please be aware that the windows app market is really bad. I bought a windows phone and almost literally never used it because the apps market is so limited, even for basic needs

​Yes, very true. Don't consider this a replacement for an android or apple tablet. More like a mobile PC. You will be satisfied with this purchase if you already know what you want to run on it before buying, but not if it's a present for a person who wants 'a tablet' as they will be expecting WhatsApp, clash of clans etc.

Good price but windows tablets are generally terrible. You would probably be better off with a low end or discounted android model and it's not like those are difficult to find.

good find op, heat added :smiley:

Excellent price. This is a great find and perfect for those people or families on a tight budget that otherwise couldn't afford a tablet. Good work op
:smiley:

better off paying the extra for the brand new version at Staples posted on here - £49.99

Wow!! The engineer powered up the device to check it. Must need some amazing qualifications to get a job there! lol. Good price though. Worth a punt.

hdmi out?

links says does have hdmi. mega hot. as cheap aa chromecast and firestick but can more easily get things like hotstar and premier league pass and doubles up as free tablet! hmmm remixos possibility too. though i never got that on external micro sd on my t100.

Good price but windows tablets are generally terrible. You would probably be better off with a low end or discounted android model and it's not like those are difficult to find.

I'm pretty sure this is the same tablet as mine which I bought off a deal a year or two ago. It's recently upgraded itself to Windows 10 in case you wanted to know if it's possible. It does have a form of mini HDMI (you might need a special cable) and is handy for Windows-only stuff eg low powered humblebundle games, but you will be wanting a mouse and keyboard in no time.

tried to order one and instead of free delivery, it wanted £19.99 to deliver to the Isle of Wight ??????

please be aware that the windows app market is really bad. I bought a windows phone and almost literally never used it because the apps market is so limited, even for basic needs

Heat added OP :smiley:

Yes but android keeps on being upgraded (if you are lucky: you may not find an upgrade for you tablet, they are model specific) also lots of the apps also keep being upgraded. Although a lot of apps are free or very low cost, they often show you unrelated ads. Why do so many apps need to access so many of my personal details? Why do they often need to use my location? Spyware seems to abound!
Ok, some might say Windows 10 is spyware! But at least you are only sending it to one company not thousands :wink:

some great Games on here if you can't afford an xbox one. But wouldn't buy one for a child. Even YouTube doesn't have a proper app ! Windows mobile is dead now :disappointed:(((((

True but windows 10 has proportionally just as many dodgy and malware infected apps, believe me.

If you want the total safety of the walled garden then you have to pay the premium for apple.

Hey everyone, is there any way to get the product key or a way to transfer it to a desktop pc? it would be cheaper than buying a full copy individually

Not an excellent find in the slightest
Just open eBay app in a morning which a few people might be aware of these days and first thing that appears are these "excellent finds"
Bravo

Windows on tablet is an incredibly frustrating experience. If you want a tablet, go for an Android or Apple device. If you want portable windows, get a laptop.

https://softwaregeeks.co.uk/product/windows-10-pro/ these are very good. Bought a few licences now.

£10.54 at Opium Pulses

​thanks for the link 18nine04. I just wonder how they can sell the product keys so cheap compared to official

I was also worried so I called Microsoft after I purchased the key who verified and said it was genuine. I figured I'd take a punt on it and seems to have worked.

Why would you buy a Windows 10 license? You can legally upgrade this tablet to Windows 10 for free direct from Microsoft's web site. You can also use free Microsoft tools (or even 3rd party ones) to create a factory image, upgrade to Windows 10 before the end of July and you have a full Windows 10 install...
Heat for the deal btw

​that's quite good then, I noticed aLV426 mentioned that you could use the windows 10 from the tablet. but it's bit of a hassle and it's easier if you have the product key and oem. thanks for the help guys :smiley:

https://itsolutionsblog.net/3-ways-to-extract-the-windows-8-product-key/

You can't transfer the key to a desktop.

You wouldn't want to anyway, this version is limited to 2gb ram.

No! it's just as easy and FREE to read the key from the tablet. Although build 10586 November 2015 release of Windows 10 will do this on installation anyway.

As far as I'm aware there's no starter edition of Windows 8, therefore no RAM limitation, and you can even use Windows 7 Starter to upgrade to Windows 10 Home as it's a valid upgrade path and we've done this many times in work. Upgraded Windows 7 Starter Edition to WIndows 10 Home, as there's no starter edition of Windows 10.



There are no 2GB RAM limitations with Windows 10, so if you did manage to nick the key which you can do then you can upgrade to Windows 10 Home.

How much RAM does each edition of Windows 10 support?

Windows 10 Home 32 bit 4GB
Windows 10 Home 64 bit 128GB
Windows 10 Pro 32 bit 4GB
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit 512GB
Windows 10 Enterprise/Education 32 bit 4GB
Windows 10 Enterprise/Education 64 bit 512GB

Windows 8.1 Starter Edition was the Windows with Bing version but of course, that actually makes sense now that you mention it.

