If you're not doing anything heavy duty like open big MS Office files, than Atom is ok. Email/Surf web/watch online video are all ok.
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All ATOM-based Win 8 tablets use eMMC.
If you open a large excel file, 2GB is not gonna hack it. If you torrent, the eMMC will also slow down coz not enough RAM, so have to use Pagefile, which slows things down some more.
For simple single tasks, no problem. But once you need to multitask or do anything serious like Macros or large calculations in Excel, ATOM + 2GB RAM + eMMC sure can't tahan the load.
Thanks for this information... Did not come across until this video Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 Review - YouTube... This information changes quite a lot of things haha ... Thanks again...
Will focus on either surface or back to mba i guess.
ASUS VivoTab - Tablets & Mobile - ASUS
All ATOM-based Win 8 tablets use eMMC.
If you open a large excel file, 2GB is not gonna hack it. If you torrent, the eMMC will also slow down coz not enough RAM, so have to use Pagefile, which slows things down some more.
For simple single tasks, no problem. But once you need to multitask or do anything serious like Macros or large calculations in Excel, ATOM + 2GB RAM + eMMC sure can't tahan the load.
i don't know about Atom n eMMC but 2GB ram is definitely more than enough 2 deal with Excel macro on a XP PC for general users. RAM is not a issue.
while i rarely work with macro, i used Excel pivot table extensively and my typical data file sizes are 60MB ~ 120MB. my 2GB ram n old PC handed them effortlessly.
in my office, there are Excel pgms that file sizes range from 1 - 4GB!! so obviously these will not run on a pathetic 2GB ram PC but i'm certain that d surface pro will be equally miserable in dis aspect too.
i don't know about Atom n eMMC but 2GB ram is definitely more than enough 2 deal with Excel macro on a XP PC for general users. RAM is not a issue.
while i rarely work with macro, i used Excel pivot table extensively and my typical data file sizes are 60MB ~ 120MB. my 2GB ram n old PC handed them effortlessly.
in my office, there are Excel pgms that file sizes range from 1 - 4GB!! so obviously these will not run on a pathetic 2GB ram PC but i'm certain that d surface pro will be equally miserable in dis aspect too.
Off topic but Excel files that big is just a corrupt waiting to happen..
just curious, those using type cover, you cover the tablet with the type cover, will the type cover keys scratch the screen?
I'm thinking of buying the Thinkpad 2 for work & Metro only but MS go & dropped the price of Surface Pro. Now can't decide between Thinkpad 2 or Surface Pro. That 10hr battery + Wacom stylus is worth the price...
Or maybe I should upgrade my Fujitsu tablet 1 last time and wait for next-gen Haswell based tablets... decisions.
Thinking of selling my black touch cover to get a type cover here locally. Anyone interested? Hahaha
Went to challenger to ask bout the 256gb version of the surface pro....the salesman obviously doenst know his products....gave me that sotong look n had to go n read the info beside the surface pro display to proudly tell me that it only comes in 128gb....like DUH! Guess i hv to get mine overseas....