Alternatives to Vivotab Note 8???

Here's a wild guess as to why the Pentium: MS wants to favor Intel for some reason (maybe a formal partnership, or maybe for some strategic market reason), and since Intel no longer makes the Atom line and doesn't recommend Core-I processors for devices this small, it comes down to the Pentium or Celeron.
Could that be at play here?

 

The 4155Y is a Kaby Lake, so essentially what an i3 used to be. Dual Core 4 threads.

It is confusing since now Intel uses the Pentium and Celeron names on both full laptop and desktop CPUs as well as Atom SoCs...

 

I will not exchange the replacement of my AVN8, my GB10, by the Surface Go.
The main reason : the SPen.

 

Actually after seeing this... I don't think I'm getting it. It's actually quite a bit bigger.

https://www.phonearena.com/phones/s...face-Go,Asus-VivoTab-Note-8/phones/10933,8288

 

I know this isn't technically a slate mini-tablet, but have you guys checked out the One Mix Yoga?



It's got a surprisingly high resolution 1920x1200 screen, Atom x5-Z8350 CPU, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of eMMC storage, and a hefty 6,500 mAh battery. It also has a nice array of ports that puts the VTN8 to shame:



The pen looks like it might be some AES variant (maybe N-Trig)? Anyone have any more details?




I really could see myself carrying this around like I did the VTN8 during my travels, except I could literally pocket this like my phone!

 

Is the screen detachable?

 

Unfortunately not.

I know, not a true VTN8 replacement, but I could see myself using it in the exact same way while traveling: taking notes on the fly, looking at maps, offloading pics onto the local storage/microSD. Even a has 16:10 screen like the VTN8 so inking in OneNote should feel similar.

All-in-all, useful little guy...

 

Ok guys, if the yoga hinge is not your thing, I present a true Vivo Tab Note 8 replacement:

The Dospara raytrektab DG-D08IWP (￥39,800 on Amazon.jp ):





Which debuted a year ago?! Specs:

• Windows 10 Home 64bit
• CPU Atom x5-Z8350(1.44～1.92GHz)
• GPU Intel HD Graphics 400(200～500MHz)
• メモリ DDR3L-RS 1600 4GB
• ストレージ 64GB eMMC
• ディスプレイ 8型(1,280×800ドット、マルチタッチ対応)
• 通信 IEEE 802.11ac、Bluetooth 4.0
• インターフェイス Micro HDMI端子、Micro USB端子(給電兼用)、microSDカードスロット、200万画素前面カメラ、200万画素背面カメラ、ヘッドフォンジャック
• バッテリ駆動時間 約4時間
• 本体サイズ 214×128×10.1mm(幅×奥行き×高さ)
• 重量 400g
• 本体色 ブラック
• Microsoft Office なし
• ペン 同梱(4,096段階の筆圧感知機能付き)

The Wacom EMR digitizer is the 2nd-gen UD version supporting the new thin nibs (available direct from Dospara):



This means theoretically, it also supports tilt. This video shows there some parallax, but tracking seems good:



Feature tour:



Unboxing:



So there you have it folks, 8" 1200x800 EMR with a refreshed Atom and Win10 compatibility, for all your on-the-go ClipStudio and OneNote needs.

We can close this thread now.

(no please keep it open, I love this stuff)

 

Looks like a great alternative and with 8 gb should be better than surface 3



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I just bumped into this video on the question of why Pentium instead of Qualcomm: