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Old 23-10-2016, 20:06
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Does this Tablet exist as I can't seem to find it anywhere other than Amazon, and it is not in stock for 1 to 2 months?

I've seen the Linx 12v32 on the Argos site, but both don't seem to be on the official Linx site.

It looks quite impressive at 12in with 4gb ram and 64gb storage.
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Old 24-10-2016, 07:22
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ebuyer have it in stock. it says EDU only but unlike another item marked EDU only that asks you to contact sales to buy, it has a buy link. theres a seller on ebay but it's out of stock. maybe it's intended for the education market and not intended for general sale. at £370 it's much more expensive than the linx 7 i'm currently playing about with, but it seems well specced. the linx 7 for £50 was a great bargain although i've not really used it much for anything as the screen is a bit too small to use easily with windows. i have to use teamviewer to adjust settings and upgrades etc
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Old 24-10-2016, 07:26
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Are you talking about this one, the linxtablet forum mentioned it was an argos only limited edition.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/5496774.htm
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Old 24-10-2016, 07:29
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ebuyer have it in stock. it says EDU only but unlike another item marked EDU only that asks you to contact sales to buy, it has a buy link. theres a seller on ebay but it's out of stock. maybe it's intended for the education market and not intended for general sale. at £370 it's much more expensive than the linx 7 i'm currently playing about with, but it seems well specced. the linx 7 for £50 was a great bargain although i've not really used it much for anything as the screen is a bit too small to use easily with windows. i have to use teamviewer to adjust settings and upgrades etc
I take it EDU means for Educational institutions only?

I mainly wanted a big screen tablet for ebook reading as my eye sight is going and I'm finding it difficult to read on a smaller screen.
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Old 24-10-2016, 07:30
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Are you talking about this one, the linxtablet forum mentioned it was an argos only limited edition.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/5496774.htm
Unfortunately that is the 10in tablet, which I might go for but ideally I want something I can view an A3 magazine on in real size.
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Old 24-10-2016, 08:04
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The 12v32 is available but that only has 2gb ram and 32gb storage.

I'd prefer at least 4gb to run win10.
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Old 24-10-2016, 18:11
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The 12v32 is available but that only has 2gb ram and 32gb storage.

I'd prefer at least 4gb to run win10.
I have the 10" 4 gig 64 gig Ram and it does run Windows 10 very well.
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Old 24-10-2016, 18:46
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I have the 10" 4 gig 64 gig Ram and it does run Windows 10 very well.
Yes I thought it would do. Amazon are now saying that the 12v64 hasn't even been released yet. So still a while to wait.
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Old 31-10-2016, 11:32
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The 12v32 is available but that only has 2gb ram and 32gb storage.

I'd prefer at least 4gb to run win10.
Win 10 runs absolutely fine in 2gb .. I have a couple of Win 10 tablets that both have 2gb and seem to run most apps as well as my laptop (which is an i7 with 8gb on board).

Also worth checking - whilst some have 4gb, if they're still running a 32 bit build of the OS (which seems probable), you won't be able to use all of that memory.
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Old 31-10-2016, 12:12
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Win 10 runs absolutely fine in 2gb .. I have a couple of Win 10 tablets that both have 2gb and seem to run most apps as well as my laptop (which is an i7 with 8gb on board).

Also worth checking - whilst some have 4gb, if they're still running a 32 bit build of the OS (which seems probable), you won't be able to use all of that memory.
Well, that's what the 32 and 64 in the name tells you.
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Old 31-10-2016, 12:12
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Win 10 runs absolutely fine in 2gb .. I have a couple of Win 10 tablets that both have 2gb and seem to run most apps as well as my laptop (which is an i7 with 8gb on board).

Also worth checking - whilst some have 4gb, if they're still running a 32 bit build of the OS (which seems probable), you won't be able to use all of that memory.
TBH what I really wanted was a large slave screen, I could use to read pdfs at full size, or use with kodi to receive videos from my laptop, or as a freeview screen with my EyeTVW receiver.

