Full Windows 8 eh? Interesting indeed. So this would upgrade to Win10 soon too.
grrr... So now I barley touch the thing.
I bought one and did a video:
They make it a HUGE pain in the ass to try and put anything on it other than what currently already is. Half of the 16gb is a shadowed copy of windows 8 reserved for restoring it. Someone managed to put Windows 10 on it but didn't give any instruction on how they managed it.
As far as the WinBook Tablet goes, I would say opt for the 2gb of RAM. The majority of everything I try running ends up crashing out due to lack of ram... I might try the usb stick trick which it uses it as makeshift ram (though significantly slower).
good old readyboost..... just make sure it's a fast stick AND always properly shutdown or eject it....
FYI, you can put recovery on a USB drive (8GB minimum), then delete the recovery partition to gain space.
Don't forget to run the tool from microcenter and clear up the 2GB. I went back in my old thread and post the link. The program is at the bottom of this page. You can also offset the storage with a micro sd. I actually installed Steam and Half Life 2 on the card itself. I posted a guide to turn the card into a virtual hard drive, allowing you to easily install to it.
The recovery is what is actually booting the tablet so this is a no go. Windows made some different bootup scenario for it to fit on smaller tablets like this one.
I picked up an open box TW700 for $48, but I'm trying to decide if I'd rather have a TW801 open box for $80. One extra inch, 16GB more storage, and 2GB of RAM vs. 1GB (albeit DDR2 instead of DDR3) for an extra $32 plus tax. I'm just not sure it's worth the extra cost. I'm just using this as a toy anyway. The difference is essentially the cost of this TW700 after I sell the Office sub. I think I'm talking myself out of it.
I just bought a 32gb tab flash drive readyboost capable for like $30 to help the lack of ram/space problem. I dunno, both comes out about the same in the end.
Why not the Sandisk 64gb? It's only $2-4 more, must be readyboost capable too. Can you only use the USB Flash drive as Readyboost Memory or can you use it for storage as well? Not that familiar with it to be honest. I was planning on grabbing a 64gb microSD to make as a removable drive like @jkam was talking about and then the 64gb Sandisk micro USB drive for extra Memory boost and storage.
for readyboost you can allocate as much as you want..... but 1-4 GB is recommended (well, the last time i used it.)
You can use it as both, just make sure to reserve room for the readyboost capabilities.
That's actually really awesome! Glad to help!I came across this thread 2 weeks ago and decided to pick up 2 Gamesticks to try to make an emulator machine and this little stick has turned into so much more. So I wanted to say ty to the OP and other posters for sharing.
I decided to try to also adapt it to my camping setup (for rainy tent days) this is what I came up with.
Gamestick (32Gb Evo mSD) flashed to custom rom
AAXA LED Pico Projector with 80 Minute Battery Life (projector powered on the GS without the additional power cable)
Kinivo ZX100 Speaker with internal 8 hour battery
Nyko Playpad bluetooth controler (will double as mouse)
EC Technology 22400mAh power bank (2-2.1A & 1A usb ports)
Projector & GS ran for 5 hours till i shut it off. It was streaming movies from netflix. Wifi and bluetooth were on, so I may be able to get more than 5 hours out of the powerbank if I shut off the wifi.
never thought of using a pico projector.... was planning on a HDMI to composite (or svideo) adapter and use it with my car's 7" nav unit for the days that i don't feel like leaving to lunch...
wifi tests tend to be VERY subjective on various conditions, not to mention the GS has a POOR antenna.... I pay for 10Mbps down and the GS doesn't get close to that unless it's in the same room as the router.
By WiFi you mean your ISP speed? Or did you upgrade your router? Upgrading your ISP speed doesn't mean you would see an improvement in your WiFI speed, go hard wired if you want a speed increase. WiFi is very dependent on congestion and interference on that channel as well as other conditions.
Mine is 5 feet from the router, the ps3 and the atv that are in the same table as the GS get about 14MB down. The GS down speed was measured before I even set up the new password for them with my new isp/router.
Repeater? as in wifi repeater due to distance from the orig wifi signal or are you connecting to the repeater using an ethernet cable.
Sorry for being non-specific, both were changed for the better, new ISP, new router, new down speeds from 4MB now to 15MB. Congestion, interference by devices of home and electronics and other possible reasons for lower speeds on the GS were removed systematically before I reached my conclusion. We are only two using channel 11 so no issues w that either. Hell, I even turned off all BT to make sure that wasn't affecting it either
No real channel interference , we are only 2 using channel 11. There are about 700 apartments in my block...
I'm no expert, but there are no devices using 9 or 10 close enough to show. And other devices next to it get the proper down speeds even the PS3 slim which I think has a worse chip than the gs one. I don't think it does 5ghz but that shouldn't matter based on the speeds on the other devices. . I'm trying to figure out if it really tops at 10 or not. According to wiki the gs can do wifi n and its bt is supposed to be ver 4.0 lol
i grabbed a surface pro 2 last year...SO WORTH it....unless you want pc gaming. It can run Neptunia rebirth 1 @ 30fps but don't expect any modern FPS...
That's the only thing that's kept me from grabbing one, can't really game on it. Hopefully we are really getting them at my work then I can just play around with that one. I'm hoping steam streaming works well on this tablet, it will be awesome when XB1 streaming comes out on Windows 10 too.
haven't tried steam streaming.... should work fine.... i have played a ton of 2d games and fighters on it with no issue, and use miracast A LOT with media playback....
Nice, what is the max it can run? Have you noticed it get extra hot w the new kernel?Antutu Benchmark results of old kernel (984mhz) vs new 1.2ghz
1.2ghz didn't notice it getting any hotter to be honest. Passed the several different stress tests I ran it through (geek bench 3, antutu) with no reboots are graphic artifacts.
Bosses just ordered us Surface Pro 2s for work a couple of days ago, guess I'll have one to screw around with now.
As long as the App you are using supports multiple game pads, it should work no problem. You may just have to assign your buttons in the options.
Don't be sorry to bump the best thread ever created on CAG!
Glad you're loving your Gamestick like the rest of us... I doubt the Dock has anything to do with your connection as you're still just connecting your HDMI to the Gamestick perhaps the connection is bad or needs to be tighter? Try it without the extension cable maybe?
