I'm typing this on one of these as we speak.
Perfect for light use and lying in front of tv surfing, which is what the majority of people use this type of machine for.

If you are a power user, then you have no business thinking about getting this machine, and you need to move on.

It is no Surface Pro, but it is IMO very competent at what it does.

Anybody looking to get this delivered, change the defaulted 'free delivery in 5 working days' to 'choose when i want delivery' and you can get it delivered tomorrow for free.

An actual mouse?

You mean ...



... eek!

A lot! This only has an Atom processor, 2Gb RAM and small storage. Think of this as quarter of what the cheapest Surface Pro is and can do. I have a similar one which is great for watching videos and browsing, but when you start putting heavier things on then it really slows down. I just put some awesome old games on like Portal which it can actually run quite well surprisingly!

Good deal so heat!

Heat :smiley:

I've owned one of these. In the end got a dualboot from China because I wanted Android too but would strongly recommend this for the price.

quick question

what can Surface Pro 4 or Surface Book can do that this tablet can't do?

I had one of these but sold it, found it very slow and screen not very good in bright conditions, plus keyboard will often disconnect

Probably TCB around 2% I think.

Such a shame it's not USB 3 and it's not easy to find out it's not.

I'm typing this on one of these as we speak.
Perfect for light use and lying in front of tv surfing, which is what the majority of people use this type of machine for.

If you are a power user, then you have no business thinking about getting this machine, and you need to move on.

It is no Surface Pro, but it is IMO very competent at what it does.

These are really good tablets for the price, I bought one slightly over a year ago for just about the same price. In many ways it is better than our iPads: connectivity is easier via the HDMI and USB ports and storage can be easily and cheaply expanded with a SD card. The keyboard is a real bonus, I got a nice case from Fintie which tidies it up well. The only issue I have had is that the tablet takes a long time to charge (I'd say about twice as long as an iPad), I don't think there is anything wrong, and it is not a big problem as I charge it overnight and the battery life is good.

I'd certainly recommend this machine if one needs a larger tablet that is almost a laptop, it is excellent for streaming, browsing and running the MS Office programs that came with it. At under £100 this is a bargain, so I've added some heat.

Can you install .exe files on these?

The 1020 is QVCs Todays Special Value today with 3 interest free instalments.
QVC £189.96 + P&P: £6.95 (incliding MS BT Mouse)

Any advice on the samsung tab pro S? The currys price is 499-10% , was wondering if thats worth it?

Brilliant, I wasn't sure if it was like a mobile windows like on my mother's Nokia or a proper Windows to add .exe files if this is the case I'm getting one lol.
Thanks a million for the reply

I'm seriously considering getting one of the Chinese tablets like the Teclast X98 described here: http://techtablets.com/recommended-chinese-tablets-brands/

Has anyone had experiences with Chinese tablets like this and can give me advice/feedback based on real first hand experience?

Its expensive, or u dont wana give advice? Lol

I'm looking for something for uni that will be ok for essays and watching the odd film.
Would this be ok do you think, or is it too small?
Was looking at the HP Stream and Lenovo 100s but this looks to be fairly similar spec?

But isn't that what these types of things are best used for anyway?

You know, sitting on the sofa watching a video or browsing the internet whilst your loved one wears your trousers and takes control of the TV?:wink:

I may be old-school, but when I want to do anything 'heavy', the last thing I want to use is a 10" screen. I would rather use a dual 24" screen PC setup any day over any laptop or tablet, be it a Microsoft, Apple or Android.

With a keyboard, laptops/tablets maybe OK for the odd email, Word document (other word processors are available :confused:), whilst on the move but for serious work (video-editing, photo-editing, power-browsing, checking HUKD;), tablets just stifle workflow (IMHO of course).

I would actually like to see a side by side challenge/comparison between a PC user and a hip tablet and/or laptop user with the same 'heavy project' just to see how they would compare and what the difference would be time-wise for completion of the task.

Like I said earlier, it's probably because I'm old-school.

I got one of the 12" linx's for £200 on black friday. Initially was impressed but i tried to use it for work and it just kept having problems, stupidly slow charge time, keyboard was very temperamental and software froze fairly regularly/laggy on web browsing. That was with 4gb ram so i would question how well this will run with half of that. Ended up returning it.

Just my experience but if this model works out similar i would probably pay under £100 for it despite the problems. Heat for the price.

Is it good enough for video calls via Skype?

(I purchased Tesco Connect tablet PC (Windows 10), but returned it to Ebuyer recently. When you use Skype on that device it loses 20 to 30% of words from your conversation and the video quality is just awful.)

