Build Your Own Windows 8 Tablet DIY!

Jan 25, 2012 by Mostafa Dafer

Posted under: Cool Stuff, Featured, Tips & Tricks

“While you can still use Windows 8 without a touchscreen, the whole Metro UI experience isn’t as good navigating with a mouse and keyboard. So it would be nice to have a touchscreen tablet to try it out and get a real feel for Windows 8.

Well you can actually build your very own Windows 8 tablet if you like, all you’ll need is a touchscreen and an old laptop that you don’t mind taking apart!

Over at instructables some fella has posted about how he went about making his very own tablet so he could try out the Windows 8 developer preview.

Now it’s not exactly a work of art, and it’s a bit bulkier than traditional tablets, but hey it works! The process is quite straightforward really as you’ll see from the video below. But essentially all you do is disconnect your existing screen, attach a new touchscreen and sit it on top of the keyboard. Add a few nice bits of trim to hold everything together and you’ve got yourself a tablet!

Here’s a video:

Of course you’ll have to go get yourself a touchscreen and then take apart one of your laptops. Performance will also depend on the machine that you’re using but as we know, Windows 8 doesn’t require specs that are too high.”

As posted on windows8news.com