shame it's not 1080p but 2GB, 32GB for £40 hoooot!

I bought one last time and it's great. unbelievable bargain at under £40. pain in the neck to upgrade to windows 10 though. took me over 20 attempts!

Was just looking for a cheap 2GB Windows Tablet

£14.01 for P+P excessive!

Not the best tablet in the world, but for the price you can't really complain, especially as it should have full Office Home and Student 2013 as well. It is marked on the box and a code on a bit of card in the box.

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Can you put Android on it?

ANyone who has bought this before, did it come with Office for a year like many tablets?

Also: would this work well with Kodi? Want to try out Kodi.

All I can get is express delivery am I missing something. Or is it a N.Ireland scottish highlands thing

Can I add a keyboard?

Brought thIs last time, not bad for the money but pain upgrading to Windows 10, be prepared to do some reading....

Hot from me...just ordered, be rude not to at £39.99 !!!!

Also looks like you could sell on CEX and make a profit ?!?

I got the white/silver one last time this was on offer from here.I did not like Windows 10 so I reverted back to Windows 8.1.The 32Gb ssd is fairly full and quite slow,I upgraded to a 128Gb ssd and it is so much better.I used this one:Your text here.Any type 2242 M2 ssd should fit though.Open the case from the bottom edge then using a credit card to release the plastic catches that run round the outside.My unit was also brand new in the box and had no Windows updates installed so be prepared to wait quite a long time for all updates to download and install.

OOS, ONLY ONE AVIALBLE IS THE 16GB ANDROID VERSION

Ordered this before doing some digging. It gets OK-good reviews. Think I got one of the last Win 8.1's.

Thanks OP.

OOS now

compared to similarly priced Atom Z3735 based tabs, this Celeron N2806 only has 2 cores vs 4, and yet consumes slightly more power. so less performance and less battery life. good price though, I would just go with an Atom over this

i have asus t100. wonder how this processor is vs atom in that for steam play and battery life. hot from me.

How do you know it is the Prestigio Visconte 2 model? Real bargain if that is what shows up :-)
I notice Maplin are also selling a refurb Visconte 2 for £103.

I can see the overview description is for the Visconte 2, but it is the same for all the model options.

Any keyboard you guys recommended for this, looking at this one and seems good, any suggestions?

After debating on an earlier thread about getting something similar, I ended up getting a irulu windows tablet on amazon. They are about £50 or £40 if you want android.
Great bit of kit if you don't expect the world from it. But it is full windows 10, I just take mine out of tablet mode.

Picked up the android one thanks. Heat added.

I got this last time it was here and was pleasantly surprised. Upgrading to Win 10 just needs a micro SD card - I used a 64Gb. I quite like it for occasional use - it has USB3 and HDMI out.

Wish they had more stock :disappointed:

Thanks op!

If anyone is going to sell this to cex then your best of downgrading it to windows 8! They pay 42 for windows 10 and 47 for windows 8!

The silver/ white Windows 8 version (Visconte 1) they were also selling for £40 has USB 3.0.

Just for anyone thinking of doing the same to their Visconte 2 - I just opened mine and there's no M.2 SSD unfortunately (storage is a soldered-on Kingston chip).

It is not Office 365, so used shouldn't really be an issue. As for being removed, possibly, however most of us who ordered this last time it was available got the Office card in the box, I didn't hear of anyone who didn't but there may have been some missing.

​I very much doubt that

.Your text here.This might be helpful,for some.Tablet is fairly old,a little slow perhaps but good screen quality,well worth £40.00.

I really hope my order will come through, got confirmation email but no dispatch email as of today when it's estimated to arrive tomorrow.

Just got my dispatch email from an order yesterday

Try this http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install/how-to-upgrade-tablets-and-devices-with-little/8010e04b-530e-4d57-aaf4-776be87af7df?auth=1

or do a google search "update a tablet to win10 using SD card" - produces plenty of helpful results.

But of course you are too late for the free upgrade now.

Got my dispatch email. I ordered yesterday as well.
Wonder what version and condition it's in? oh the excitement (!)

Just remember that the Windows 10 upgrade may no longer appear in Windows Update, and if you search Microsofts site it may say you have to pay to upgrade as the offer has officially ended. However there are still ways to upgrade for free. Google reveals a couple of ways to access the extended free upgrade.

from my maplin clearance dispatch note...