I was looking at the chuwi hibook pro... Great screen. It has descent reviews, but would like to know someone else who has first hand experience with one.

Where do you enter the code?

store clerk said the 10% discount is online only so theyll throw in a year's McAfee livesafe and know-how cloud recovery and storage free. seems even better

Good price for a 10 inc tab with keyboard . Would be brilliant if it had android , unfortunately it has
a space hugging virus installed called Windows 10 !

Paid £129.99 on Black Friday week. Worth every penny.

Had one of these but couldn't warm to if, so sold it and bought a laptop instead. I'd recommend it as a tablet but if you want to use like a laptop or netbook I found the keyboard clunky and frustrating especially the mouse pad.

I've had a love hate relationship with this tablet. I loved it when I found it would run all my desktop applications. It is very tough, for example I dropped it on the floor recently during a "hate" moment and the screen stayed intact. I actually had to jump on it to break the screen and... the tablet still works. Overall I'd give it 7/10 but it can be hugely frustrating at times with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth issues.

Cold as good luck getting Curry's to sort things out it breaks

Good price for a tablet with keyboard. 2GB of RAM are a bit limiting, but for light usage it is ok. You can use it as a laptop, but that is distinctly suboptimal, and even a cheap laptop/netbook would be better suited.

Yawn...it's £98, I've probably spent £4000-£5000 with Currys this year with no issues.

p.s. the biggest single item I bought was a TV for just under £2,000 - it went faulty after a couple of days incredibly, however a new one was delivered within 48 hours, no questions or hassle

:laughing:

Wouldn't touch another Linx with barge pole, good luck with any issues (especially software) after the warranty runs out.

If streaming and emails are what you want, get a Chromebook. This is a full operating system running on a paltry 2GB's of memory and a very small amount of disk space, whilst Google's offering is designed for web use.

I've tried going down this route before; at first it seems like a great idea but pretty quickly the thing becomes slow, sluggish and needs updates.

Save your cash for a better laptop or buy a similarly-priced Chromebook. Windows 10 has its uses but this really isn't one of them.

Looks great for the price.

I know plenty who have had a bad experience with Currys. Just Google it. I my self have had several bad experiences. The most recent when they mounted my Currys TV also around £2000 scratched my furniture by installing the mount by sitting it on the sofa and then fitted the mount upside down and lop sided. Currys refused to undo the damage or the poor workmanship suggesting I should take them to court but it was their words it was their word vs mine. Laptop that didn't last more than 9 months and had to get my credit card company involved to get a resolution. Misleading staff trying to sell you warranty's you don't need in store, packaging a sale price up which actually works out cheaper if you buy the individual bits outside of their alleged sale. I'm Amazon all the way.

i have a close friend working at currys, this unit is whats called code 5.
if it stops working within the year, its an exchange.
its not sent off for repair. thought about buying one myself to take to gigs n rehearsals to run my fender fuse software on. just make sure your data is backed up as i guess with it being an exchangable item, theres zero chance of data retrieval.

Anyone know if you have to use the keyboard with this?

No. You can detach the keyboard and use it as a tablet.

The Atom x5 Z8300 CPU, as opposed to the ATOM Quad Core 1.83GHz (Z3735F) CPU, interesting ...

I have one of the original LINX 10" Window's Lite Tablet's (less that 1 year old now), but mine was less the dedicated Keyboard though.

My own personal experience of the LINX Tablet's has been nothing but good thing's, I like them. :-)

Yep!, as per my previous/above comment also. :-)

Window's System Restore/Recovery Mode, will rectify most i'll's I'd have thought?.

I've used a similar method method myself some month's back, and was perfectly fine again after that (well, so far so good anyway?, hehehe). :-)

That happens with my i7, 14Gb of RAM & HD webcam :disappointed:

I'm afraid not, if windows update tries to reflash the firmware (which it's done to plenty of Linx tablets) it bricks them requiring a firmware flash which entails opening the tablet to reprogram the eprom (google it), something which both Microsoft and owners of Linx are NOT helpful with.

They're knocking these out for a lot less than this at Staples in Christchurch for anyone local. Probably because they know they'll be closing down in the future.

EDIT: Before the usual moaners asking "why I didn't post this as a deal"... simple. It's in not a hot UK deal, it's a hot CHRISTCHURCH deal.

Hi, could you at least provide info as to what "a lot less" equates to please?

Will this run Windows 7 Comfortably/ better?

I don't think Windows 7 will work on this tablet as it uses a 32bit EFI boot loader. Whilst Windows 7 supports 32bit, the 32bit version of W7 does not support EFI boot loading (only the 64bit version does). I think the surface pro supports Windows 7 as it uses 64bit EFI boot loading. Hope that helps!

