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March 4, 2017 at 1:41 am #62987
To do the reverse and increase the android space, it would be much the same at a guess..Reduce the windows partition size, backup with macriun, make rescue disk for macrium, restore the windows partition to a later part of the disk, and them use a partition manager to extend the android partition.
Not sure how well windows partition managers deal with android partitions though, would be my only uncertainty with both these methods. An android app might be better suited for the android resize.
March 4, 2017 at 1:36 am #62986Oh and if you can get into the bios, extend the boot time. Gives you more time to f7 your way into booting from the USB macrium disk you will have to make before attempting the restore (make that immediately after the backup to usb)
March 4, 2017 at 1:35 am #62984Just make sure you use macrium reflect free for the backup – its the only one that works for this type of boot setup. And something like EASUS partition manager should work fine for re-sizing the android partition. Just don’t “move” the windows partition”, that’ll cause errors for some weird reason with the security part of the OS, and give you blue screens on boot.
Instead, restore that same image from the backup, to the new location, and once everything is running, just use disk management to expand the partition to its new size.
ALWAYS have a backup when doing such things. It can go sooooo wrong.
March 4, 2017 at 1:31 am #62983The android partition usually comes first on the disk. And Windows doesn’t like being moved. The only way I found to do this, was to back up the whole disk with macrium free, do a fresh windows install, and then restore the backup of the main windows partition in a different location (drag and drop).
You could probably do the same here. Back up the whole disk. Then go into a windows partition manager, and reduce the android partition, then boot to macrium on a usb, and restore it to the new location (after deleting the old one).
Worst case, you restore again. But that should work.
You can also gain about 1gb from compressing the OS with a commandline. Doesn’t seem to affect performance its a minimal compression. Also installing anything you can, onto micoSD will help save space.
March 4, 2017 at 1:25 am #62982No idea.
Unusual chipset for a windows 8 tablet.
March 4, 2017 at 1:23 am #62981I expect it will be a good year with Windows ARM emulation. Those at cheaper, have longer battery life, come with LTE standard. I imagine china will pump out dual boot hybrids, tablets and windows laptops.
There are a few features like stylus, fingerprint and usb-c, and wireless charging that have become standard on premium models, and we should hopefully see more of those….
Not sure the IdeaPad is that revolutionary. The usb-c and LTE however are stand out for that price range.
March 1, 2017 at 1:29 am #62841Solved. I deleted both audio drivers, then ran the troubleshooting program. Now I have nice anniversary, all running well, Windows only. Took awhile to get rid of android properly!
February 27, 2017 at 11:43 am #62799February 27, 2017 at 11:42 am #62798Teclast and Cube are both decent brands.
Check a comparison of their surface clones here
February 27, 2017 at 11:37 am #62797Cube seems to have the most premium style of hybrids. Haven’t seen reviews but I am sure they are here on this site: Look at Cube i9.
HP Spectre is like $800, so doesn’t really fit.
February 27, 2017 at 11:31 am #62796The teclast should do you fine for gaming. Nothing desktop level, but still some decent gaming. Windows tablets do game, but not all games are compatible with the chipsets, and they often stretch the CPU/GPU/RAM/heat, so go for higher specs, check reviews.
Drawing – capacitive stylus does end up pressing quite heavy on the screen for good contact. It will destroy any screen protector with just a little sketching (I played some with illustrator and one of those). If you go that route, make sure the device you buy has a gorilla glass screen and remove the protector. It does work well enough though, you’d just want a tough screen. Hope that helps
February 27, 2017 at 11:18 am #62794Of course you can get 4gb if you go for a mainstream brand. Something like HP 8 inch tablets have high ram. But they are pretty pricey.
February 27, 2017 at 11:17 am #62792You wont get 4gb sadly. Full laminated and windows Mi Pad 2 – Windows version also has 64gb storage, great screen, usb-c and a pretty decent chipset. Only downside is no microsd. No idea if it can run Linux. Perhaps you could just run a virtual machine, like hackers do on phones?
February 27, 2017 at 9:48 am #62766When I saw the Teclast x98 pro, I thought, yes this is finally going to happen, decent high spec 4;3s. And then it fizzled and the wave crashed, lol.
We didn’t even get to see ANY Chinese 8 inchers with 4gb or ram. SMH. Only real stand out was the Mi Pad 2, which is great but pricey-ish at release, and no microsd.
Glad to see actually the FNF is coming into the game. Their products seem very decent for the price, great quality to price ratio. Be very keen to see those reviews.
And yes Samsung too, long overdue an upgrade.
February 27, 2017 at 9:43 am #62764I think its true Windows is on a growth path. I think they may even return to phones in a year or so. Windows 10 is making the windows store grow rapidly. And the new universal app platform is actually dope. I am using edge right now, its lightening, light weight. All the UWP apps are.
And to be fair, the android tablet market never took off. The iPad has always been the biggest selling tablet. Still is. Which is why Chinese makers copy their UI.
Its also true that hybrids is the biggest growth market. Things have shifted a bit, and will continue to I think, not with bigger hybrids, but with new product catergories – like the crazy new gaming windows device, or dual screens etc. The phablet certainly wiped the floor with the once popular android 8 inch models! (too similar, go a little smaller, and it fits in your pocket. Well, ish, lol)
But high growth markets are where premium manufacturers reign, like right now people like Lenovo and Surface. If Chinese manufacturers think enterprise consumers want to buy the Cube over the Surface with their high end money, they have another thing coming.
And if you look at the sales for the top-selling tablet models of 2016, its still mostly 9.7 inch and 8 inch. They might not be the fasting growing, but they are still the highest selling. That the Chinese market made nearly none of these last year, and are trying to take on “new space” premium brands like Surface and Lenovo, has got to have lead to a loss or loss of profits last year. Someone with a calculator has to be stratching their head somewhere wondering why thjeir sales dipped so much in 2016. In fact I’ve heard it direct from suppliers, they sold less tablets last year….
And I know why. They got ahead of themselves. High growth market does not mean, biggest market.
And if windows does take over the tablet space (which they might, after all I am a fan of microsofts new direction)- who really thinks the average person wants a 13+ inch screen to lug around when they mostly use tablets as coffee table computers?
My teclast x98 plus II, came dual boot. I deleted android, and Windows runs great on the little beast. I even used it as a desktop for awhile, fully plugged in, and _played windows games_ and it coped! (It played “Tryanny” for example) Pretty groovy. But yeah the 4:3 ratio is way better for web pages, pdfs, magazines the sort of every day consuming every day people actually do. Even thinks like stylus drawing makes more sense on a 9.7 than a 10 or 12. Its the same shape as a bit of paper. For what most people use, most of the time, that makes sense. I read pdfs all the time on my little beast.
Not saying hybrids aren’t great for people who would already be laptop users, they are, and I’ve used plenty. But yeah, it is not a mainstream thing, never will be IMO.
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