Windows Tablet Questions.....please help

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Hi everyone!! I was thinking of getting a new laptop but then windows tablets caught my eyes. Im planning on going vacation and dont currently have a working laptop with me so i was thinking of buying one. So i was wondering if :
Windows tablets run all applications which run on a desktop with windows 8??? such as steam, google chrome, Photoshop, Minecraft etc.
2nd question :_______----- how will the performance be? ill probably get a tablet in the 200-300$ range.( probably a dell venue 8 pro or asus vivotab...the cheap one from 2012)
#3rd question : i plan to do some light gaming and some minecraft on it so is it possible to hook up a controller which works with a windows desktop??and will any mouse and keyboard work???
4th:**** would you recommend a tablet or desktop? thanks in advance
 
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Answer 1: Yes full windows 8 can run on tables
Answer 2: The performance will be ok but don't expect smooth gaming unless you restrict yourself to the windows 8 tiles
Answer 3: Mice and keyboards might work, just be aware of the limited ports
Answer 4: Tablet if general web browsing is all you do and some windows 8 tile gaming or really low end gaming like minecraft or fifa series on min settings or Desktop if any more processing power is needed
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Tablets are NOT gaming computers and their graphics performacne is as good (or as bad) as the integrated graphics on the CPU chip.

Additionally, make sure you get a full Windows and not Windows RT (if that even exists anymore) since that is probably not compatible with some of the things you want to do.

More than that I can't help you with. Someone else may be along shortly. :)
 
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Well i know they arent meant for gaming but i saw a couple of videos on youtube. Games like minecraft were running OK on the tablets. Just leave all the questions i previously asked.
Question 1 : What features in the tablet version of windows (not RT) will be limited as compared to dekstop?
Question 2 : Will it run controllers and keyboards mice everything that can run with dekstop?????
Plz divide answers the same way as i divided questions. thanxxx in advance :)
 
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Answer 1: Yes full windows 8 can run on tables
Answer 2: The performance will be ok but don't expect smooth gaming unless you restrict yourself to the windows 8 tiles
Answer 3: Mice and keyboards might work, just be aware of the limited ports
Answer 4: Tablet if general web browsing is all you do and some windows 8 tile gaming or really low end gaming like minecraft or fifa series on min settings or Desktop if any more processing power is needed
 
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Thank you!! All i will do is some Dota 2 and Minecraft. ANd browsing and movies....the mainstream stuff. I know abt the ports. So you mean any keyboard or mouse or whatever which works with windows 8 desktop will work with a tablet provided the ports are available?
 
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They should, I would check just in case
 
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