So I could rub x64 on this?

Atom Processors are painfully slow .... you would be better off investing in something a little higher spec.

Unless they've updated the firmware to support 64bit then you're stuck with 32bit Windows I'm afraid. I can't find any mention of them updating the firmware to support 64bit and I'd be surprised if they have.

I love mine. Added an SD card and created a virtual drive on it that I mounted as a D: Drive and install all my software/files to for much more space. Perfect portable machine. Never had a single issue with the keyboard, and I keep a small USB wireless mouse (using one of the two USB ports) with it for ease. Running Windows 10.

Edit: In terms of performance, browsing the Internet and emails are great, watching videos great, no issues using it for work, typical applications like Skype, MS Office, Outlook, etc. have no issues, tablet use is very easy to navigate; TBH unless you want to play games on it it'll be fine for most stuff, although it runs the old GOG games nicely :wink:

Surely you have to draw the line somewhere between price and performance though. Obviously it depends what you want to do with it. It's like having a pushbike to bike a mile to the shops and somebody coming along and telling me I should upgrade to a motorbike. The tech reviews are fairly positive for this tablet at the £160 mark so for under £100 it provides a decent entry-level tablet for general use. You'd have to pay an extra £80-100 for the next level up and when you're buying a Christmas present for your girlfriend that's just not acceptable :smirk:

erm...quite a lot actually. it's not just what it can do but also how.

Heat for the price, though considering the age of the SoC I would have thought they'd have updated it to the newer Z8300 or above chipset by now, I bought the original Linx windows tablet over two years ago, and the specs have not changed since then, which for the PC market is very rare.

I have a Chuwi Hi 10 - similar to what you are looking at, but with full size USB ports. It works well as both an Android and Windows device. As Android, it lacks the latest Android version, but is reasonably current and works well. As Windows 10 it works best if you have an external keyboard to connect. The screen is excellent and it runs all the applications I need.

I would recommend it.

I've had the 7" version for 2 years now and it's still going strong!

arrived - well impressed with build quality of tablet and the keyboard....keyboard is a really sturdy click on and draws poer from the tablet which i guess has pros and cons....not quite sure why the keyboard is so heavy but it makes for a decent thing to type on.

I hadnt looked at the spec - so extremely surprised and pleased to find 2* full size USBs

Ah, nice. Parents wanted a new tablet for the kitchen for watching catch-up TV and the odd Google... This'll do nicely.
Was looking for Android but at least this I can update / change the OS etc. rather than relying on the manufacturer.

Plus my work do 7% off at Currys/PC World via Edenred Vouchers, which are instant eGifts - so used that and got another £6.58 off or something. And I did TCB, just in case...

Thanks, Op!

Slightly strange question, but any chance you can see if it will pair with a Bluetooth speaker?
If you have one, that is.

Just curious if the Bluetooth stack on it will allow that for better audio.

Can anyone recommend a 10" tablet with Android, please? It's only for my kid so playing a few games and watching YouTube is about all it will get used for.
Thank you

That's not a LINX, this, is a LYNX...

Nope.

​I've just paired mine with my Anker A7908 Bluetooth speaker however the sound is distorted. Not sure if that's just with this particular speaker as I don't have another one to check sorry.

I bought one around Feb or March. I do like it though it does have some issues. the WiFi randomly stopped working for a while after a few months of purchase but then just fixed itself and has been fine since. The battery life is poor and drains even when not in use, if you fully charge it and leave it - even without use a day later it will be dead.

That's the negatives out of the way, I can say I do enjoy the tablet and essentially windows tabs are just a mini laptop - the software is the same. So anyone comfortable with windows 10 won't struggle to use it. I think it's very fast in comparison to the other tabs in the house, it has mini hdmi out so I connect it to the TV and use a wireless USB mouse to control it from the sofa. Can't do that with any other tabs that I can think of

paired witha jbl flip and shows up as a device but disconnected ...cant figure out how to make the sound come throught then bt speaker rather n than inbuild speakers

It'll do it though - that's good enough for me - thank you.
Suspect it's just a levels thing - you probably need to reduce the volume on the laptop and turn it up on the bluetooth speaker.

Thanks again for taking the time to test! Will suit my parents perfectly, then (if I can get the levels right!)

Curious!
The fact that it pairs means there's an audio BT stack, so I can work on that.
Thanks for taking the time to test!

Working fine now after a reboot

Anybody looking to get this delivered, change the defaulted 'free delivery in 5 working days' to 'choose when i want delivery' and you can get it delivered tomorrow for free.

