Isn't windows 8 too heavy for this kind of light processor?32GB enough for Windows 8 system?can connect regular USB 3.0(or 2.0) portable drive?
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Windows runs fine. You can even run some older games on this thing, believe it or not. I've hooked up an external blu-ray to this, as well as external HDDs and the likes. The blu-ray needed a second powered port to work though, not enough voltage on the single micro.
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Like Windows Phone 8, Windows 8 optimized its Store apps to make sure that they can run as quickly as possible on all sorts of hardware. Most Windows Store apps on the VivoTab work just as fast as the same apps on a MacBook Air with Windows 8 installed, while one may start noticing difference when playing graphics heavy games from Store. Meanwhile, you will certainly notice speed difference when you run desktop apps. Microsoft Office runs just fine, but Adobe Creative Suite is certainly slower.
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This processor runs windows 8 and 8.1 just fine. 32 GB is a little small but with OneDrive, and the microns slot, you can make it work, really all comes down to personal opinion. The USB probably does not connect USB 3.0 but most likely can connect USB 2.0 with the right adapter.
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The CPU is x64 based processor so I am going to take a wild guess, Yes Windows 8 should be 64bit as well otherwise it will not recognize the entire 4GB anyway but I highly doubt it will be Pro Edition... Most likely Home Edition. --Edit There is no such thing as Home, there is 8/8.1 and 8/8.1 Pro but it is comparable to the home vs pro in previous versions of Windows.
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The drive is USB 3.0 based, and also 2.0 compatible, but the software that is delivered with the drive is complete trash. Just use it as a "normal" external drive with Win8 or 7, and you will have no problems. The DVD that comes with the drive is currently being used to keep the birds out of my fruit trees.
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I've used this Windows 8 with no problem. If you have a USB port open, it should be OK. If not, Amazon returns are pretty easy:-)
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I have not tried, but that is an option I have considered. I definitely think Windows 7 would work better than 8 on this machine because 7 is a "lighter" operating system (doesn't take as much to run it). I think Linux would be even better, I am just not sure if Linux has all the drivers.
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I just got one that uses a different chipset than typical USB drives, which registers it as a local disk rather than removable media as part of Win8 certification. You'd need third party software to load ISO images onto the drive.
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Personally I'm running Windows 7, but that was one of the reasons I liked this board. It was upgradeable to the newest AMD apu and I could run Windows 8 if I wanted to (I'm not really a fan of 8 on machines without a touch screen) . If you want to run Windows 8 you have to download the latest drivers from the Gigabyte website. All in all, I love the board. I would definitely recommend it.
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No, that's your preference. However, I can't say enough good things about windows 8 which is what I run off this motherboard now. Very efficient.
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No. Mine crashed. Took 3 weeks to get Windows 8 on USB. Didn't work. Returned it. I loved it before it crashed
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I bought one and I use it. Windows 7 Backup doesn't work with it, so I use a 3rd party backup. It has a USB 3 interface, but I have only USB 2. The disk works fine.
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I think you can do that. But the Windows 8.1 require a flash drive with 24 GB memory.
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Seems to work fine.I have an Acer win8 laptop with USB3 and though I primarily use this 32GB mem stick in Clonzilla (in a Linux environment) to store and access my main Win8 OS system image, Win8 sees the drive fine and I also copied and edited some additional content to the drive from within Win8
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This is a USB 3.0 powered hub; I do not see any reason why it would not be compatible with Windows 8 (I have Win7).
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I have an old toshiba dual core, with windows 10 (tech preview), and I put it to work there. Its faster than the other usb 2.0 already there. I use it for backup on usb 3 samsung drive. The trick was to download the appropiate driver because the one that came with it did not work.
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My use was on a mill with a Pentium 3 processor running MSDOS 6.21. DOS sees it a Drive A: and all the software treats it the same way. The formatted USB drive when plugged into our Windows 8 desktops only works with the first 1.44 MB partition.
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Well to be specific it has a lot more RAM. It is a much faster machine for it. They also replaced the HHD with a SSD. Much faster and more reliable. They also installed Windows 8. I'm not all that happy with Windows 8. 8 has a problem with the USB 3.0 drivers and Host controller. If I could I would go back to 7
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I neve did any gaming on mine, but I watched a substantial amount of movies on it and never had any processing troubles, so I would imagine that some light gaming would be alright. And I believe, at least mine did, came with windows 8 already installed.