WinBook TW100 10.1-Inch Tablet, Windows 8.1 with full-size USB port, IPS Display

Had one of these when they first came out. Somehow cracked the screen. Picked this up used. It shuts down after 30 minutes and there is no way to repair it at a reasonable cost. I also have a smaller version that works fully. I use it for writing on the go, but the screen is, well, microscopic, even with my good eyes. My dreams of a low cost solid Windows tablet -- that will run my writing program, Scrivener -- are pretty much out the window. I will not defect to Apple. My all-round tablet (no Scrivener!) is a Samsung Galaxy running Android; these are the best for general use and word processor writing. I'll probably move to a 2-in-1 or a thin lap top for the on-the-go Windows machine. If you can find one of these Winbooks that does not shut down after a half hour (probably heat), they are fine for keeping on the desk for ancillary work or entertainment or on the counter for recipes. Otherwise, they are too finicky (not really the machine's fault either; Windows was not designed for a tablet) for reliability in the field.--Author Richard J. Schneider, creator of the Vic Bengston Investigation mystery series.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0074AOMKS/ref=series_rw_dp_sw

Wonderful tablet. Bought one for my grandparents and one for my sister. Wish I had bought this for myself before I got an ASUS Transformer Book. Works just as good at half the price. Unlike the transformer book, this tablet actually has a USB 3.0 port built into it instead of a keyboard (keyboard sold separately). Plays market place games smoothly, browses the internet nicely, and still has plenty of power for you to do other things. Would recommend this to just about anyone.

Unfortunately I have to change my rating from 5 stars to 1 star. After 6 months of use the Wi-Fi adapter has become intermittent. Sometimes rebooting helps, sometimes it doesn't. Networks says "No networks found". Another Winbook sitting 10 feet away works fine and shows many "available" networks. (Our neighborhood is full of them, all password protected.) Turning Wi-Fi off then on doesn't help. Bluetooth is off. The bios available at the microcenter is older than the one in the Winbook. There is no wi-fi driver available. The Winbook will be replaced by a new Venue 10 from Dell. They provide real tech support and a real 1-year warrantyHere is the original review ---------------I like it. I've only had it for 6 hours so I may add more information later. My interest is in having some desktop apps available to jump to while using the Kindle Reader. It responds to action requests rapidly. The display is great. You do need to use a stylus for accurate "clicking" on small icons such as you might have in your browser bookmarks bar. Also there is essentially no documentation except showing the buttons and connectors. So a good knowledge of Windows 8 is necessary.Not quite 24 hours now. I finished reading a Kindle book I had started on the Kindle Fire. The 2-column layout is nice. I decided to add an inexpensive optical cordless mouse it makes some of the desktop tasks a lot easier. An optical mouse is happy on most any surface even my jeans. The full size USB port makes that easy. I found a portfolio at Fry's that is cheaper than the one available with the Winbook. It securely holds the tablet.Bottom line, the Winbook will be replacing my Kindle. And now my wife is giving serious consideration to doing the same.To continue the story... The wife is very pleased with her Winbook and said "It would be nice to have a keyboard for sending emails when we are traveling." So I have ordered the Anker® Ultra-Slim 2.4G Wireless Mini Keyboard and a small USB hub to run the mouse and keyboard from the same port. Total cost $30 which is less than half the price for the "official" Winbook keyboard and being wireless looks like it will be easier to use. Here is a picture of the resulting setup. http://s179350112.onlinehome.us/WinbookKeyboardMouse.jpg

Good tablet. More powerful than I expected, full range of MS windows features, full sized USB, no issues with bluetooth. I will never go back to an android or apple tab after experiencing what a Windows tablet can do.My only issue is that the tablet sucks more power than the chord charges when you've got it running demanding applications. Not by much, so if it has a decent amount of charge it's not an issue, but if the power is very low the tablet will die while being used even if plugged in. This is probably a result of how powerful the tablet is.

Hardware works ok. once you figure out where microsoft hid the settings..... the interface can be worked with. Battery life is poor because the battery quality is poor.... drains down rapidly even when shut off completely.... which is a pain because the soft-off functionality was poorly designed. also, the app-store won't start up now???? This device sits un-used most of the time because of its software design, accessibility to new apps and poor battery life.

I bought this yesterday at a MicroCenter store in Columbus, Ohio. (The specific one I have is a TW102, but I suspect they're all similar). I wanted a tablet that I could use at home with a keyboard, but this comes with Windows 10, and it doesn't have the functionality of my tablet. The physical keyboard is an additional purchase. It had an unusual problem or two during setup, the worst of which is that it set me up with a second keyboard layout, apparently a Danish one, that keeps coming up. The touchscreen seems to respond as if I'd touched slightly to one side of where I actually tapped it. The virtual keyboard is generations behind any other I use even when it's not in Danish mode. Use the physical keyboard and just don't try to make it a tablet. It's a netbook if you have the keyboard, and it's not heavy for that. You might carry it around (with keyboard) if you need something like a tablet.