I'm updating my review now that I've resolved the problem...Update: I managed to install win 8 and office 365. It took me about 6 hours as is was not as straight forward as stated in the installation instructions; had to go through some trouble shooting. I found great resources online to guide me through various hurdles. Now that everything is working I am very excited. The computer / tablet is beautiful, and the win 8 technology allows me to switch from desktop to touchscreen tiles so I can integrate work and play; very cool! I'm increasing to 4 stars and not 5 because of the frustrating start. If win 8 had been pre-installed I'd give it 5 stars.
I just got my computer out of the box and learned that Windows 8 is not installed, and instead it has windows 7 and a DVD with windows 8. What's the point of shipping tablets without win8? The technical details specs of the product clearly state that this product comes with windows 8 (see technical details). I inferred from this that win 8 was installed. I just went back to the product details and noticed that there are a couple of words in the product description that sate that this product has win 7 and a license for win 8. I did not pick-up on this at the time of purchase. The product description and technical details are not clear enough for my standards. This is quite frustrating because I'm not very tech savvy and because the computer does not have a DVD reader so I am unable to install windows 8. I just purchased an external drive online and will have to wait a couple of days to install windows 8. I hope the installation of windows 8 goes smoothly. And I hope I have no more surprises. I'll update my review once I've gone through the windows 8 installation process. For now I'll give it 3 stars because it seams like a great product (laptop + tablet + win 8 technology + small and cool design) but I have not been able to run it yet. (FYI I've been using apple for the past 4 years so I have high expectations of user-friendliness) More to come...
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