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Yep mine says the same... i hope its the visconte 2 or ita going back!

​is the old one really worthless? if so why

I dont have clue, but im guessing the older one isnt as good or worth as much.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but i guess we will be receiving the "Prestigio visconte" rather than the "Prestigio visconte 2".

This is because Maplin ebay outlet are selling the "Prestigio Visconte 2" refurb for £103! 182257151890 Doubt they would sell us the same item for £40 the day before!

Now I'm getting a little worried. This is what my dispatch note says (the tablet is due to arrive tomorrow):



From the get go every email from Maplins has said Android 4.2 Or Windows 8.1 with [32MB Win 8.1] in brackets. I've not had anything which definitely says it's a Win 8.1 device on its way. And my dispatch note came not from Maplins/Ebay but from [email protected]

BTW - as Nige182 said earlier the upgrade path from 8.1 to 10 is still open. You just need to google for details. It's all done through Microsoft and it does work. I did it last week with a Linx tablet - though the process was mind numbingly slow.

They did virtually the exact same eBay listing a month or so ago, the grey one was definitely the Visconte 2 as I got one, and yes it was £40. The earlier orders got a free case as well, but I missed out on that.

Hopefully they will get some more in stock. I missed out this time something like this will be ideal for car diagnostic for me. If anyone gets one and is not happy with it give me a shout I may be interested in buying one.

Thanks nige182, the dispatch note also says "prestigio visconte" and not the 2!

But fingers crossed it will be the 2.

This is what mine said last time:

Yep mine says the exact same! Fingers crossed, should find out tomorrow as the postage says express 24

Mines arrived its Visconte 2 has a couple of black marks on back but all good otherwise.

​awesome to hear. enjoy. :smiley:

Mine's arrived ... Visconte 2 but missing accessories - no charger and no OTG cable. Charges over micro USB port so fortunately I have a spare charger for that.

Mines arrived....series 1 like I ordered, as looks better has stereo speakers, upgradable SSD and USB3. Processor slower but fine for my needs....looks brand new and unused. Well happy for £39.99

Does it have a card in the box with an activation code on it?

Mine's just arrived too. Visconte 2. All accessories. Couple of marks on the back but the screen is blemish-free. It has just finished updating.

Nige what does the activation code look like? Nothing in the box but there's a sticker with a four letter and 12 digit code attached to the box itself - XXXX555555555555 (not the actual code!)

The card was underneath the card tray for the tablet, where the big book was in my box, it says:

"DO NOT DISCARD"
Microsoft Product Identifier
Included Microsoft Product:
Windows 8 Small Screen Touch with Office Home & Student 2013

Then has an authentication sticker underneath. The code on this sticker is both for Windows 8 and for Office Home & Student 2013. If you do not have this code, but are still running Windows 8, make sure you take down your Windows 8 product key and install Office 2013 first (it should have a shortcut I think to start installing), and make sure that activates fine. Then use a tool to make sure you have taken down any product codes in case it activates with a different key (I think it should activate the same as it is one key on my card for both products). Do all that before updating to Windows 10 to make sure you keep the Office 2013 license.

Thanks. No card inside box, looked again. I'll download magicaljellybean.

Edit: - Just noticed that the Office logo - top right of box - is covered over with a white sticker. Assume that means no Office for me?

I did have the card with code.

Man.. looks like I'll probably be the only one who paid for it and ain't getting it. Contacted them for update in the morning and still waiting.

Mine arrived, thanks op, looks brand new, well pleased. The white sicker on the rear of the tablet, is that the office code?

Mine doesn't have a white sticker on it, the Office code was on a piece of card in the box. The code format will be 5x5 eg. XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

I am having to return mine, screen brightness intermittently goes very dull to the point it is unreadable in sunlight, despite windows setting maxing it out. Disappointing.

The screen brightness on these is very dull within Windows. I don't know why, it is fine on boot but once fully loaded into Windows it seems to be really dull, several people mentioned the same on the previous deal of this. I never saw a fix but can't see why it wouldn't be possible, there doesn't seem to be a hardware fault it seems specific to Windows.

There's a setting 'turn off automatic brightness' in settings, once off it's fine

Could have sworn I had already tried that, but it did help, thanks. I guess the light sensor is the issue then, Linx tablets, Archos 90 and my Chuwi are all fine without messing with anything.

