[Jason Gin] recently wrote in to tell us about his adventures replacing the eMMC storage chip on a cheap Windows tablet ... he was able to boot the tablet into a Windows 10 environment, and ...

The general sales pitch, however, remains the same: You get a just-competent tablet for the essentials at a dirt-cheap (and often ... but closer to 10 or 11 hours with more strenuous use.

Tablets can also be just as expensive as some of the cheapest Windows laptops, and that’s without a mouse or keyboard. Chromebooks are a good alternative for those that basically live in a ...