Selling my iPad to get an android tab... suggestions?

Discussion in 'Android Chat' started by imranh101, Mar 29, 2012.

  1. Jake0604 Well-Known Member

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    @imranh101 did you ever get your tablet?
  2. imranh101 Active Member

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    Yeah! Got it today :)
    Played a little fallout 3 and minecraft to test (didnt really change settings)
    Installing windows 8 now
    then will do some real testing :D
    I love it already though. It's GPU is better than my full laptop (albeit the laptop I got was a cheap $350 refurbished from microcenter)
  3. imranh101 Active Member

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    Well, a day later, with windows 8, I am in love.
    It is running Minecraft w/ Optifine on low settings w/ normal draw distance at 30fps avg, never drop less than 10, but 30 is average.
    Fallout 3, running lowest settings except actor (monster) object (trees + fences etc.) and item (guns + stuff) draw distances are set to far so I can see them and they dont appear in front of me - also running about 30fps

    Windows 8 is SOOOO great. It's smooth as butter! Smoother! this thing is way better than my iPad ever was.

    Any questions, any at all! I'll take and answer for you.

    Took a little play to get bluetooth and screen rotation working on Win 8 but if you do go that route I can tell you how (not hard just gotta know how, which I know how now :p )
  4. imranh101 Active Member

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    I would also like to note how high the DPI of the screen is. Comparing my laptop to my desktop you can see that pixels are much smaller, higher definition. Comparing the W500 to my laptop, they are even smaller - not in a bad way that "you cant read anything" but in a way of "Every game looks better on the screen, albeit smaller".
    Ill try hooking it up to my TV through HDMI later and tell ya how that goes :D
  5. GazaIan Well-Known Member

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    My god I want that tablet now.
  6. imranh101 Active Member

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    Gonna install Steam and a couple games to my external HDD then make one long like 15 minute review including like 5 or 6 games
    Desktop : 1600x900 @ 20" = approx 90PPI
    Laptop :1366x768 @ 15.6 = approx 100 PPI
    Tab : 1200x800 @ 10.1" = approx 142 PPI.
    Yeah, much higher resolution :D
  7. pineapple juice Well-Known Member

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    What tablet did you end up getting?
  8. imranh101 Active Member

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    The Acer Iconia W500.

    So guys, I just realized...
    You know how tiny a Logitech Nano Reciever is? I have a unifying reciever, connects both my wireless keyboard and mouse to the same nano reciever.
    Now, you know how the dock blocks the 2nd USb port on the tablet?
    Well, the nano reciever is small enough that I can just barely dock the tablet while reciever is in - so I can use the dock with my wireless mouse without having to ever unplug the reciever!
    But it's just barely loose enough that the tablet can fall over.
    So, I'm thinking make a tiny cut/notch in the dock where the reciever is (it would be less than 1cm long) that the nano reciever can fit into. Then, I literally never have to unplug the reciever.
    What do you think?
  9. Colton127 Well-Known Member

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    How is the battery life? How many hours of Minecraft and/or Fallout 3 do you get out of the tablet?
  10. imranh101 Active Member

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    Played both fallout 3 and minecraft and browsed the web for a total of about 3 hours today and had 50% batt left.
    Now this was running in high performance mode. So 6 hours of gaming more or less (also had bluetooth and wifi on, with high brightness) , if you turn settings down and put on battery saver you could get a good 10 hours