So instead I went for a 13in android tablet with pico projector.
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Old 01-11-2016, 09:40
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Well, that's what the 32 and 64 in the name tells you.
Nope, that denotes the amount of storage on the devices, 32gb or 64gb.
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Old 06-11-2016, 19:01
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Not very good reviews for the Linx 12v32 so far.

Saying it is too laggy.
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Old 07-11-2016, 00:55
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Nope, that denotes the amount of storage on the devices, 32gb or 64gb.
The two go hand in hand, as far as I can see?

All the ones designated 32 have 32 GB and are 32bit.
All the ones designated 64 have 64 GB and are 64bit.

Unless you know differently?
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Old 09-11-2016, 12:15
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I take it EDU means for Educational institutions only?

I mainly wanted a big screen tablet for ebook reading as my eye sight is going and I'm finding it difficult to read on a smaller screen.
I assume that you've tried an ebook reader, like the Kindle, which allows you to increase the font size?
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Old 11-11-2016, 21:31
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I assume that you've tried an ebook reader, like the Kindle, which allows you to increase the font size?
All Windows tablets including the Linx let you increase the size of everything on screen including fonts.
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Old 11-11-2016, 22:03
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I assume that you've tried an ebook reader, like the Kindle, which allows you to increase the font size?
Thankfully I can do that on my 13in tablet.

But I did have a 7in ereader and the problem was that if you increase the font size you end up having to keep flicking pages as there is less text on the page.

Fine for novels but not for magazines where the text is in columns.
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Old 29-11-2016, 11:26
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Does this Tablet exist as I can't seem to find it anywhere other than Amazon, and it is not in stock for 1 to 2 months?

I've seen the Linx 12v32 on the Argos site, but both don't seem to be on the official Linx site.

It looks quite impressive at 12in with 4gb ram and 64gb storage.
I got one from Sainsbury's:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/linx...bury-s-2561819

It's one of their Black Friday deals - "Linx 12.2" Surface" SKU "130615476".

Also at Kikatek as LINX 12V64 12.2" Versare Tablet:

http://www.kikatek.com/P787594/LINX1...2-INCH-Versare

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Old 29-11-2016, 13:18
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I got one from Sainsbury's:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/linx...bury-s-2561819

It's one of their Black Friday deals - "Linx 12.2" Surface" SKU "130615476".

Also at Kikatek as LINX 12V64 12.2" Versare Tablet:

http://www.kikatek.com/P787594/LINX1...2-INCH-Versare

Thanks for letting me know. I don't think I can get out at the moment so may miss this deal.

It's too good to miss at £200 though.
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Old 29-11-2016, 14:30
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Thanks so much for posting this, I managed to get down to Sainsburys and they put aside one of the only 3 tablets left out of 9 they had this morning.

Got it for £200.

Just hope it works.
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Old 30-11-2016, 11:41
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Thanks so much for posting this, I managed to get down to Sainsburys and they put aside one of the only 3 tablets left out of 9 they had this morning.

Got it for £200.

Just hope it works.
Glad you managed to get one and I hope it works out
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Old 30-11-2016, 12:36
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Glad you managed to get one and I hope it works out
Cheers. It works OK, but a little slower than I would like.

I'm glad I got the 64 edition and for £200 rather than £330 or more on Amazon.

Even with the taxi fare, the deal saved me £100.

And it is pretty good for reading PDFs of magazines.
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Old 01-12-2016, 17:26
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av79TBYjGIU


Here is a youtube video of someone reviewing the Tablet. It mentions the poor sound and also shows the lag between clicking and icon and the program opening which can lead to multiple programs opening.

I definitely wouldn't have wanted to pay £330 for it. But it is just about worth it for £200.

The speakers can be got around with either headphones or adding external speakers.
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