Just like the other 4999 attendees of Build Windows Conference, I am too happy to have got a test Samsung Tablet running “Developer Preview” of Windows. Having got a touch netbook previously in PDC 2009 towards the launch of Windows 7, I should say I was expecting something like this.

The tablet looks great, feels a little heavy compared to iPad but has a USB port, plays all media formats that Windows Media recognizes (and for those it doesn’t you can always run VLC Player) and starts up in less than 2 seconds (awesome).

Samsung tablet running Windows - Microsoft Build 2011

Samsung tablet running Windows – Microsoft Build 2011

 

The machine specifications were impressive too and ships with SDK & Visual Studio to develop Metro style Apps.

Samsung Windows 8 Tablet Specs

Samsung Windows 8 Tablet Specs

And I was surprised to see some “Humour” in Microsoft EULA for the tablet. When was the last time you read anything in a Microsoft material that you can understand?

Samsung's Windows Tablet License terms - Make the lawyers happy by reading this carefully

Samsung’s Windows Tablet License terms – Make the lawyers happy by reading this carefully

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