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We've heard from Microsoft, Lenovo, Dell, HP, Acer and ASUS so far

davidbec

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Can we get something from Gigabyte please on their next tablet. Or at the very least say whether there is going to be one or not?
Happy S1080 owner from Barbados

davidbec

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Re: We've heard from Microsoft, Lenovo, Dell, HP, Acer and ASUS so far
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2012, 12:43:44 pm »
Well the reply is out an S1082, and what a dissapointment.
Happy S1080 owner from Barbados

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Re: We've heard from Microsoft, Lenovo, Dell, HP, Acer and ASUS so far
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2012, 06:06:43 pm »
To be honest I haven't seen the specs yet but I take it they were not what you were hoping for. What is missing that you thought should be included ?
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

davidbec

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Re: We've heard from Microsoft, Lenovo, Dell, HP, Acer and ASUS so far
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2012, 12:46:04 pm »
Ray and I posted the information in the Netbook section of the forum.

But basically it has a dual core celeron processor drawing 17Watts with the same size battery and they took out the USB 3 port. They also seem to have kept the clips that hold the tablet in the cover which break easily.

The S1080 CPU drew 8.5 watts and it gets fairly warm after a time. The N2800 in the S1081 draws 6.5 Watts. How do they propose to cool a 17 watt CPU in a tablet form factor. This double the output of the original S1080?

In addition when they are using the same size battery, you have to expect that battery life will be lower.

Everyone else in the budget tablet market is using Atom processors which allows them to get away from cooling vents, and extend battery life. The S1082 still has the large one from the S1080 design. If they kept the same fan as well, it's going to be one hot and noisy tablet.
Happy S1080 owner from Barbados