On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 05:29:43 -0600, BillW50 wrote:

On 2/1/2014 9:52 PM, ps56k wrote:
I happen to see this has been reduced in price at the Microsoft store.
Just wondering if anyone has played with one...
- Dell Venue 8" Pro - Win8.1

You might want to read Amazon comments on this one. And you get Windows
8.1 (not the Pro version). If you need Windows 8.1 Pro, that will cost
you $99 more. And most people will find the 32GB SSD to be too small.

http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Venue-Pro...ews/B00FEE7B1I
I have the 64GB version, and I am quite pleased with it. Don't get for
the stylus, though, if that is a major motivation for you. I sent my
stylus back, and there are massive complaints of defective ones. It
sometimes gets ticklish to work on the desktop with a screen this
small, but it is not a problem I run into often.

The tablet is sturdily built, and I use an external keyboard with mine
for word processing. Not a laptop replacement, but works in a pinch on
the road.