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The more pointed comparison is in its performance on our Photoshop CS6 test, where the Nextbook 10.1 took a full 25 minutes to run through our series of test filters. It could run PCMark 8 Work Conventional, which its 8-inch sibling could not, and it scored 1,431 points, not too far behind the Acer Switch 10 (1,576 points), but a fair bit behind the Asus Transformer Book T200TA-C1-BL (1,719 points). With an Intel Atom Z3735G processor and 1GB of RAM-the same combination found in the E-Fun Nextbook 8-it shouldn't be much surprise that the Nextbook 10.1 is fairly limited in terms of processing capability. E-Fun covers the Nextbook 10.1 with a one-year warranty. Aside from these offerings, there isn't much preinstalled on the tablet, though it does come with Skype. Both OneDrive and Office 365 require activation within 6 months of purchase. You'll also get a one-year subscription to Office 365 Personal, which includes all of Microsoft's productivity tools, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, along with Outlook for email.
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To bolster the local storage, Microsoft offers a free terabyte of OneDrive storage for 12 months. The tablet itself has only 32GB of onboard storage, and a fair amount of that is filled by the operating system and software. There's also a slot for a microSD card, and you'll definitely want to pop in a 32GB or 64GB card for extra storage. While this is more convenient in the sense that charging the tablet won't monopolize your single micro USB connection, it's also a hassle to deal with yet another charging cable, especially when so many other devices use micro USB, and those chargers could be used interchangeably. Unlike the smaller E-Fun Nextbook 8, the Nextbook 10.1 uses a standard power connector instead of charging via micro USB. The tablet's port selection is pretty sparse, with a micro USB port, a micro HDMI-out port, and a headphone jack along the left-hand edge of the tablet (when viewed in Landscape mode).
The keyboard docks with the tablet using a magnetic connection that lifts off easily and has no physical latch, but it grips well enough to hold fast if you lift the docked tablet by the screen. While it's well-suited to typing up a tweet or a Facebook update, you may not want to use it to type up lengthy blog posts or that novel you've been meaning to write. The compact, chiclet-style docking keyboard is a bit cramped, akin to the netbooks from a few years back. The single rear-facing speaker puts out very little sound, with a distinct buzz at high volume. The display is better than I expected, but the sound is predictably disappointing. The screen has pretty good viewing angles from most any direction, and five-finger touch tracking. The 10.1-inch display has an In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel, providing one clear improvement over the smaller E-Fun Nextbook 8. The tablet has a simple plastic housing, with soft-touch finish that provides a comfortable gripping surface. That makes it roughly the same size as some other detachable hybrids, like the Acer Aspire Switch 10.
The Nextbook 10.1 measures 0.95 by 10.2 by 7.4 inches (HWD)-it's 0.95-inch thick with the keyboard attached, and only 0.45-inch thick for the tablet alone-and weighs a scant 2.9 pounds when docked with a detachable keyboard and 1.46 pounds for the tablet alone. It may not stack up well against the likes of our Editors' Choice Asus Transformer Book T100TA (64GB), but with such a low price, plenty of shoppers will want a closer look at the inexpensive system. This detachable-hybrid model is cut from the same cloth-low-priced, with collection of basic features and offerings that will definitely tempt the bargain-hunters out there.
Sold through Walmart, the E-Fun Nextbook 10.1 ($199 as tested) is the big brother to the E-Fun Nextbook 8, which caught our eye with a super-low sales price last Thanksgiving. The least expensive of these are actually coming from companies you might not immediately recognize, such as Chinese manufacturer E-Fun.
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Plenty of compact Windows tablets and detachable 2-in-1 systems have come out lately, many of them priced surprisingly low, thanks to Windows 8.1 with Bing, a free version of Windows that Microsoft is giving away to manufacturers of small, inexpensive systems.