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$204 tablet from Vizio
« on: January 07, 2013, 06:48:42 PM »
This seems like a pretty good deal.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/06/vizio-tablet-pc-windows-8-tablet/

Anyone have any 'inside' info on it?
Will it run WoW? BG 2?  Will it make tuna fish sandwiches?
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Re: $204 tablet from Vizio
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2013, 10:33:00 PM »
I think it's a yes to all those questions, for the latter it would probably need to be toasted and you'd need to put all the bits in the toastie machine close it then use an x10 system to turn it on, so it sort of makes a tuna sandwich. 

The integrated graphics looks to be similar to an HD6250 which is better than the old pre HD intel integrated graphics by a wide margin.  A friend of mine played WOW constantly on his 2006 macbook albeit at low settings so it might not be pretty but I'm sure you'd get WOW to run on this thing and if WOW runs BG2 should too.

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Re: $204 tablet from Vizio
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2013, 01:58:44 AM »
I think youd be a lot better off buying a cheap laptop. Have you ever actually used a tablet? They suck for everything except youtube, and apps. I couldnt imagine having much fun playing WoW on a tablet.
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Re: $204 tablet from Vizio
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2013, 03:58:05 AM »
Playing WoW on a tablet sounds like a nightmare....
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Re: $204 tablet from Vizio
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2013, 05:59:50 PM »
I think youd be a lot better off buying a cheap laptop. Have you ever actually used a tablet? They suck for everything except youtube, and apps. I couldnt imagine having much fun playing WoW on a tablet.

My (current) laptop is probably less capable than my iPhone.  :(

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"I lost my game of NT: Garry's fault. Global warming: Garry's fault. End-of-the-Universe: Garry's fault. See it always fits. Anyway, what is Garry up to? No good I bet." - Laszlo
"As for your French, it's probably better than the average English-speaking Frenchman's Finnish! (Or something.)" - wa
"I'm back at Thunderfalls now and every minute thinking of poking a bandit in the eye with a fishhook." - Preyveil
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