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Re: Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855

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Originally Posted by railroadmaster (Post 1492479)

I don't think the Atom is firmly established as junk for the form factors Atom are in the performance is quite good, even managing to play some older Windows games without problems. The main issue from what I can understand is EFI support. Linux does not support 32 bit EFIs. So make sure whatever Windows Tablet you are buying has a 64 bit EFI and a 64 bit version of Windows. I wasn't able to check as to whether it was 32 bit or 64 bit Windows. There might be some driver issues regardless of what device you are buying, but I can't imagine them being too substantial and if there are there are probably workarounds.

Well the problem as I have seen is the manufacturers scrape their costs down by using chipsets that are borderline, for instance the Broadcom chipset in the Iconia can either have wifi or it can have bluetooth, but not both at the same time. Ditto that for other stuff inside the Atom hardware cage that is all configured to work okay for a couch potato but struggles to get out of bed when required to do some heavy lifting.
64 bit EFI is out - I have run Debian Solydx and Tails on my Iconia, but there are so many other ghastly issues involved I am tempted to make a blender advertisement out of it.

I see the x5 you mention in the lilliputing page,

I will check around and see if I can get my hands on one or something like it here and see what I can spool up on it.
Thanks

Re: Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855

Hands on Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe1rlPFlpn8

Re: Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855

http://www.mobilegeeks.de/news/dell-venue-8-pro-tablet/
The Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855 at CES. I ordered the Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855 and it should be delivered to me in a few weeks.

Re: Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855

My Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855 is confirmed shipping. It is no longer in production and now is being delivered. Further updates coming soon.

Re: Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855

https://img2.brain3.photobox.com/761...1de1bfac7e.jpg
I received the Stylus for Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855. The actual tablet should come soon enough.
https://img2.brain4.photobox.com/631...094abf241d.jpg

Re: Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855

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Originally Posted by railroadmaster (Post 1495280)

https://img2.brain3.photobox.com/761...1de1bfac7e.jpg
I received the Stylus for Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855. The actual tablet should come soon enough....

That potentially addresses this quest:
I lost my stylist

Re: Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv4e8_nvZjY
I received my Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855 in the mail. Give it a look.

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My Second Dell Venue 8 Pro video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC5Q...ature=youtu.be
This demonstrates pen functionality.