I bought the 8. 9-10. 1 in case ...
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I bought the 8.9-10.1 in case for my daughter's Kindle Fire. It fits perfectly with room to spare for headphones or books.
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Not a big fan of 8.1.  Got it in the hopes of upgrading for free to Windows 10 when it is eventually released.  (According to Microsoft, users with 8 or 8.1 should be able to upgrade for free; anyone with 7 or less will supposedly have to pay to upgrade.)
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Moved up to Windows 8.1, but this was a great help when I had Windows 7.
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It is a fine reference text for Windows 8.1 but now redundant that Windows 10 has arrived.
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I like it BUT... I am a little concerned about RAM, especially if we upgrade to Win 10. i don't know what windows 10 will take as far as resources, and i am seeing this uses about 65 to 70% of the RAM just to run system functions in windows 8.1. DO NOT get a windows tablet that has less than 2GB of ram.
That being said, I think you could run 7-9 apps at the same tme and not run into ram issues. Might be a good idea to use Firefox or explorer. Chrome can sprout enough processes to fill a half a gig of ram or more.
Got 8 hours video playback on a YouTube test, and charged it from dead in 3 1/2. I was moderately impressed by that.would have been blown away if Microsoft didn't brag it got 10.
Altogether i like the surface feel.cameras are both good, was pleasantly surprised at the front camera clarity. The type cover is neat too, I lime the adjustable back lighting. It all feels good quality, sturdy, and elegant. The new ones are grey, and I can only say I liked the slick black of the rt.
It's a good price if hardware. Not cheap, but cheaper than an ultrabook, and much more powerful than a cheaper tablet. More laptop then tablet really at this point, but very convenient.
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Normally I would need a 10 but I had to bump up to a 10.5 in this particular model.
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Installed on a 2008 Vostro 1700/dual core T8100. - My only complaint is that the product key is so small and hard to read that I could not tell a B from an 8. They were all 8's by the way, in my case. Still, what's up with that, MS? I used a magnifying glass and it was still not clear printing. Took me about 5 minutes to put various combinations in. Kind of pissed me off.

Anyway...

Clean Install on a new HD. No problem. 32 bit. Supported my Sigmatel sound and Broadcom wlan. If you did research, that had been a problem in the past. Not for me. Did not have to go to Dell at all. Yay.

 Let me use Word 2000, SP1. No problem. Do a manual update. Windows update won't recognize it.

Took a few hours to upload all the OS updates. Give it time, even if it reads zero for awhile. There are about 140 to start. Some may fail. Don't worry, you have more to do. Just be patient. After that, check for more updates. Then get the MS Security Essentials, IMHO.

I loaded my software, and my saved bookmarks on FF. Worked fine.

The DVD player works, so, goodbye Media Direct. Didn't plan on installing it anyway.

Upgraded from XP. Windows 7 is a really nice OS.
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This is another "can't do without" item.  I love my laptop but I hate 8.1.
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I bought the 8GB version from a Chinese web site. In my case, I have windows 10 PRO preinstalled. There is/was a Linux version of this instead of Windows.  I ended up velcroing the PC to the back of a 65 inch Sony.  I'm using a small wireless logitech  keyboard/track pad.  One thing that may or may not be an issue, is by mounting the PC on the back of the TV, I think that the wifi signal is being shielded a bit.  I ended up running Cat 5 from the router in another room, into the basement, across the basement then up through the floor behind the TV.  I bought a cheap router and split off to the TV and the computer.  Much better throughput for both.

I've been using it for a couple of months now and I really like it.  Youtube , e-mail, remote PC connections to my work PC work fine.  I don't see any lag.

One thing that annoyed me, but isn't BEELINKs fault, is on boot up and connecting to Wifi, it started to download the humongous WIndows 10 update from November.  Under the degraded wifi that took a fair bit of time.  Also, that took up a lot of disk space.  Remember this thing only has 64 GB of space.  Windows 10 Pro takes about 20.  The windows update if I remember correctly took at least  5-6 GB.

I've gotten in the habit of running CCCleaner and right clicking the C drive and deleting unneeded files.

One more thing that may or may not be the PCs issue.  The logitech wireless USB dongle  when plugged into this PCs USB 3.0 ports created intermittent breaks in receiving what was being entered from the keyboard and trackpad.  USB 3.0 and Logitech is a known issue by Logitech.  I ended up sticking a USB extension cord into the PC and sticking the dongle on the other end of the cord. Problem solved.

If this thing does break, I doubt it is worth fixing, or you will get much help from Beelink.  I was willing to take that chance.  I certainly seems faster than a HP desktop and Toshiba laptop running WIndows 7 from around 2010.
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Started with a 9.5 thinking that would be plenty big enough. Traded for a 10.
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I bought this item 1 week prior to the release of the new improved version (that came with the same price), Amazon didn't mention the upcoming release.

It's a shame Amazon sells obsolete things for the same price with no warning
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You do need to make sure your hardware is compatable with Win8, I had to change out an old HDD and MOBO.  Got it at student price.  Its not that bad, the app store is cool for the free apps and such.  I would not downgrade back to 7.
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i unfortunatly bought a new ibook on july 16, one day before the release of 10.2, so I had to pay full price for the upgrade...
The upgrade is, even at full price, well worth the cost.
I had been origionaly disappointed by the performance of my ibook.  It seemed sluggish when compared to my desktop pc.  With 10.2 however I noticed a marked improvements in everything.
Internet pages load faster
MicroSoft word documents are converted faster
CDs convert to mp3 format slightly faster
ViaVoice, which I origionaly bought for 10.1, was faster
and
My printer finaly works
with 10.2 my lowly 600mhz ibook seems to be comparable in performance to my 1.6ghz desktop pc
BUY AN IBOOK
BUY 10.2
BUY A BOBLBEE BACKPACK TO KEEP IT ALL IN
yes a boblbee backpack
excellent protection
excellent quality
perfect if your in college
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Love the small size.  Using Windows 8 (yes, I mistakenly bought the Mac version, but I reformatted it with no problem), I've found that the File Manager crashes pretty regularly, and the Windows 8 'Metro App' from Western Digital is ... well ... pretty useless.  I'm still trying to figure out how to stop it from launching when I first plug in the drive.
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The specs on this machine may be great. But to get to appreciate them through Windows 8.1 is virtually impossible. So, for another $100 you can upgrade to 8.1 Pro but you CANNOT downgrade to 7.

Something else to consider is you're purchasing a Dell. That was smart 6 years ago but as of now, you're better off with no support. No call is worth the aggravation or time, as unless you're looking to show department racquet ball points, you will most likely not get the answers you deserve or desire.

I'm an IT admin, have intimate Linux and Windows experience. I can say honestly that no time I have invested in this machine has been worth it. If I were a tablet user, ignorantly expecting just the same on a PC it'd be awesome.

But the machine is limited by Windows.
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I just got mine from Amazon, and the first thing I did was to update to OS2008. Quite a breeze even for a pc novice. Maybe not. Having read a lot about the its pluses, I have to say I agree with most the parts, and indeed it is a phenomenal smart device. Go get one if you've been deiding.

Nice job, Nokia! You just won another first-time consumer.
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Good machine, fair price. Windows 8.1 is eh, but I can manage.