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This will be a multi-part review that will focus on the different aspects of Windows 8 tablets and will be entirely written using these tablets. We will compare the two most capable tablets from both Windows 8 versions, Windows 8 vs. Windows 8 RT. We will cover the differences, similarities, shortfalls, and benefits of each platform while simultaneously comparing two of the largest Taiwanese computer vendors in the world, ASUS and Acer.
In this review we will be pitting the Acer Iconia W510 against the ASUS VivoTab RT. Both tablets are 10.1” tablets with very similar specifications and hardware capabilities. These two tablets will likely be the most popular among the majority of people looking for Windows 8 tablets that come with keyboards. If there is one thing we can say from the very beginning it is that both of these keyboard dock tablets really feel like touchscreen laptops with impeccable battery like dell 1G222 battery, dell BAT3151L8 battery, dell Latitude X300 battery, dell W0465 battery, dell Inspiron 2000 battery, dell Latitude LS battery, dell 2834T battery, dell 4834T battery, dell Inspiron 1520 battery, dell Inspiron 1521 battery, dell XPS M1350 battery, dell Inspiron 1318 battery life. The difference between using one of these versus a touch screen laptop in most scenarios is marginal at best.
In our review, we will be comparing the hardware, software, user experience, and benchmarks. We will save the majority of our benchmarks for a later date because at the time of this writing there really are no good benchmarks available for us to get a reliable and easily comparable benchmark across all platforms. We will, however, compare browser benchmarks as those are available cross-platform without any issues.
In terms of hardware, these two tablets are very similar with one major exception, their processor. The ASUS tablet is running an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad core processor while the Acer tablet is running on an Intel Atom Z2760 1.8GHz dual core processor. What makes these two so different is the fact that the 1.4GHz Tegra 3 is based on the ARM processor architecture while the Atom Z2760 is based on the x86 processor architecture. These two architectures have mostly stayed within their own respective camps, with ARM being mostly inside of low power devices like smartphones, routers, and other embedded applications. The x86 architecture is one that was originally devised by Intel and later on adopted by the majority of the PC industry as a standard for most personal computers and servers. For the last 20 or so years, Microsoft’s market has been primarily been on x86 based systems. This is applicable in both the PC and server markets where Microsoft has been present for quite some time.
These two architectures have for the most part stayed out of each other’s own markets up until very recently. Microsoft, a traditional PC company, has recognized the growth of the ARM architecture into the consumer space and has worked with ARM vendors to try to release a version of Windows that works on ARM. The real truth is that Microsoft is worried that ARM has seen a great amount of growth on the Android and iOS platforms and the tablets and smartphones using ARM may erode Microsoft’s market share if they have not yet already. There is a strong argument that many users are replacing their netbooks and Windows laptops with Android and iOS tablets.