Agreed wouldn't set foot in the place or PC World if I was in dire need of help - staff and Manager would just step over you.

it's a nice thing. got one second hand last week.. grr

I just bought myself one... I'll just say Santa got it for me :P

Is this capable of running iTunes?

I got this in Black Friday last year with the official keyboard attachment for 79.99. It works perfectly, one of the best Windows 10 devices I've used and with the attachable keyboard makes it just like a netbook.

It works amazing my well with the Xbox Game streaming via Xbox App and this is essentially the 'PC' adaptation of the Linx 10 with the gaming controls!

Also, not sure where the negative feedback is coming from - this is one of the best Windows 10 Tablet PCs out there. Only thing setting is back is the 32gb eMMC as opposed to a 128GB+ SSD but for 99.99 you can't knock it.

It's capable of many things. I do basic photo and video editing on mine and it works amazingly with Xbox Game Streaming. Only bad point I've found so far is that it doesn't support 5GHz wireless

Picked one up today (C&C, I'm impatient!).

Feels well built, especially the doc / keyboard.... It's currently on charge.

It has good connectivity so I'm going to try & install office 365 and use it to deliver pp presentations hooked up to my projector; can anyone foresee any issues with this?

Forgot to add thanks to the OP...

But I consider a spud gun / Chapstick / selection box as a "cheap" Xmas gift, not a 10" tablet :smile:

do u get free shower gel with this?

I have one of these, and agree it's a love/hate thing, I wouldn't recommend it for my parents as navigating Windows 10 annoyances and occasional Wifi and keyboard dropouts is frustrating. It's a little slow responding to touch if there's more than one app open (i.e. Firefox and Memu), plugging in a mouse responds well.

I actually get on better with it if I lose the keyboard, as battery lasts longer, and it's a lot lighter (keyboard is weighted to keep the screen up), though it's still a heavy tablet.

It's worth mentioning I run Memu (Android emulator) on it and play games like 'Galaxy of Heroes' smoothly enough. It streams Steam games surprisingly well and you can plug a 360 controller into the full size USB ports. With a micro-HDMI to HDMI cable I can use it as a portable Kodi/YouTube device for kids holidays.

This tablet seemed good at first but became unbearably slow within a couple of months. Also the keyboard constantly disconnects which is very frustrating

I wouldn't say that the tablet slows down for no reason, it can slow down with more apps installed (that run in the background/startup), the most likely candidate might be that some of the Windows 10 updates cheekily turn on some of the privacy and location settings that may have been turned off before, it's worth going through the settings after any major update.

Also untick the option that allows wifi to function on standby should help with battery life: 'Start > Settings > System > Power & sleep > [untick] 'On battery power, stay connected to network while asleep'.'

picked mine up today.. had a little bit of an issue connecting to the wi-fi...on the setup
as i wanted to use my windows id, so had to use a non windows id for the main setup..


but it wont let me setup a windows id login now, the screen that shoudl take me too it won't.
ive even done all the updates i could (took aggeees....! as in a few hours)

leaving it on charge... just incase its an issue trying to do those things when its charging... will try again later.

I'm aure i'll get it sorted, but i can imagine a lot of people being put of by that issue in the first place...

​I've read on a few sites that iTunes runs well on these tablets. I'm hoping so anyway as it's one of the reasons I bought it for

WOW!, I clearly missed that little gem of under £80 last Black Friday?!, that's a shame. :-(

Where/who did you buy if from at the time?, or ..... thanx. :-)

​I would tend to agree, to me a hundred pounds is still a lot of money but folks these days seem to be spending a lot of more money on their tech. I'm still using a 9 year old PC as my main desktop

Yeah, no issues.

I've had mine for a while now but never had a problem with the WiFi or keyboard. The battery lasts ages, and charges up pretty quick. It's hasn't proven at all slow, albeit my smaller Linx with 1Gb RAM had frustrating lagging issues, but this one is great, albeit I havn't installed a tonne of software, just work software and a good selection of older games :wink:

Thanks.

Anybody tried a Skype video call on this device? Does it have acceptable voice quality? Missed words or phrases? Acceptable video quality or "too dark and 3 pixels per inch only"?

what's the difference between this one and the 8" gaming one. apart from the size and controller with the 8" one. I got the gaming one so my son could play xbox on it but could get do that with this one??

​For your power drain I'd recommend you change the power settings for battery to put the computer to sleep after 15 minutes. When I first bought this the power would drain at about 5% per hour even when asleep. Changing these settings has cured it for me.

I can't stand the mouse/touch pad on this. I use an actual mouse with it.

You have to press it quite hard to get it to click which means if you have it on your lap it risks wobbling everywhere.

