The Chinese company Pipo continues to produce unusual device. Earlier this year, the manufacturer has introduced a 10.1-inch tablet with a processor Intel Core M-5Y10C and miniature computer Pipo X7S, on which users can switch between Android 4.4 KitKat and a full version of Windows 8.1. Pipo now announces a unique mini-PC X8, proposing a sort of hybrid between a tablet and a Mini PC. This is presented in a form factor very special, which remind one of a common Mini PC if only it were not for the upper wall of the device, oblique and host a 7 “display touch screen with 1024 x 600 pixels.
Although such a product offers good potential for its dual nature, it is still a low-end device. This figures in fact the same technical characteristics of its predeccesore, PiPo X7: quad-core processor Intel Atom (Bay Trail-T), 2 GB of DDR3 RAM and 32 or 64 GB of internal storage. Lying along the sides of the device are four USB 2.0 ports, an HDMI input, 3.5mm jack and an SD card reader. As usual, there are a module for wireless Internet connection (with an antenna), one for the Bluetooth connection 4.0 and Gigabit Ethernet.
The operating system supplied is Windows 8.1 with Bing: the choice to equip PiPo X8 a display derives in part by the offer from Microsoft for laptops and devices with a screen of small cut, willing to host your own OS, whose license In this way, it becomes completely free. In the future will most likely a dual-boot version, as it also appears the Android OS. PiPo X8 will be available from next May, at a price that promises to be less than that of its predecessor, which should go away on a threshold of less than $ 100.