Linx 8 Tablet

[Rolandh]

I'm new to Windows Tablets and wondered if this one is good value for money?

LINX 8" Tablet - 16 GB, Black Deals | Pcw

Roland

 

[Stefan Holder]

I'm new to Windows Tablets and wondered if this one is good value for money?

LINX 8" Tablet - 16 GB, Black Deals | Pcw

Roland

This is the lower end of the 8" Windows tabs.. At 8" inches, spring for something with more storage (32gigs) and 2gigs ram..

 

[Rolandh]

This is the lower end of the 8" Windows tabs.. At 8" inches, spring for something with more storage (32gigs) and 2gigs ram..

My budget is only 100 GBP, and only need something for the occasional use of Word & light gaming (mostly Game Dev Tycoon) while I'm away from home since my Windows Laptop is heavy to carry around with me, as well as for watching YouTube Videos and listening to Spotify.

Roland

 

[Stefan Holder]

My budget is only 100 GBP, and only need something for the occasional use of Word & light gaming (mostly Game Dev Tycoon) while I'm away from home since my Windows Laptop is heavy to carry around with me, as well as for watching YouTube Videos and listening to Spotify.

Roland

Well then it'll do fine. Make sure to get an SD card. That 16gigs it's practically useless.

 

[EasilyTheBest]

This tablet is being sold at Tesco as a bundle with a Nokia Lumia 530. Its being sold for just ?129.
Its a surprisingly good tablet, very fast. My friend wanted a Nokia Lumia 1520 but he bought this bundle instead.

 

[Rolandh]

This tablet is being sold at Tesco as a bundle with a Nokia Lumia 530. Its being sold for just ?129.
Its a surprisingly good tablet, very fast. My friend wanted a Nokia Lumia 1520 but he bought this bundle instead.

I was looking at the HP Stream 7 as well, but since I've got a 32GB SD Card in my Samsung Galaxy SIII Mini that I no longer use I might get this one instead and get the extra inch of screen for less.

Since my mum has given me some money to get what I want for Christmas.

Roland

 

[kiloeightone]

I just won a Linx 8 tablet, only played about with it for a few hours so far but first I impressions are that its great. I'm not a pro user, so this tablet suits my needs perfectly. I think some of the Linx 8's came with 32gb instead of the 16gb, mine certainly did.

 

[paulsalter]

?4 more on amazon, but they have it as the 32gb model

 

[Rolandh]

I ended up getting the HP Stream 7 instead. Now trying to get hold of my free Office for a year, but keep getting a 404 error when I select Activate.

Roland

 

[Stefan Holder]

Great choice. Bought 2 of those tablets recently..

 

[kiloeightone]

Rolandh, that happened to me a few times trying to activate mine. I was just about to contact support when I have it one last try and it worked.

 

[Stefan Holder]

I ended up getting the HP Stream 7 instead. Now trying to get hold of my free Office for a year, but keep getting a 404 error when I select Activate.

Roland

Double check your date and time on the tablet. Make sure daylight saving is set correctly for your region. I'd the tablet is carrying the wrong time it will affect your ability to activate

 

[Rolandh]

Double check your date and time on the tablet. Make sure daylight saving is set correctly for your region. I'd the tablet is carrying the wrong time it will affect your ability to activate

It eventually let me activate, don't know why it wouldn't at first though. But at least I get my 1 year of Office now.

Roland

 

[Reddeviluk]

Hi Guys, been using my Linx 8" tablet for a month now and I love it, does everything I need and more. Had anyone else managed to find a case that fits though? Had a look everywhere but without any success. Let's keep this thread going as there seems to be a shortage of online content specific to the Linx tablets.

Rich

 

[Rolandh]

Try eBay, & if eBay don't have one for the Linx 8 they'll have universal ones that should fit.

Roland

 

[sutt359]

Hi Guys

I got me a Linx 8 and 10 tablet over the weekend. Nice little machines, the other half has the 10 and i use the 8. Also got 2 7" boxed up for Christmas presents
One thing i have noticed is that i cant find any forums on these devices on what people have attempted.

One thing im trying to do is get readyboost working on a 64gbSD card but not having much joy. I thought it was the version of windows so i just activated a windows 8.1 pro licence i had to see if it was that nope.

 

[emiel1976]

Replace office 365 with libre office. It is free and not only for 1 year.

 

[dKp1977]

Replace office 365 with libre office. It is free and not only for 1 year.

This may be acceptable for private use, but as soon as you're doing anything official or business related, you're gonna have a hard time using anything but Microsoft Office. I've tried them all, but none of them was as powerful as MS Office. Not to mention that some of them can't keep the correct formatting. Since MS started Office 365, Office has become very affordable, so there's barely any reason not to use it.

 

[emiel1976]

I only use libre office because I needed something to type but yes for work it is not always an option. For school it I possible.
I don't want to pay for something that I am not really using.
Office 365 comes with my tablet for a year and i am going to try it. Tried the google version but that is just way to limited even for me.

 

[dKp1977]

I only use libre office because I needed something to type but yes for work it is not always an option. For school it I possible.
I don't want to pay for something that I am not really using.
Office 365 comes with my tablet for a year and i am going to try it. Tried the google version but that is just way to limited even for me.

If you're going to school or are a student, you can even get most parts of Office for free. Microsoft has a lot of different educational support programs for these exact purposes. And with Office 365 offering an experience that you can sort of tailor it to your exact needs, you could leave out everything you have no use for and get everything else for a pretty low price. You're right though, if you barely ever use it, there's plenty of decent alternatives available.