An actual mouse?

You mean ...



... eek!

The Linx 10" Tablet has 2GB RAM, not 1GB RAM ..... :-)

Interesting question that?.

Funnily enough:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/linx-vision-8-inch-wi-fi-gaming-tablet-99-99-argos-2577020?p=29577741

Hopefully this helps a little. :-)

​I'd take a trip to Specsavers if you've got some time off over Christmas :wink:

Audio is OK, but the video on both cameras is absolutely terrible. Very dark, low resolution, and the color gamut is just grey/brown. In addition, the framerate on the front camera is about 5 FPS.

Hi does anyone know if I can use discount code instore when I collect it, just reserved one but it does not let you pay online then collect so couldnt enter code. x

Had one of thes for about a year. Can't knock it, does a decent job for the cost. Use it for Xbox One Streaming.

​it says beside the code on the curry's website in red that you can use in store. recommend you take a screenshot with you in case they try to argue with you

I had one of these earlier in the year from Amazon, but it developed a problem where by it thought the keyboard was always attached. You could fix it temporarily by fiddling with the registry settings, but each time you docked the keyboard it happened again. Linx were no help, and it seemed to be a really common fault. However, before anyone writes these cheap Windows 10 tablets off as rubbish or underpowered - I'd personally say they're actually very competent at what they do. OK, you won't be running the latest games on them - but if all you want to do is social media, web browsing, emails and perhaps the odd bit of basic office stuff (Word/Excel Mobile are free) - then its absolutely fine. Once you figure out how Windows 10 works, and how to make the most of it in both tablet and laptop mode, then its actually a very flexible operating system.

Rubbish tablet screen breaks on touching much more powerful tablets for a little more

Yes they will apply code in store. Just make sure they do it. They did for me yesterday when I prompted them.

Bought one for Christmas.. For myself! :smiley: Picked it up yesterday.

RAM is less of an issue with TAblets than it is with PCs as the SSD in the tablet is higher speed thasn say a hard drive, If the RAM usage exceeds the 2GB it will use part of the SSD as RAM. This process is called Virtual Memory. Obviously more RAM is always best but its not as crippling as it is on a PC.

Thanks OP. Just ordered one.

Nicely reviewed. whats the keyboard like on it?
i find normally they're shoddy where keys just don't work 40% of the time.

My bluetooh speaker works perfectly on mine :smiley:

What would be the next machine up in spec. 2Gb RAM and 32gb flash is a bit anaemic.

Prefer 4Gb ram 64Gb would be nice

​think there is one in Argos which is one up. cant remember the exact specs. it was posted here a few weeks ago. was around 200 so a substantial increase in price

Nice - might get one to stop my mother-in-law dropping off her 7 year old EEEpad Transformer for me to "have a look at" every 6 weeks. :smiley:

thank you

Hey amour, I picked it up through eBay. A company in England was offloading a few thousand units of them at £89.99 with the keyboard (the above meant to say 79.99 sans Keyboard!)

I actually found the deal through HUKD

I regularly do presentations in work using mine. It is not slow by any means. It can run some full 3D games, albeit nothing from the last 3/4 years.

Putting it comparatively, there's an 800mhz AMD Athlon in my loft that can run PowerPoint so I'm sure this will be fine...

No big, thanx for the reply. :-)

Ironically, I found the same Linx 10" Windows 10 Lite off of a Deal Posted here too, but in January 2016, and I paid the same price for only a 16GB version instead, and WITHOUT Keyboard also.

So you would have been proper laughing at the time, huh?, hehehehe.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/linx-12-2-windows-10-tablet-with-keyboard-cover-199-sainsbury-s-milton-keynes-2564016

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/linx-12-fhd-windows-10-tablet-4gb-ram-200-sainsbury-s-2561819

Problem solved. :-)

I'm guessing the keyboard is heavy so it stands up properly. Mine is arriving tomorrow so will report in at some point.

Please do. :-)

I think this was what you were referring too:

Linx 10V64 versare 10 Inch 4GB RAM 64GB Tablet with Keyboard - £199.99 @ Argos

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/linx-10v64-versare-10-inch-4gb-ram-64gb-tablet-with-keyboard-199-99-argos-2562387

​yip that's the one

I purchased one of these on Monday and was reluctant to do so considering the last time I used Currys was several years ago and I received shoddy service then. It was due for delivery yesterday and made it to my local DPD depot but i didn't receive any dispatch confirmation. I phoned DPD several times and was told they were still loading vans. After phoning at 4PM I was told I would be receiving it today instead. I phoned today and they told me that it's been lost and to contact Curry's. I've contacted Currys and explained that it is a Christmas present and that it's required in time for Christmas. They responded with, "You must now allow an extra fourteen days in case the parcel turns up. After that time frame, we can either refund or replace it.". What a joke?! I asked why I couldn't just get one from the local store and they can sort out the delivery mess but apparently I'm the one who has to be out of pocket! Really not impressed...

