Latitude ST can only be recommended to companies that need a tablet which works on Windows 7. It offers a balanced price-performance ratio and good equipment. However, the application performance is limited to the most basic programs. Consumers should therefore sooner look around for tablets with another operating system, for example Android or iOS.
I have one of these with the 128 Gig SSD's. This, by comparison, is a fantastic deal -- this is a real computer not an android or ios app-based machine. There are lots of links online describing how to tweak this machine to make it more usable. Also, many installation instructions are available for installing Win 8 and the n-trig digitizer driver has been updated for Win 8. Even with Win 7, you may need to update the drivers once you receive the device -- I had to and doing so made a huge difference. Battery life is quite good. If on powersaver or balanced, even better. You will likely want to use high performance though, and i want this on when browsing with multiple tabs open -- say 10 or more. It is respectable, not a speed demon at all. In fact, the dell mini9 netbook has a slightly faster cpu. I have that too, but this is a very neat machine and will run anything your desktop/laptop/netbook can -- within reason -- meaning most productivity apps and email, web surfing, etc. As far as gaming, don't bother, it runs the win7 mahjong fairly well, but i haven't tried much else for games. I loaded open office, and a number of other apps to test it out, works fine. The included stylus is a great bonus, as are the ports, and so on. The screen is much nicer than the inspiron duo. I "tried" the old duo, but the fan never shut off and battery life was horrid. There is no fan on this machine given its processor. Again, for $200, you get a real pc, essentially for standard business and light use tasks as #4 suggests. For a student, this would make an excellent gift if paired with a mouse/keyboard -- tried it, works great. Yet, for taking notes in class, perhaps a small laptop would be better given the keyboard. They are on amazon now and through this week for fantastic deals too. I may just buy this for $200 as the other one may be going back.
Yeah #6, that didn't last long! Too bad as I'm sure they could sell them as fast as they could be made available for the foreseeable future. Perhaps they'll drop to $100 on Monday.
Anyone own one of these? $200 sounds pretty good.
Seems like a good deal, but too new with W8 to find many reviews.
Nevermind. The link said W8 when I first went to Dell. They must have corected that error.
Latitude ST can only be recommended to companies that need a tablet which works on Windows 7. It offers a balanced price-performance ratio and good equipment. However, the application performance is limited to the most basic programs. Consumers should therefore sooner look around for tablets with another operating system, for example Android or iOS.
I have one of these with the 128 Gig SSD's. This, by comparison, is a fantastic deal -- this is a real computer not an android or ios app-based machine. There are lots of links online describing how to tweak this machine to make it more usable. Also, many installation instructions are available for installing Win 8 and the n-trig digitizer driver has been updated for Win 8. Even with Win 7, you may need to update the drivers once you receive the device -- I had to and doing so made a huge difference. Battery life is quite good. If on powersaver or balanced, even better. You will likely want to use high performance though, and i want this on when browsing with multiple tabs open -- say 10 or more. It is respectable, not a speed demon at all. In fact, the dell mini9 netbook has a slightly faster cpu. I have that too, but this is a very neat machine and will run anything your desktop/laptop/netbook can -- within reason -- meaning most productivity apps and email, web surfing, etc. As far as gaming, don't bother, it runs the win7 mahjong fairly well, but i haven't tried much else for games. I loaded open office, and a number of other apps to test it out, works fine. The included stylus is a great bonus, as are the ports, and so on. The screen is much nicer than the inspiron duo. I "tried" the old duo, but the fan never shut off and battery life was horrid. There is no fan on this machine given its processor. Again, for $200, you get a real pc, essentially for standard business and light use tasks as #4 suggests. For a student, this would make an excellent gift if paired with a mouse/keyboard -- tried it, works great. Yet, for taking notes in class, perhaps a small laptop would be better given the keyboard. They are on amazon now and through this week for fantastic deals too. I may just buy this for $200 as the other one may be going back.
The price went up to $299 now... at least when I click on the link.
Yeah #6, that didn't last long! Too bad as I'm sure they could sell them as fast as they could be made available for the foreseeable future. Perhaps they'll drop to $100 on Monday.