Microsoft’s more powerful Windows tablet tries to be more things to more people, but it can’t do everything well
Windows 8
Acer Iconia W510 Review: A Weak Windows 8 Tablet with a Dealbreaker Dock
Out of the entire first wave of Windows 8 hybrids that launched late last year, Acer’s Iconia W510 was the one that interested me most. It’s all the more heartbreaking, then, that it isn’t very good.
Windows 8 Pricing Goes Back to Normal
As planned, the $39.99 upgrade deal will come to an end on February 1.
Razer Edge Hands-On: A Modular Tablet for PC Gamers
The Razer Edge could be your next tablet, game console, laptop and desktop — and a way to play high-end PC games from pretty much anywhere.
Targus Touch Pen Enables Touch Input on Non-Touchscreen Laptops
With the Touch Pen for Windows 8, Targus has found a way to welcome old laptops to the touchscreen party.
Classic Game Emulators Allowed to Live in the Windows Store (For Now)
While perusing the Windows Store for new tablet apps last night, I came across a surprising find: Microsoft had recently let in a Super Nintendo emulator, dubbed Snes8x, for Windows 8 and Windows RT devices.
How Best Buy Picks Its Windows 8 Tablets (and Why Its Stores Have So Few of Them)
Walk around the PC section of a Best Buy right now, and it won’t look drastically different than it did before the launch of Windows 8. That may change over the next six to nine months.
Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 Review: A Great Windows 8 Laptop with a Side of Tablet
After years in pursuit of the same old goals — thinner, lighter, faster, cheaper — Windows 8 has provided a novel challenge: Create laptops that can transform into tablets, or vice versa.
One Possible Explanation for Why Windows 8 Tablets Are Hard to Find
Last week, I wrote about how hard it was to find Windows 8 tablets on store shelves, even though Microsoft’s latest operating system launched nearly a month ago. Here’s one possible explanation.
Windows 8 Is Here, but Where Are the Tablets?
Now’s not the best time to go Windows 8 tablet hunting.
Windows RT Is Having an Identity Crisis
If you don’t keep a close eye on tech blogs–and, perhaps, even if you do–you’d be forgiven for not knowing that Microsoft will launch two new versions of Windows on October 26.
The Big Launch List of Windows 8 Tablets and Hybrids
With less than a week until Windows 8 launches, hardware makers are embracing the new operating system with tablets and hybrids. Here’s a guide to all of the ones that are coming soon, arranged by price.