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Dell’s Venue 8 Pro is a Windows tablet with an 8 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display and an Intel Atom processor.
I reviewed one way back in late 2013 and found it to be a reasonably decent low-cost tablet, but a pretty poor replacement for a desktop or notebook computer. Since then, Dell has released a few variations of the tablet, mostly designed to sell for lower prices.
Right now Dell is offering the best price I’ve seen to date: You can buy a Dell Venue 8 Pro 3000 Series tablet with an Atom Z3735G processor and 32GB of storage for $99. It’s not the best tablet money can buy, but it’s a pretty good price for a cheap model that comes with a 1-year subscription to Microsoft Office 365 (worth $70)
Here are some of the day’s best deals.
Tablets and notebooks
- Dell Venue Pro 8″ Windows tablet for $99 and up – Dell
- Refurb Microsoft Surface Pro 3 w/Core i5, 128GB storage for $690 after rebate – Newegg
- Acer Chromebook 11 w/Celeron N2830 for $129 – Best Buy
Smartphones
- Asus Zenfone 2 w/4GB RAM, 64GB storage + $20 gift card for $300 – Newegg
- Motorola Moto X (2nd gen) for $300 – Motorola
- Moto G (1st gen) for Verizon pre-paid for $38 – Amazon
Other
- Save up to 60 percent on select Logitech accessories – Amazon
- SanDisk Connect 64GB WiFi USB flash drive for $50 – Amazon
- Mpow Bluetooth 4.0 earbuds for $20 – Amazon (coupon: 5YVLJU3T )
- Name your price for 8+ NeoGeo games for Android  – Humble Bundle
You can find more bargains in our daily deals section.
All that matters is, will it run pure Linux?
Windows is a whole-system virus. Android is an attack vector.
I’ve used the Dell Venue 8 Pro as a desktop with 2 monitors (via USB 2.0 universal docking station) for a while and the performance was not bad at all. General usage computing, word processing, email, internet and even hd videos. 2gb ram and 64gb storage. Enough for the os updates and the included office 2013.