And now they appear to have put me on permanent hold whilst they find a manager to speak to... haven't had a response in over 10 minutes!

What i would do, is repurchase and choose free next day delivery or pick up in store if that suits better. If the other one turns up, either refuse delivery or accept and return. At the worst, you have to wait 14 days before getting refund on original purchase. If dpd say it's lost then it's doubtful it wont be.

Thanks for this! My son got one of these last year and loves it - uses it all the time for homework, messaging and game playing. My daughter borrows it so much that I bought her one for Christmas a couple of weeks' ago. Still in mail packaging, so was slightly irked when I saw it was now £21 less than I paid for it a few days' ago. Called Curry's helpline and asked what they could do; amazing customer service and after ten minutes or so, while the checked with a supervisor, they gave me a £21 refund to the card I'd paid on. Top marks for Customer Service to Currys and another £21 in my pocket for Christmas - can't be bad. Always pays to call their helpline before going back in store!

I see your point and that looks like the solution I'll have to take, but I shouldn't be out of pocket for their mistake. The line cut dead in the end when I asked to speak with a manager...

Contact the Executive Complaints / KnowHow team on 0344 561 6372. You will be pleasantly surprised with how they handle and resolve your complaint

I've had nothing but bad experiences with Linx Windows tablets, I've tried two and both randomly stopped working after a software update and ended up in the bin.

Was okay until they stopped working, but they're very slow.

I got the Prestigio MultiPad 10.1", can it play Civ 5?

I have the non-Keyboard version of the same Linx 10" 1010b Windows 10 Tablet, and trust me, it's USB2, not USB3 on them (on both of the 2 full USB Sockets it comes with). :-)

​next time you decide to bin one due to a software update, can you let me know and I'll pay the postage to send to me? cheers!

Lots more but why people are comparing a high end tab to this low grade one is beyond me.
Telling someone with a small budget to spend 10 times more is a bit thick but then again that's the rubbish you have to put up with on this site.
Most people will be happy with this for light use.

Funnily enough, about a few month's back on a different Linx Tablet HUKD Deal, a few people ALSO mentioned 'similar' also?, but ...

That was purely a well known (but at the time, not so well known) botched Window's 10 mandatory Software Update string that totalled MANY a unfortunate Linx Tablet at the time, etc? (the Linx Tablet per-say was totally innocent in that regard, as the Linx Hardware was not at fault, etc?, so ..... )

I have the exact same Tablet I bought more than 8+ months ago now?, and still (for no I nearly paid a similar price nearer that time in that regard in other ways ..... but, so far so good, for now at least). :-)

The Tablet itself is fairly robust! (in itself), rare, unfortunate, botched mandatory Software updates on the other-hand, is a different animal entirely?).

I concur too, looooool. :-)

Hahahahaha, smart thinking Batman ..... :confused::smirk:

Picked one up for similar price from Staples on Black Friday. Happy with the purchase and had no issues at all, however I did need to tweak the power profile to stop sleep mode keeping the wifi adapter on and draining the battery.

Obviously higher spec hardware out there, but if you set your expectations based on the price,I think it's fine.

Are you talking about you set your's to Hibernation Mode or something?, or ..... :-)

Picked one of these up yesterday, was initially apprehensive but so far I've been proven wrong. Got a copy of AutoCAD 2013 running on it no problem and Kodi installed it's like a mini workstation/tablet.

Windows 10 anniversary update installed earlier with no issues at all too. Well chuffed with it :smiley:

Having a spot of bother hooking up with my home wifi... Synced up fine on day 1 now doesn't want to know, any tips?

Asda in Dartford have these without keyboard on clearance at £78. Got one yesterday and had two more on display.

Is anyone having problems with the touchpad on the keyboard? I recieved mine last night and it was working fine then. Went to use it this morning and the touchpad isn't working at all. Everything else on the keyboard works. It isn't one of the F buttons which turns it off as I have tried that. Feeling a bit of regret if it isn't an easy fix.

Bought one at £124.99 and returned it after a couple of weeks. OK, what do you expect at that price but it really is neither one thing or another. The keyboard and mouse are a real pain. The only good thing I can say is that the battery life is OK but what use is that if you don't want to use it.

I'm amazed anyone has a good thing to say about these.