Yeah I can't see a RAM limitation in upgrading, although this is a more expensive way of getting a Windows 10 licence by buying this tablet, just buy a £10 licence that BuzzDuraband mentioned instead.

Yeah, pretty much, far less hassle.

If you look for it hard enough though, you can find the 8.1 with Bing iso in a few places on the internet. MS keep it tightly hidden because, I believe, that it generates a new valid license key on every device that it is installed on for the first time.

More fool you for not doing your homework before buying :stuck_out_tongue:

Or for having some odd "basic" needs.

If you are on a tight budget don't burn your money here.
Only people who know nothing about computers post and vote these deals hot.
Complete and utter craps not fit for purpose

I had one of these when they were £40 new. It's alright if you want a cheap Windows tablet but it will NEVER replace an Android tablet. It's too fiddly to use and the apps available are abysmal! If you want to connect an external hard drive or DVDRW you need a USB hub powered externally (about £6 on Amazon) as the USB port doesn't provide enough juice to power those types of devices. Great tablet for the price though, just as long as you know what you're getting by going with Windows.
Also, I'm pretty sure the free upgrade to Windows 10 ends soon so download it ASAP. The tablet runs so much better on Windows 10.

Is nobody mentioning that this tablet only has 1gb ram?
I have this Linx 7. And its okay for very light browsing. I use it to visit HUKD in bed ;P

Can I run windows exe program file in it?

Out of interest, if you were to install RemixOS (or Android) onto this Windows Tablet (&/or the 8"/10" equivalents of the same?), will the RemixOS make/allow a 'Dual-Booting' process?, or will it ask for/demand to take over the whole eMMC Memory/Windows OS & forcibly replace it with RemixOS/Android instead or something?.

I'm seriously interesting to try this method of Dual-Booting either/both a 10" Linx Windows 10 Lite Tablet & 8" Linx Windows 8 Tablet I got a few months ago, but DON'T want to trash my Tablet's on account of RemixOS/Android killing them?.

Is there a viable way of being able to do this? (so I can have both?, or ..... )

Ps.
I've already upgraded the Windows 8.1 that came with both Tablet's to Windows 10 ages ago already now.

Thanx in advance for any help in this regard for any help. :-)

Yes. It is full Windows 10. Plug it in to a monitor, and connect a mouse/keyboard and you have yourself a normal Windows PC.

Yes you can!, lol.

I installed a few Windows.exe Files on mine before too, and they all installed no problem, on both Linx 8" and Linx 10".

So yours shouldn't be too much of a problem in that regard either? (despite it rather being 7", and not either 8", or 10"?, it should be fine on that account regardless?). :-)

Looks interesting?.

I will read on this later, thanx. :-)

These days even Garbage men are called Waste disposable Engineers. So are plumbers, boiler repairmen, etc., they even make more money than Uni qualified Engineers....

That's just a silly statement there are many many awful droid cheapo tablets. These Win tabs are pretty good & far far better than most droid tabs at this price!

I respectfully disagree.

I never said that - I merely pointed out that this tablet could be freely & legitimately upgraded to Windows 10 for free... :confused:

Albeit a slow example :stuck_out_tongue:

​slight problem is. ... that one company is selling your data to thousands :smiley:

Yeah, you can, I wrote a guide on linxtablet.com, there was an official dual-boot solution for a similar tablet that I got working on the Linx 7

Pretty decent tablet for what it is, 5 years ago a £50 tablet was a joke. This can run office and browse the web quite happily and Kodi works great through the HDMI output, it wont play 4k but it will happily play 50gb bluray backups. I've even managed to get photoshop to work on it although with just 1gb of ram there are limits to what it can do.

It's not going to blow anyone away but in terms of capability/cost ratio this breed of tablets hit a new high, there's a lot of things you can do with this and plugged into a tv or monitor it does a fine job of being a media player, running office and browsing. The cpu is obviously designed for efficiency over grunt but it can use hardware decoding for youtube and kodi which takes most of the strain of the processor. It will happily play 1080p youtube videos.

It really depends what you want it for, if you want to use it casually for facebook, browsing and apps like you would a phone then an android device will probably be a much wiser choice but if you want something that's more of an all rounder with more diverse abilities or an ultra budget mini windows PC that just happens to be a tablet too then it makes a lot of sense.

We've got 3 of these and they are fine with Windows 10. In desktop mode you can do pretty much do anything that you can do on a low end PC, and if you feel the need you can use a Bluetooth mouse/keyboard. Connect it up to a monitor/TV and you've got a full blown PC.
On mine I run desktop Firefox and the software/drivers for our WiFi printer, and I know other people have loaded/use Chrome. I keep meaning to install Photoshop CS2

Yes absolutely right - I had one of these about a year ago - it did update to win 10 but even that on a 7 '' tablet is not the tablet experience and too small to do windows stuff on. I have a Surface Pro 3 and that is really just a (work) laptop with a funky keyboard. So this is hot for the price but you need to know what you are going to use it for in the world of windows otherwise you will be underwhelmed and putting it on e-bay quite soon !

