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If you have access to MSWindows machines (XP, 7, or 8), you can build an MSWindows tablet for under $50 dollars. Purchase a cheap Android tablet for under fifty dollars and the add a free rdp (remote desktop) app from the app store and you have an instant windows desktop. Just connect to your mswindows box.  If you do not have access to mswindows systems then get a cheap system for a few hundred dollars. Still cheaper than the tablet per se. You come out ahead.

If you have access to MSWindows machines (XP, 7, or 8), you can build an MSWindows tablet for under $50 dollars. Purchase a cheap Android tablet for under fifty dollars and the add a free rdp (remote desktop) app from the app store and you have an instant windows desktop. Just connect to your mswindows box.  If you do not have access to mswindows systems then get a cheap system for a few hundred dollars. Still cheaper than the tablet per se. You come out ahead.

The Nexus seven is beginning to grow on me despite limitations I could easily get around with a linux box. Yes you can install linux on the touchpad, but it is still not a complete adaption last I heard. Then too, you lose the Android environment. Seems that more and more applications want you to root your system if you want to take advantage of their software. In someways that could be a deal breaker, Thought about getting a cheap tablet to experiment with that and keep the Nexus seven a bit more private. First project was to see if I could serve out a gpxe linux install from the Nexus 7.  It would be so neat to be able to start a linux install on a traditional pc from a tablet device. Already do this all the time from a regular server (see the last article). For some reason of the web servers I tried for the android they were not up to the challenge,  Disappointing, but not the end of the world. There are some plus sides to having the server, You can run html and javascript ...