No, the default power settings were set up to go into sleep on power button press iirc and hibernate was completely disabled. The problem with it was that whilst it was in sleep, the wifi adapter was still enabled so if I left it overnight and tried to power it up the next morning it was something like <10% battery. Disabling wifi adapter during sleep fixed it (although I enabled hibernate after x mins sleep also).

Was the first thing I did

Autocad lt?
unless you can get the 16/17 version on it it's useless

​I cannot thank you enough for giving me this number! I got through to someone who was able to arrange a replacement straight away, delivered today. Really pleased now!

The TF101Really?:confused:

Is the Asus TF101 Transformer really 7 years old? Surely not!

I cheated and just had a look and it's actually less than 6 years old (general release around April 2011), but a good guess nonetheless.

Unless of course she borrowed the HUKD DeLorean 7 years ago and travelled forward in time to buy one?:smile:

Seriously though, The TF101 was my first tablet and I still have it in a drawer with my many many other under-used bits of tech.

Must've wasted a bleedin' fortune over the years come to think of it and most of it due to HUKD! :laughing:

Slightly over-egged the estimate - just feels like longer because she's always up here with it because something or other isn't working (like she signed out of Facebook or used the wrong charger...) :smiley:

Ahhhh, just found this out myself. I've only just disabled 2.4GHz the other day as well due to it being a possible reason that my WiFi speakers were dropping out occasionally.

Will have to re-enable it now though. :disappointed:

If it's any consolation though, it has really good 2.4ghz connectivity. I find some tablets, particularly android ones have issues in my house but this little wonder works like a dream. It's a great smaller screen for Xbox Game Streaming too, the screen quality is 10/10

16/17?! It's a tablet not a rendering machine. 2013 lt is perfect for what i need it for and it runs no problem. This will be used to pick up and edit a quick drawing or show a client on site. I have AutoCAD 2017 on my workstation at home but it just wouldn't make sense to stick it on a 10" £100 tablet in any frame of mind!

Thanks, have ordered one for my bro for Christmas. Picking it up tomorrow, the discount code definitely says to have it applied on payment in store.
I have the 1010 light (16gb version) which I bought from Sainsburys on the £40 deal which was posted on here earlier this year and I bought a keyboard from eBay.
Although the 16GB is restrictive, I have been careful to install all my software to a 64GB microSD card which lives in it permanently. The 32GB C drive of this deal will be much easier to work with.
I have been really pleased with mine, the battery life is great, the keyboard is good and positive, the touchpad is a temperamental and takes a bit of getting used to. It's been a great netbook and has accompanied me on trips abroad. I've also used the mini HDMI port to connect it to the TV to watch a couple of movies.

Excellent. Glad I was able to help!

Has anyone had an issues with the microphone ?

I've received it today, and was testing Cortana, but found nothing was getting picked up.

I also tested via the voice recording app; updated the driver; and "boosted" the microphone settings to the max - all to no avail .... Maybe its a fault with the unit.

Would appreciate if anyone can confirm if they have seen this... I would prefer to exchange it for another, if its not a known fault.

Thanks

It'll be fine because delved into my FRITZz!Box 7490 (German VDSL/Router) and discovered that I could utilise both 2.4GHz & 5GHz bands by assigning a separate SSIDs to each!

Connected immediately and seems pretty stable.

Hi, I am considering getting this via click and collect today to replace an ageing ipad 2 10 inch from about 6 years ago. Is this much of an upgrade real world use as opposed to just specs. Planning on just using for browsing, films, some low spec gaming and basic office work (word excel PP) but also like the option of using it as just a tablet so don't want a netbook or laptop only.

Can anyone confirm code works on click and collect?

Also planning on getting a year script to Microsoft office anyway, does this come with it included as I have read on some reviews that it did when first released, but does not specify 1010B. Hopefully someone who has just got one can confirm that? If it was only office mobile could that run on a desktop as well?

Lastly perhaps pushing it a little but for own personal reasons when visiting in-laws this holiday season will it run League of Legends for a sneaky game while dinner is being cooked or they've fallen asleep in the afternoon? Wishful thinking...

Can definitely apply code for click and collect as I got mine last night.........had an issue with screen rotation (option wasn't even showing on W10 data center) returned it this morning and they offered refund/exchange no questions asked. Decided to exchange and this one seems to not have the same issue as screen auto rotates out of the box. Just creating a USB recovery drive incase problems occur later!

Yeah, funnily enough that's exactly what mine needed. Dual broadcast caused loads of dropouts but as soon as each band was given a unique ssid it worked perfectly.

There's already a notable competent 'Recovery' method built-in to the Linx Tablet as it is? (I've used such on more than 1 occasion, and it does what it does flawlessly).