It depends what you're using them for. This Linx 7 is perfect as a Kodi box as one example.

OP .. "Note: Being Refurbished, These Tablets Do Not Come with Office 365 Free Subscription".

And why not?, so who nicked them all then ..... :-(

Lol.

Thanx. :-)

i bought one 18 months ago and it remains a handy tool. it isnt as good as an android tablet for pick up and play. however it is a good for web browsing, a coupla games and with kodi and the hdmi out its found its place. at this price its a steal. mine came with the office 365 subscription. set it up....never used it.

oh....and it can power a 2tb seagate portable hard drive on its own

My theory is a lot of Linx 7s were returned like my original one due to the noise on the headphone jack. I knew it was a known fault on all Linx 7s but still got it replaced. New model also had the noise but came with another Office subscription, so if you buy one of these it could be my old one! Missing a serial no. sticker and huge scratches if you get one...

Twice you have singled out my comment, care to explain. You can just leave your own comment as I did ( which were all entitled to do ). :smirk:

And who said " excellent find " if your going to pull someone on their comment make it factual :confused:

Over at linxtablet forum, there is a guide to make it dual boot to Windows/Android (fully working).

​on my asus t100, dell xps 18, samsung nc10, alienware m11x, sony something... they have all installed a bootloader so you can select remixos or windows. only thing on tablet pcs is you cannot select remixos without a keyboard. you might be able to change defaults though by editing it. i could not install remix os on t100 sd card. only internal card. and that severely limits space for windows. but they improve software all the time. think there is a special section for linx 7 ans remixos on the web.

Ignore the trolls sradmad, they are not worth the effort :smiley:

Are these any good, specs wise, to run Plex media server 24/7?

with no transcoding yes.

Just googled importance of transcoding...so it all depends on the Plex apps media compatibility...

Thanks for the info

Cool, thanx. :-)

Great find.

You can actually do a lot with this tablet. Although it's not very powerful it's great for day to day light stuff, even transcoding and playing videos.

It's a great option for creating a simple cheap Win10 desktop. If you've got a monitor or TV, just add a keyboard/mouse.

Here's a video of it running Plex, it's also running in dual screen to an external monitor and a keyboard/mouse plus a hard wired network connection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWScR_-_He0

Plex Media Server, KODI...general all round media centre type unit...and pretty much everything else that can be done with a basic windows based unit; not too shabby for £27.99

would be really good if it can be charged via usb port on tv - need to check but no biggy

Sorry, my previous comment linked to Kodi, here's Plex and other stuff for the Linx 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfSxW65e9xo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-sQYhdlaZw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo_BgGSSk9Q

Wow you know what thats very informative for people who are thinking of buying a Windows phone and NOT a tablet lol.

OK I’ll bite what would you recommend? To someone who knows nothing about computers.

Great price, and very useful to anyone not a leisure type person only. 7" means portability is the aim

Can anyone recommend a good Bluetooth keyboard?

hey o

Now £29.99 + Now out of stock as i just bought the last one (unless you want with memory card / virus etc)

These will probably be coming up free soon:)

i have used an old Samsung NC10 which basically barely runs windows fine for plex when using a format (MP4) that my android or ps3 understands (I ripped tv shows from hulu and Netflix using playlater)

So it allows you to download Stuff from netflix and saves it on your HDD that you can play with any suitable app that does not expire...?

Just thought I'd mention my Windows 10 install just prompted me to download a free 1 month trial of O365!....

Standard offer. It's the year licences that are worth shouting about

Fantastic deal. Ordered the tablet only and delivered on time and promptly. Came packaged in original box and in excellent condition. The tablet itself is snappy and fast I'd say, faster than some of the Chinese tablets I've purchased in the past (Ainol, Cube). Windows 8.1 is a pleasant surprise. I suppose most people are used to apps, but the sky's the limit with desktop mode on a Windows tablet. Went on the excellent linxtablet forum and done a dual boot with Win10 and Android.

This tablet is quite possibly the best electronic purchase I've made, I would've bought more had I known how good a tablet it was. Thanks for posting the deal!!!

Activated my 1 year MS Office license with the Linx tablet. Bargain, thanks OP.

Mine came complete with an unused office subscription. worth more than twice what it cost me! Happy days ☺

I'm more than happy to relieve you of your LINX Tablet then? .. if your game?, hahahahaha. :-)

You got FREE Office on this too?, WOW!, hehehe.

has anyone found a cable/hub that will allow charging and use of wireless keyboard/mouse?

I'm not getting a great amount of time with the battery. May just be an unlucky one

Just be aware they don't have any more in stock so you may have to settle for a refund if you think it's faulty.

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