600 quid

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After last summer's trip I bought an ACER w500 tablet running W7 to replace my ASUS eee901 (screen broke and repaired, connection to screen broke, hard drive too small, but it did run W-XP and had a solid state HD) for £250 new

I bought the ACER because
*I couldn't get a netbook any more
*It runs Windows, so is compatible with Garmin Mapsource (for me the USP).
*It has a solid state HD

W7 was never designed to run on a touch screen, which is a major PITA. Hence I always plug in a mouse and 50% of the time a keyboard too.

I'll report back after this summer's Siberian trip on how truely rugged (if at all!) it is.

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That would be cool....

But It will probably have one of those irritating touchscreen keyboards though.

And have a 30 min battery life...

And run tablet versions of software.

I reckon the backwards compatibility of Windows 8 will be worse than 7.... Goodbye mapsource, goodbye T4A, goodbye VCL media player etc.

I was working with and testing some of the top of the range tablets for Sony last year and thought about their travelling capabilities. They were running a version of android which 'should' let you do pretty much anything. However, they didn't !

It's the hardware that limits you... They want you to use their download servers for music, movies, games etc. Very much the way Apple ties you to Itunes and encrypts EVERYTHING.

But hey ! We will see. I'm ready to be happily surprised.



All I want when I'm travelling is:

The ability to store and do minor editing with photos.

To play downloaded movies in my tent on a wet, windy day

To store loads of music that I can listen to when i'm in my tent/room/hostel etc.

To sit off in a quiet corner and write a blog, check emails, play on facebook etc.

To download waypoints, maps with my GPS.



That I can do more than easily on my my £200 10" HP mini Netbook running XP that I bought in 2010.



I'd love to see a tablet that can do all that and have the freedom of older windows.

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Did some trips.
Rode some bikes.
Fix them for a living.
Can't say anymore.

it exists...
Intel Atom CPU N455 @1.66 GHz
2 GB RAM
320GB HD

Its called ???

www.touringted.com

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Did some trips.
Rode some bikes.
Fix them for a living.
Can't say anymore.