By Desire Athow
Introduction and performance
We first encountered the Pipo brand when we reviewed the W2 a few months ago. The tablet left us with a good impression of the China-based company, especially when it came to value for money.
So much so that we’ve asked for another device from them, the X7, which promises to hit the right notes as well.
The X7 is essentially a mini computer that utilises the same kind of hardware you’d expect to see on a tablet, an entry-level laptop or smartphone. This one doesn’t have any baseband hardware, cameras, display or battery, which means that it should be significantly more affordable.
Design
Instead, everything is neatly packed in what looks like a sleek aluminium enclosure that also doubles as a giant heat sink with plenty of vents on the sides and underneath. Other than Pipo’s logo/labels, there’s nothing; no Intel Inside, Windows 8.1 or Office 365 stickers.
This machine is tiny at 188 x 129 x 25.6mm (W x H x D, 7.4 x 5 x 1-inch) and light (440g, just under a pound) though. When we took it apart, we found that there was plenty of space …read more
Source: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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