Just remembered, some of us had issues with the Micro SD slot after upgrading to Windows 10, in that it wasn't seen by the OS. This was the driver that fixed the problem for me: https://devid.drp.su/?dev=PCI%5CVEN_10EC%26DEV_5229

That has fixed it!

Having real trouble upgrading to Win 10 using the only availlable free route. Empty and formatted USB and SD (attached via three port OTG) are not options during the initial system upgrade assessment and the tablet's 32GB HD has only 14/15GB free even after a reset to factory condition.

Anyone know a work around?

Several of us had problems, if I recall, I downloaded the offline installer for the upgrade to USB, then during setup it asked for a location to save the backup, I had to select the SD card for that and then it had enough space to do it.

Was that using the 'adaptive' route?

Yipee!! Got the visconte 2, fantastic condition! Couldnt find a microsoft code but regardless still a super price!

Thanks op.

My 1st windows tablet and i dnt have a clue! Can anyone tell me what benefits there are to updgrading to win 10, do i need to?

Cheers

​update: after sending 2 more emails today I finally received notification that it has been dispatched!

Anyone managed to get Win 10 on this now that Microsoft's free upgrade path is limited?

I've just upgraded mine with Windows 10 and it still activated fine even though the free promotion is supposed to have finished. Did it using a USB stick

Not sure what you mean sorry, I did it before the official free upgrade ended though if that was what you were asking. I am not sure what the tool is that you can download now, but if it has an option for offline installation, or installation on another computer, that is the option I chose to start with. Then used that to create a USB stick with the install files. Once it has done that and performed the cleanup, run the upgrade program from USB, it says there is not enough space and somewhere there is an option to select another drive for the backup, which I chose the micro USB, then I think it worked. Took ages though so make sure it has a full charge.

Yaaaay. Did it. Reset the tablet. No progs other than Virtual Clone Drive to install the ISO. Used the Media Creation Tool and Win 10 ISO from MS. No idea why USB/SD would not work.

​you done it without USB or SD card?

Not entirely. It took a while to get the tablet to play nice. I spent about 15-16 hours on it yesterday and my options got fewer and fewer. I simply could not free up enough space on the tablet to go the adaptive technologies upgrade route - which is a Win 10 upgrade aimed at people with disabilities (though MS simply does not check). At no time did the 'not enough space' message come with an option to use off-device storage. I also could not do a fresh install by USB or SD. I was tearing my hair out.

Reset the tablet, again. Uninstalled every last program I could. I was down to just Epic Browser and Virtual Clone Drive (freeware) on the desktop. I used Media Creation Tool to put to Win 10 on a USB attached through a three-port OTG adapter. Rebooted. The .exe on the ISO showed up as a clickable option within VCD and it was just a case of clicking the .exe and crossing my fingers. I did not think it would work, but it did. Install took about 40 minutes. Update took longer. The microSD card slot wasn't recognised but I fixed that with nige's post containing the Realtek driver. Thanks for that - it's a real pain hunting down the right ones.

The effort is so worth it. Windows 10 looks and feels massively better than Win 8.1. Clearly either the ISO route is still free (but MS is keeping quiet about it) or Win 10 has been on my device before, registered with MS but removed during the refurb process. At no point was I ever asked for a product key.

So it all worked with using a USB stick with just the 17mb MediaCreationTool.exe in it? Thought I'd have to download the ISO and make the USB a bootable ISO or something
Edit: Oh you created an ISO through the mediacreationtool and used the VCD app to make it a bootable disk (ISO)?
BTW where does the backup (rollback Windows 8.1) files store? in the USB?

Just updated to Windows 10, my approach was a bit different, I put the mediacreationtool executable within the USB stick and installed the ISO on, after that I plugged it in the tablet, went to the USB dir and opened the setup.exe within the ISO and just installed Windows 10 from there without any third party ISO software. Even without the fancy OTG wire thus installed without charging as I started with 100% after an hour or so after when it finished it came to 66% battery.
All in all went good and got a bit scared when I first got into windows 10 and found it laggy, after a restart it just needed to install it's drivers.
BTW my windows.old folder was in C driver after.

I just put an SD card in, downloaded the mediacreationtool onto the tablet, ran it, chose update this computer, and when it eventually said not enough space i clicked use external drive (The SD Card). I believe it just uses that to house the instalation / old windows files.