But, feel free to explore other options anyway. :-)

Quick note about auto-rotate - I thought mine was also broken, but it only works with the keyboard detached. Kind of makes sense really i.e. you wouldn't want it in portrait with the keyboard. So, if you have a problem with it locked in portrait, detach the keyboard, 'Rotate lock' should now be available, check it is off, rotate the tablet to landscape (picture should follow) and re-attach the keyboard. BYU!

​Thanks for the comment, however the icon had completely disappeared! This replacement seems much better the auto rotate worked out of the box with the keyboard unattached.

What security are people using if any? I use IObit advanced systemcare on my desktop, but currently just using Windows defender on this? Anyone tried AVG?

What protection are people using? i currently just have Windows Defender running? Anyone tried AVG on this?

​Don't frequent dodgy sites and the built in protection in Windows 10 is more than capable.

Hang out on pr0n sites and warez and crackz sites, running random programmes that download and installing 28 toolbars and you'll have a computer riddled more than a back street hooker. All the AV in the world won't stop everything. And will also grind your computer to a halt.

That's a point. :-)

Though I've heard plenty that Windows 10 has some dubious 'Malware stuffs' of it's own mind .....

But fair point in your analysis though, lol. :-)

I got mine yesterday and really impressed!

Struggling with wifi connectivity on mine (despite my phone & laptop wifi-ing fine in the same vacinity).

Windows 10 update being installed now so fingers crossed.

Any similar WiFi issues or known fixes?

Bare in mind also, tooooo many Devices connected to the very same 1 WiFi-Point could create such/similar 'issues' too right?, so .....

I'm not saying that the full overall underlying problem or whatever? (but it's NOT to be discounted either?, as it can very much genuinely happen also?).

Keep that in mind too ..... :-)

That's what VMs are for :wink:
If ever I download something from an unknown source and I have doubts over its legitimacy, I move it into a VM before opening it and run it there. Saved myself from hundreds of viruses over the years by doing that

Interesting point that?, lol. :-)

Which VM/VM's do you use?.

Do you happen to make use of Sandy Box too perhaps?, or ..... thanx.

How is everyone installing the windows 10 update? The version I brought for my son doesn't seem to find any updates? He's trying to download Kodi but the store keeps displaying a message that an update is required? Baffled. Not a windows user lol

I have and did install Windows 10 on a previous offering of this very same Tablet (from a previous Deal, some 6+ months back now?).

Windows 10 update was still free at the time I got mine, though NOT so/directly anymore? (hence possibly why your current Windows 10 issues/niggle's, etc?.

As ever though, there's ways around it? (naturally?, hehe).

If you use the Tablets Internet Explorer/Edge Browser, and head towards:

Microsoft.com

Search for Windows 10 update/upgrade, and when there, invoke 'Assistive Technologies', you'll still be able to get it for free!. :-)

Windows 10 upgrade, however, officially stopped being free this Year - 29th July 2016.

​i think TheParmars already has 10 installed but Kodi is complaining about needing a patch? What's the error message and have you tried googling it?

The Windows 10 app is out of date. ​In a browser, go to kodi.tv/download. Scroll down to Current release: Kodi v16.1 Jarvis. Click Installer for the Windows option. Voila

Don't know whether its me ( blonde moment) or the device but how do you even start this thing, not having much success.

Just hold the power button (smaller of the 2 on the back) Does take quite a long press...
Let go when the Linx logo appears......
If nothing happens at all...Plug in the charger and try again

Entered the discount code, said offer has ended :disappointed:

Thanks, done that, got past the next two stages, choose language etc, then it says please wait, wait a few minutes and it goes off. Repeated procedure a few times with the same result, nada.

I would charge it for a few hours, might be dying

Hehehe, my bad!.

I get it now, thanx, lol. :-)

Look's like a Christmas only offer like?. :-(

New Year is literally round the corner though?, and .....

So, who know's?. :-)

Should this auto rotate from switch on, seems to be stuck in portrait, with or without keyboard attached. Can't see any key or button to self rotate either.Confused.

​By default it's set to portrait and auto rotate is disabled. You need to go into the settings and enable auto rotate

​Just faulty exchanged mine for that exact same reason. Replacement worked straight out the box. There was no setting to change regarding auto rotate on the first unit.

Thanks for that, looks like i will be heading to my local store in the morning then.

As with Anditails experience, when in settings, there was no facility to enable auto rotate, only able to change it manually.

No idea about any of yours?, but ...

Mine rotates alllll over the place? (automatically!), and I never had to play about with any dodgy setting's to achieve that either?.

Do what you need to do though. :-)