would this make a good windows 8 start screen monitor?
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I have this monitor. We use it as a prototype monitor in our rapid designs. It is easy to work with. The colors, responsiveness, and brightness are poor. I won't recommend this as a regular use product. It is great for rapid prototypes.
1326000
Yes, I would say so. We are using the MIMO display under linux, but have done a little testing under Windows, and they work fine there. This is a small, convenient little screen.
1326001
Should work, but mine is being integrated into a thin client by my developers. So I can't say from first hand experience.
213562
Not sure I have a Dell PC running Windows 7. I like the monitor on my system very much.
634772
Did not experience hooking the monitor up to a laptop with a dock, but i can assure you it is compatible with windows 8.1 pro.
2181763
I don't see why not. I have had it running as a second and third monitor on a Windows 8.1 Dell laptop. It is a small screen but functional. My only complaint with it is the touch screen functionality doesn't work well with most Windows 8 apps because the resolution isn't high enough.
943068
To be honest you will experience a very steep learning curve. Windows 8 comes without the start menu bar. If you are more familar with windows xp i would recommend you sticking with windows 7, until you are comfortable with 7 then move to 8. Thanks, Khue
1226638
Yes it does. Very powerful desktop with windows 8. I would recommend downloading chrome and then also pokki because windows 8 doesnt have a start menu. You also need to buy a separate monitor. Love this beast of a machine 12/10.
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It depends on the OS you have installed. For my Windows 7 system the drivers were already onboard. When 1st connected Windows searched its own driverbase and asked me to verify the device. Then all was good to go. I imagine Win8 would be about the same. Note that for the touch function to work you must also connect a usb port & the cable supplied with the monitor is fairly short. You might want to have a 6 to 10 foot usb cable on hand to make hooking up easy.
1286388
Yes. I have it running on Vista Business. It will appear windowed as the resolution of modern screens is higher than the original program intended, but it can be mostly full screened.
1536072
I have used it to switch between an XP Pro machine and Win 7. Win 8 is really just a glorified GUI change of Win 7 so I suspect it would work fine.
1189433
The "touch" part of this monitor requires you to connect the monitor via the supplied USB cable to your computer and you must install the software that comes with this monitor. Once you've done that "touch" will work and it works very, very well for Windows 8. Very impressive.
1382234
I don't believe so... nothing documented anyway... run it in desktop mode and download Classic Shell.. it gives you a full working start button... Windows 8 feels like 7 after that..
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Can't answer for sure, since my application for this monitor was with a Windows 8 computer. But if you have a HDMI port on your system it should work fine. That is the connection I am currently using. Hope this helps, and I am still very happy with this monitor.
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I have windows 7 but usually windows 8 has a database of drivers so that stuff like this will work right away... I am sure it will but if you are going to be streaming video alot or playing games with moderate or higher graphics I would get the sapphire radon 6570... It is only 49 dollars on here... You will be glad you did
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Yes. I'm using this monitor for both Win7 and Win8 and have no issues. I'm using the DVI connection instead of VGA to get full 1080p HD resolution. Also, my Win8 PC has more than 8GB of RAM. Results may differ if using a lower RAM PC. The very right and left edges of the screen in Win8 takes some geting used to, but that's not this monitor's fault.
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I would think so, did you use your monitor with Win7 on your previous computer? Monitors are too fussy re. what is being fed into them. I bought from Craving Savings and they have good tech support, maybe ask them.
501638
Don't do this. Windows 8 brings a lot to the tablet; the new start menu may seem silly on your desktop computer, but on a tablet with a touch screen it is a compelling improvement that you will (really!) quickly come to appreciate.
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I would know the answer to that. I've had trouble getting it to support Windows 8.