i have Win 8 - 8.1, came on My New Acer Laptop, (Non Touch), Can i hook this to it &amp; use it as a touch tablet?
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You should be able to use an HDMI out from your laptop along with a USB to the monitor, and use it as a large touch tablet. You may need to change some settings, but you can close the laptop and only use the external monitor if you want.
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This laptop does NOT have touch screen, which makes it a bit awkward to work with Windows 8 operating system. Since Windows 8 was designed to flows better with touchscreen device like a tablet, you may want to choose a laptop with touchscreen if that's what you are after. Personally, with a touch pad and keyboard I think anyone can operate this computer just fine.
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Yes. Windows 8 does not require the touch screen to function but is designed to work with one. You can just as easily use your mouse and keyboard for typical functions.
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I don't know - I purposely ordered my system with Win7, which is plenty frustrating enough! I cannot imagine why anyone would want to use a screen this large as a touch screen in any case.
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I believe that you can. That is what some people have used this tablet for because it is compatible. It used Windows 7 if that helps.
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I'm running Windows 8 and it's been working fine. I don't think that it would support touch, but I can't confirm that, as my laptop lacks a touchscreen. You can always try the eval copy to confirm, I think he offers a 21 day trial.
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It depends on the OS you have installed. For my Windows 7 system the drivers were already onboard. When 1st connected Windows searched its own driverbase and asked me to verify the device. Then all was good to go. I imagine Win8 would be about the same. Note that for the touch function to work you must also connect a usb port & the cable supplied with the monitor is fairly short. You might want to have a 6 to 10 foot usb cable on hand to make hooking up easy.
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Yes I have Windows 8 touch screen Asus...works like any other sdhc...I loaded it with music for my psp...
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I haven't tried yet. This is my wife's laptop now and she likes Win 8. Once I get a tablet for her, I will put Ubuntu on it.
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I dont believe the Version of OS matters. You treat the touch screen as an input device.
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I would not recommend installing Windows 8 on a non-touchscreen notebook like this one... it becomes very counter-intuitive without a digitizer to touch in the Metro-interface. I had to do a bit of modding to get Windows 8 to give me a Start Menu back and start the computer into classic Windows desktop. I then just wiped the computer and went back to Windows 7, since that was what I got after all of the modifications on Windows 8.
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I have Windows 8.1, and it works properly (I don't have the touch screen, though, so I'm not sure how that would respond).
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I tried with an acer (window 8) tablet, using a OTG adapter, the other simple adapters some times don't work with all tablets, just make sure you get an OTG cable to connect the tablet to the keyboard or to any other device like USB memories or CD readers, etc.
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I only have a Microsoft Tablet running Windows 8; I could not get it installed, so I can't say if it will work on regular computer, but it will not run on my tablet
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Yes, I have a Lenovo x230 with touch screen attached to the Acer touch screen. Works great with windows 7
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Yes. Has nothing to do with Acer. MS has announced free upgrade for all Win 8 to 8.1.
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I have HP Envy 15 (no touchscreen) and it works fine with Win 8.1. I wish it were usb 3.0, but oh well.