Isn't windows 8 too heavy for this kind of light processor? 32GB enough for Windows 8 system? can connect regular USB 3.0(or 2.0) portable drive?
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This processor runs windows 8 and 8.1 just fine. 32 GB is a little small but with OneDrive, and the microns slot, you can make it work, really all comes down to personal opinion. The USB probably does not connect USB 3.0 but most likely can connect USB 2.0 with the right adapter.
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I neve did any gaming on mine, but I watched a substantial amount of movies on it and never had any processing troubles, so I would imagine that some light gaming would be alright. And I believe, at least mine did, came with windows 8 already installed.
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about 7-8, my favorite part is that it uses windows 7 instead of windows 8. Good size, not to heavy, and you can always slip in a sd card to give it a little boost (readyboost).
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I have an old toshiba dual core, with windows 10 (tech preview), and I put it to work there. Its faster than the other usb 2.0 already there. I use it for backup on usb 3 samsung drive. The trick was to download the appropiate driver because the one that came with it did not work.
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Its fine for travel and that kind of use. A bit slow and windows 8 is a bit odd compared to windows 7.
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I upgraded mine to 32GB of RAM and installed a 1TB SSD Drive. It literally rips !!!!! They can keep all the new W8 PC's.
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Actually I have Windows 8.21 on my computer, functioning as Windows 7. I have two drives, that way I protect my software and can use a clone to copy it to the other drive and keep them up to date that way. Mine is a 1 TB solid state, quiet and very fast. Cost nearly $500.
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I wouldn't use it that way because there is going to be a lag time using 2.0 speed. Might encounter some problems. Now u can if you want to run Windows 8.0 as a bootable external device
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Yes it will run windows 8 and it can handle a 64bit OS. Now is it going to be a speed demon? Nope. It should be a stable little computer.
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My new Win 8.1 laptop with usb 3.0 ports arrived last week and I tested it. It works great with the Silicon Power. Took some measurements too. It really is fast. Can't post measurements now - with grandkids 500 mile from home. Data is on my server at home. Will provide data later comparing usb 2.0 flashdrive to this wonderful usb 3.0 flashdrive
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The CPU is x64 based processor so I am going to take a wild guess, Yes Windows 8 should be 64bit as well otherwise it will not recognize the entire 4GB anyway but I highly doubt it will be Pro Edition... Most likely Home Edition. --Edit There is no such thing as Home, there is 8/8.1 and 8/8.1 Pro but it is comparable to the home vs pro in previous versions of Windows.
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Yes it is, I'm currently using 4 sticks (32 GB) running Windows 8 Pro perfectly.
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I am using USB 3 and performance is reasonable. Using Windows 8.1 Storage Spaces with full parity, I am getting ~20-40 MB/sec throughput on writes. I would recommend it for archive and backups. Not sure about the throughput yet for something like an active media server.
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The drive works well. USB 3.0 is faster only if the computer being used is too. The drive is slightly smaller than WD, Toshiba, etc. But it is not significantly smaller or faster than a like WD. I think WD comes in 2TB for about the same price.
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You can connect the drive (assuming it's USB), via the dongle or the USB on the keyboard, but your Tax app will not run, unless it's in the app store. If you are looking to reaplce your laptop, I would look towards a slate or surface professional that run full blown Windows 8.
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What type of backup? You should be able to run it as an emergency repair disc, as long as you make sure the USB 3.0 drivers are installed correctly when making the backup image. There are a lot of websites that can take you step by step through the process. Or, if you're talking about Win 8.1's ability to create a "Windows to go" bootable backup (only for Windows 8/8.1 professional/enterprise? You should be able to do that also. Only problem is that 16GB is going to be very tight. You're not going to able to install much else, in terms of applications and your pagefile is going to be nonexistent. Considering how much space you will have left over and how flash memory is limited in the number of writes it can take, it'll probably fail pretty quickly. I'd get at least a 64GB USB drive.
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My Techs chose this model as it is upgradable to 16MB (2 x 8MB sticks). The factory delivered 4MB stick must be removed. They run Windows 8 with Hyper-V and multple Windows Server 2008 R2 with no problems. The i7 processor is a work horse. A solid device.