Can you install the windows 8.1 update on this tablet? Are the drivers ok? After installing the 8.1 upgrade version, is there any issue with it?
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I installed the update to 8.1 on my W700 with no problems with the updating itself. After upgrading Norton 360 would no longer work. My Logitech wireless trackball would not work either but I downloaded a new driver for it and it works OK now.
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I upgraded to W 8.1 and the W700 will not connect to a blue tooth earpiece. I updated the blue tooth drivers and no change. The keyboard works fine, but trying to connect an earpiece (pairing is ok) it shows connected for just a moment and then changed to not connected every time. I made sure the tablet was set as discoverable and ready.
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I have not updated it yet. I assume I can and will look into it on the coming weekend.
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Finally updated to Win 8.1. Created full system image for Win 8, just in case something goes wrong. After installation in device manager all drivers seems OK, however the "Bluetooth audio device" has an exclamation mark, does not seem to impact anything, and driver is updated. If you will need to update other drivers they are available on the Acer site. After the upgrade the tablet seemed a bit slow so I researched it a bit found info at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-performance/acer-iconia-w700-slow-after-installing-windows-81/c6287ebd-7095-4364-b48e-068a82295778?page=2 and it resolved the issue. Finally updated to Win 8.1. Created full system image for Win 8, just in case something goes wrong. After installation in device manager all drivers seems OK, however the "Bluetooth audio device" has an exclamation mark, does not seem to impact anything, and driver is updated. If you will need to update other drivers they are available on the Acer site. After the upgrade the tablet seemed a bit slow so I researched it a bit found info at... » Read More Finally updated to Win 8.1. Created full system image for Win 8, just in case something goes wrong. After installation in device manager all drivers seems OK, however the "Bluetooth audio device" has an exclamation mark, does not seem to impact anything, and driver is updated. If you will need to update other drivers they are available on the Acer site. After the upgrade the tablet seemed a bit slow so I researched it a bit found info at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-performance/acer-iconia-w700-slow-after-installing-windows-81/c6287ebd-7095-4364-b48e-068a82295778?page=2 and it resolved the issue. « Show Less
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I haven't had the opportunity to use Windows 8 yet, but if you go to the tablet manufacturers site you can see if they have the drivers for Window 8
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There are some driver updates on their website that I had to install to get it working properly after updating to Windows 8.1.
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I loaded it without problems on my 8.1 laptop but it gives me problems when I try to sync it with the software. I cannot find any place that says that the software is 8.1 compliant, so I would say "no, it doesn't work with Win 8.1".
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Hi Pamela, It doesn't have the 8.1 version of Windows included. You will still need to download the 8.1 update. Microsoft provides the updates here. Its super easy but extra work. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/update-from-windows-8-tutorial I hope that helps
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I have no issues with windows 8. Just download the drivers from the manufacturers website. I think it is a beta driver.
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It does, but it's a little tricky. There is someone else by the name of David L Dalley who put down a review about how they got it to work with Windows 8, which I will now quote here. "My main purpose for this review is to help those users with Windows 8 to get the drivers that come with the tablet to function properly. The tablet will not run well without the included software and this will definitely affect your experience. I recommend that you download the software directly from their website and install as the instructions provided describe. The problem here (at least the problem I encountered) was that when I went into the system tray and double clicked the tablet icon nothing happened. All I would get is the spinning circle. After tremendous frustration I hunted through the files provided in the download. First off when you download the file it creates a folder labelled H610_H580_H608. Open the folder and you will see another folder that says Win Driver. Open that folder and you will see 2 folders that will apply to you. One is labelled WIN7_32 and other labelled WIN7_64. The last 2 digits of each folder corresponds to if you are using a 32 bit operating system or the 64 bit operating system. Both folders contain an icon called TabCfg. While your tablet is connected to your computer, double click this icon and then (hopefully), you will see the configuration screen. From here you can fine tune your tablet. I recommend that you send this icon to your desktop just to make it easier to find when you need it." This is most of his review on the subject. Hopefully this was able to give you some insight.
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My laptop came with windows 8.0 and when I upgraded it to 8.1, it still work fine. And I believe it will work fine without no problem for your system.
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I installed the Developer Preview of Windows 8 (32 bit). All of the Acer drivers seem to be compatible. It took a while to download all of them from the support website and install them, but after doing so and installing the required applications, it runs really smooth and has a very "touch friendly" interface. One thing I dislike is that my folio cover prevents some of the swipe gestures necessary for Win8. I've had a couple of random shut downs and a few program crashes (i.e. Mobipocket Reader gives me some problems [also you can't easily exit full screen mode without the keyboard dock]). The onscreen keyboard is substantially better in Win8. Some of the metro apps are either buggy or just incompatible. There is a game called Labyrinth that doesn't seem to do anything at all. The "Socializer" gets stuck in Facebook login mode forever. All that said, I will be purchasing Windows 8 as soon as it comes out for my Acer W500. It is so much easier to use than Win 7 with the touch and boots in 8 - 13 seconds.
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It works. Probably works better with windows before 8.1. Getting driver to install on 8.1 is a problem for some reason.This is a GREAT Unit however, small and great picture once you get it installed. Newer version of the machine are probably even better but this one works OK.
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Using it successfully with Win 7 home. Win 7 saw it without driver disk use. Don't know re 8.1.
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As this is a full Windows tablet, you only need to install the Windows 8 print driver from the manufacturer. It is not a special app like the iPad or Android tablets need.
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I Have Windows 8.1 64 Bits but is advisable download the driver and software updated from the web pagehttp://numarkns6.com/support
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Came with Windows 8. When the upgrade to 8.1 came, I let it upgrade. The computer does not have a touch screen so those "features" don't work.
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I haven't tested it on Windows 8.1, but I'm going to assume that it will because it's Plug and Play. I was surprised that it worked on my Nvidia Shield running Android 4.3 with no problems. You can always download drivers from Windows 8.1 or windows update should find the drivers for you.
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I had no problem upgrading to 8.1 - Asus have excellent customer service so I suggest you contact them.
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Windows 8.1 is installed on my Surface Pro 2. Takes some getting used to, but overall I love everything about my Surface Pro 2. For me, this was the right choice!