I had acquired a month old used Acer Iconia Tab W500
. A Windows based tablet that churns on AMD C-50 processor clocking at 1.0GHz and AMD Radeon HD 6250 Graphics
, fitted with 2GB RAM
and 32 GB Solid State Drive. It also comes with Windows 7 Home Premium
. The tablet is sold with its USB keyboard dock, also has 2 USB 2.0 ports and a scroll button in the middle of the keyboard. The thought of getting a tablet is catching up on me. I don’t think Android based tablet would be that useful to me, since its inability to perform normal windows task (basic word processing, printing, light spreadsheets and stuff like that). The idea of a detachable keyboard over the tablet is ingenious, since one would rather just sit back and needing only the tablet for you know videos, readings or updating their rants of FB.
. A Windows based tablet that churns on AMD C-50 processor clocking at 1.0GHz and AMD Radeon HD 6250 Graphics, fitted with 2GB RAM and 32 GB Solid State Drive. It also comes with Windows 7 Home Premium. The tablet is sold with its USB keyboard dock, also has 2 USB 2.0 ports and a scroll button in the middle of the keyboard. The thought of getting a tablet is catching up on me. I don’t think Android based tablet would be that useful to me, since its inability to perform normal windows task (basic word processing, printing, light spreadsheets and stuff like that). The idea of a detachable keyboard over the tablet is ingenious, since one would rather just sit back and needing only the tablet for you know videos, readings or updating their rants of FB.Design wise, the tablet is clean and sleek looking tablet, with oddly thick and large LCD but with smaller viewing screen. The Iconia Tab W500 is pretty heavy for a tablet at around 1kg. It has dual webcam, HDMI output, 2 USB 2.0 ports, CardReader, Bluetooth, Ethernet port and Wi-Fi. The provided keyboard dock seemed elegant. The outer casing is sleek and elegant, but the plastic panel of the tablet itself is highly susceptible to scratches. The 10.1” HD LCD is brilliant and glossy, featuring 1280 x 800 max resolutions. The LED-backlit TFT LCD with is integrated with multi-touch screen, supporting finger touch and image auto rotation.
is pretty heavy for a tablet at around 1kg. It has dual webcam, HDMI output, 2 USB 2.0 ports, CardReader, Bluetooth, Ethernet port and Wi-Fi. The provided keyboard dock seemed elegant. The outer casing is sleek and elegant, but the plastic panel of the tablet itself is highly susceptible to scratches. The 10.1” HD LCD is brilliant and glossy, featuring 1280 x 800 max resolutions. The LED-backlit TFT LCD with is integrated with multi-touch screen, supporting finger touch and image auto rotation. Upon testing, I found that the Iconia Tab W500
, was awfully slow, for a Windows based machine, be it a desktop, notebook or netbook. Maybe this is the kind of performance we get from a Windows based tablet. I simply just do not get it. How can Acer come up with this slow thing? I had the chance of taking this tablet-thing for outings, and the touch screen was not that enjoyable either. Typing with it was hard enough with the given keys are too small and typos happened every now and then. Docking it into the USB keyboard also didn't do me any good, since the keyboard does not feel like a keyboard at all. Upon typing on it, I found it to be stiff and pose a strain to the fingers. This is the kind of keyboard you would not want to type on. It’s like typing with those puny cheap mainland-made qwerty hand phone, with Blackberry stickers on it. It will be a torture to your fingers and scorn to your brain. Owh, it also cannot play Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction
. I do not know where the ATi 6250 HD went missing in action?
, was awfully slow, for a Windows based machine, be it a desktop, notebook or netbook. Maybe this is the kind of performance we get from a Windows based tablet. I simply just do not get it. How can Acer come up with this slow thing? I had the chance of taking this tablet-thing for outings, and the touch screen was not that enjoyable either. Typing with it was hard enough with the given keys are too small and typos happened every now and then. Docking it into the USB keyboard also didn't do me any good, since the keyboard does not feel like a keyboard at all. Upon typing on it, I found it to be stiff and pose a strain to the fingers. This is the kind of keyboard you would not want to type on. It’s like typing with those puny cheap mainland-made qwerty hand phone, with Blackberry stickers on it. It will be a torture to your fingers and scorn to your brain. Owh, it also cannot play Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction. I do not know where the ATi 6250 HD went missing in action?The battery would not last that long for a tablet, since it keeps draining the juice once you switch on to Wi-Fi. Hardly ever reach 2 hours of usage, and this is pretty ridiculous for a tablet. Okay, we had a great time watching Penguins of Madagascar on it, with a superior sound quality. The sound is great. The claimed Optimized Dolby® Advanced Audio® v2 audio enhancement, featuring Audio Optimizer, Audio Regulator, Volume Leveler, Volume Maximizer, and Surround Virtualizer is in fact amongst the best of sound quality I ever had in portable computing. Unfortunately that alone doesn’t do justice getting this machine. It has a nice packaging though.
I kept the machine for around 3 months before cashed it out to a retail store in Subang Jaya, for quite a good sum. No more Windows based tablet for me, for the time being.
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