Lenovo Miix2 8 Windows 8 Tablet Review
Small is in again. Sub-10 inch tablets are more commonplace than ever before. Samsung is doing pretty well with the laudable Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 in the 7-inch form factor. Also, Apple’s iPad Mini is another success story for the tinier tablet brigade. On the Windows side of things, the promise from Intel and Microsoft was that the upcoming ARK atom processor would run full Windows 8.1. In my hot not-so-little hands is the brand new Lenovo Miix 2 8-inch and yes it’s powered by Intel Atom CPU Z3740 (ARK) processor and it is indeed sporting the newly minted Windows 8.1.
ARK is Intel’s answer to the ARM camp of processors, which are more widely adopted and found in familiar devices like the iPad and Samsung Galaxy S4. Readers may remember, the competitive performance of Clover Trail is what earned Intel a seat at the mobile device table. Yet mobile device manufactures remained cautious, leading to a less-than-stellar adoption rate of the Clover Trail silicon. Early reports paint a promising picture for the new processor where performance and power consumption are the main deciding factors. So let’s take a look at the Lenovo Miix 2 and see how the marriage with ARK performs.
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