Re: [Tails-ux] Another update on cheap x86 tablets

Peter N. Glaskowsky:
> (A slightly simpler version of this was also added to
> https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/6064
> <https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/6064> .)

Thanks.

> I bought one of these WinBook TW700 x86 Windows tablets:
> http://www.microcenter.com/product/439773/TW70CA17_Tablet_-_Black
> <http://www.microcenter.com/product/439773/TW70CA17_Tablet_-_Black> .

> It's super cheap-- $65.98 delivered (or if you can get to a store,
> open-box units are reportedly sold for $48 plus tax)-- and looks like
> a decent potential platform for Tails. Among the usual features for
> this class of device, it has a 7" 1280x800 LCD, an Intel BayTrail-T
> Z3735G 1.33GHz processor, 1GB RAM and 16GB of flash, and a microSD
> card slot that reportedly takes up to 64GB cards.

1GB won't be a lot of RAM for running Tails Jessie... But it should be
enough for the basics.

> I would be happy to buy one of these WinBook tablets for a Tails
> developer who will commit to working out a way to boot Tails, even if
> it still requires a keyboard or pointing device to get the OS
> running. It shouldn't be too difficult, and of course they'd get to
> keep the device after they publish the necessary instructions and
> code. Booting from a USB stick would be fine; I suspect it would be
> very difficult, maybe impossible, to boot from an SD card. I think if
> people try out such a proof of concept, they'll recognize the value
> of a supplementary computing device with intrinsically strong
> security.

I'm forwarding this to tails-dev, then :) Thanks for the offer.

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sajolida