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TOSHIBA Encore 8" Windows 8 Quad Core Tablet $320 + FREE SHIPPING @ DSE

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TOSHIBA Encore 8" Windows 8 Quad Core Tablet $320 + FREE SHIPPING @ DSE
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Astro551 on 22/02/2014 - 16:09 dicksmith.com.au (1480 clicks)
Last edited 28/02/2014 - 22:13 by 1 other user

Solid tablet for the best price i've seen so far

Spec sheet
Exceptionally thin and light, the Encore WT8 is draped in a light gold casing and finished with a distinctive dot texturing that makes it easy to grip. Pre-loaded with Windows® 8, it includes the full license version of Office Home and Student 2013. You get all the latest Office apps out of the box while syncing seamlessly with other PCs.

8" HD Widescreen with LED Backlit Display
1.33GHz Intel® Atom™ Z3740 Quad Core Processor
2GB RAM
32GB SSD
2MP Front facing camera & 8MP Rear camera
Micro SD slot
Microsoft® Windows 8.1 (32Bit)
Microsoft® Office Home & Student
10 Hour Battery Life
Dimensions - 213 × 135.9 × 10.68mm
Weight - 445 Grams

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  • plmko on 22/02/2014 - 16:24
    +1

    I think this was reviewed to be the chunkiest and heaviest of the Baytrail tabs. But it's also the only one with a HDMI out.

    • Astro551 on 22/02/2014 - 17:02

      yeh which is why it's a good contender for me, although it doesn't have FHD like it's lenovo counterpart I believe. another one which caught my eye was the Asus VivoTab Note 8 (or something like that, the names always confuse me), but with wacom at a low price point it sounds pretty attractive.

    • Kaboda on 22/02/2014 - 17:42

      I cant get it to work ? Plus I didnt get Full MS office when I bought it from JBHIFI.

    • furythree on 23/02/2014 - 14:13

      lenovo thinkpad 8 has hdmi out as well doesnt it and micro USB 3.0

  • Peace Maker on 22/02/2014 - 16:43

    Not bad for full Windows 8 and full MS Office. Good deal OP.

    • Astro551 on 22/02/2014 - 17:03

      cheers man! :)

  • EggMan28 on 22/02/2014 - 16:52
    +1

    What's the normal price ?
    Noticed JB Hifi has the 64GB version for $76 more - http://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers/tablet/toshiba/encore-8-i…

    • Astro551 on 22/02/2014 - 16:57

      that's pretty good actually, the best deal i'd seen before this was the older one at DSE: $399 for 32GB Version + $50 Gift card

      EDIT: i just realised there's a microSD available so might be more worth your while to purchase one - keeping in mind Windows 8 always takes up a lot of the inbuilt memory :(

  • Mucchan on 22/02/2014 - 17:07

    32GB storage seems miniscule for a Windows 8 tablet. I had 40 GB ish left on my 64GB Acer Iconia W700 out of the box.

  • ProspectiveDarkness on 22/02/2014 - 17:36

    I'm waiting for next year's crop of W8 8" tablets, myself. Hopefully FHD displays and good digitiser support will be a bit more common by then.

  • Kaboda on 22/02/2014 - 17:41
    -1

    Just be warned I haven't till now been able to get the HDMI output to work.

    • scrimshaw on 22/02/2014 - 19:55
      +11

      Not well worded but I somewhat agree. a $320 tablet, that lasts 10 hours on battery, runs Windows AND a full, proper version of Office x86, and with HDMI output. It can do things even a $800 iPad can't and is actually within the price range of a plebian student.

      This is the sort of stuff that only geeks could dream of about 4 years ago and would blow the mind of an average person.

      • mb0005 on 23/02/2014 - 08:08
        -4

        Haha.

        This over an iPad or stupid android anytime.

        • [Deactivated] on 23/02/2014 - 11:29
          +2

          Stop being a total mongball!

  • EggMan28 on 22/02/2014 - 20:44

    I noticed Acer' W3 is $333 and has $49 cashback till 30 May 2014 so $284 after cashback.
    http://www.dicksmith.com.au/tablets-accessories/acer-w3-810-…
    http://ec3.acer.com.au/AcerCashBack/ACA/Projects/CashBack/Lo…

    Looks to be the older model as W4 is out - http://www.acer.com.au/ac/en/AU/content/model/NT.L31SA.001

  • tramperleo on 22/02/2014 - 21:12
    +2

    Around 20GB available after you remove the recovery partition. There's a handy option available for removing it after you make a recovery disk. Quite enough for me. Didn't feel more space needed. This is not a main PC for everyday works and in fact it's really not handy if you want to use a tablet as a working PC.

    Overall it's a good device for the price. But power port is not good of this device, it's a micro usb as power/charging port. This flat and thin port is ok for mobile phone, but seems not good for a heavier device like this tablet. My first unit drop off the table to the carpet when in charging and surprisingly the charging port bent immediately and the port no longer work with any charger. Then replace another, but the charging led never on from the very beginning till now although it still work. At the same time, the only micro USB port is used for both charging and USB device. It's not convenience when you want to use USB storage for somewhat long time.

  • bargainhereicome on 23/02/2014 - 01:39
    -3

    ANY USB port for this?

    • scrimshaw on 23/02/2014 - 02:03
      +1

      Read comment above yours.

  • [Deactivated] on 23/02/2014 - 11:40

    An 8" Windows 8 tab appears quite a compelling option to me once they get grunty enough in that size for me to dock to a monitor and use it for some coding (I currently do that with my Macbook Air which is C2D and getting long in the tooth). One an 8" FHD model with 8GB RAM and an i5 with decent battery life surfaces I finally have the convergent device I've dreamt of! Or does such a model already exist??

  • weesals on 23/02/2014 - 11:53
    +1

    Worth noting that Harvey Norman has the HP Omni 10 listed as coming early next month for $398, with a 10" FHD display and much better CPU.
    http://www.harveynorman.com.au/hp-omni-10-tablet-slate.html

  • jarheadjoe on 23/02/2014 - 11:55

    Is this an RT model??

    • weesals on 23/02/2014 - 12:03

      No, all Windows tablets with an Intel CPU are running full Windows.

      • jace88 on 23/02/2014 - 21:17

        I also had to ask that question at DSE because it seemed too cheap to be true. MS really should've just avoided the whole RT debacle and gone straight to this!

        • wtfnodeal on 23/02/2014 - 21:57

          Agree. I wonder if there is any diff in production cost btw a RT and full w8

      • scrimshaw on 24/02/2014 - 00:38

        I wonder if there is any diff in production cost btw a RT and full w8

        In terms of hardware, I think there's probably a negligable difference. A Bay Trail atom chip probably costs just as much as a Tegra 3 SOC.

        The Tegra 3 is said to cost somewhere like 25 bucks to produce. while an Intel Atom Z3740 on the other hand is priced at $32 according to Intel ARK.

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