#SAMSUNG ATIV 500T WINDOWS 10 PRO#
#SAMSUNG ATIV 500T WINDOWS 10 PC#

Nomenclature concerns aside, I was actually pretty excited to check out the ATIV Smart PC. Microsoft itself can be pointed to as a culprit here as well, unless you think вЂњMicrosoft Surface with Windows RTвЂќ and вЂњMicrosoft Surface with Windows 8 ProвЂќ roll off the tongue easily. Part of the reason is down to the confusion generated between Windows 8, Windows RT, Metro, Modern UI, and the various other brand names used by Microsoft in relation to the latest Windows release, but the manufacturers havenвЂ™t helped things along much either. The confusion generated by the naming schemes in use is a major factor in the somewhat lukewarm market response to many of the high profile Windows 8 devices.

#SAMSUNG ATIV 500T WINDOWS 10 PC#

Somehow, nobody has broken it to many manufacturers that the name of a product does really matter and just tacking on a suffix like RT or Smart PC means nothing if people donвЂ™t grasp the difference between them. ItвЂ™s pretty bad, though not quite as ridiculous as ASUS trying to make the distinction between the VivoTab (Clover Trail 11.6вЂќ), VivoTab Smart (Clover Trail 10.1вЂќ), and VivoTab RT (Tegra 3 10.1вЂќ).

#SAMSUNG ATIV 500T WINDOWS 10 PRO#

ItвЂ™s an 11.6вЂќ 1366 x 768 Clover Trail tablet that ships with Windows 8, 64GB of NAND, a laptop dock, and an MSRP of $749, and shouldnвЂ™t be confused with the more expensive ATIV Smart PC Pro (11.6вЂќ 1080p, Core i5, 128GB, Windows 8 Pro) or the no-longer-available ATIV Tab (10.1вЂќ 1366 x 768, Krait, 32GB, Windows RT). So when Anand gave me the chance to review one, I jumped at the opportunity.ДЄnd so we have the Samsung ATIV Smart PC, which is also known as the Samsung Series 5 Slate 500T in other parts of the world.

After a very positive initial experience with the Windows RT slates, I was very eager to get my hands on an x86-based tablet. That changed with the release of Krait and Clover Trail tablets like the ATIV Tab and Acer W510, respectively, but with 7W IVB and AMD Z60 on the very near horizon, weвЂ™re seeing the Windows 8 tablet market start to expand and evolve quite rapidly. The Windows 8 tablet space at launch consisted exclusively of Tegra 3-based or Core i5/i7 ULV-based systems.

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