The Samsung ATIV Tab three runs on Windows 8. This gives you as a user access to both the modern part of the tiles and apps that you need to buy / download from the Windows Store as the desktop environment where you can install traditional software (.Exe) and use. So you as a user the ability to software that is not available as an app to install as you did in previous versions of Windows itself.
The Samsung ATIV Tab 3 is an excellent Windows 8 tablet and one of the few products actually sold as a tablet. The performance of the device is sufficient for most people who actually perform mostly simple tasks on their machine and like a bit of browsing or playing games.
In the modern environment are of course all the standard Windows apps that allow you to perform. Most standard tasks for additional applications, you can go to the Windows Store, where the most famous apps by now to be found. There is a fairly wide range of games and most news sites have now also launched their own apps. The growth of apps seems to my mind, however, what to stagnate and anyway you need for the latest and hottest apps it really still looking at Android or iOS. And of course there are also very large absent in the modern environment, with Spotify as the main example. However, Microsoft itself indicates that more and more companies the benefits of a Windows 8 app and see that the Windows Store will grow so quickly.
Samsung has neatly managed to keep when it comes to modifications and additional apps that are included in this Windows 8 machine. Preinstalled include S-Note, S-Camera, S-Note, S-Player (video) and the S-Photo Studio. But Skype, Bitcasa and the inevitable Norton Antivirus package are (unfortunately) standard on the tablet.
Samsung provides free Office along with the Samsung ATIV Tab 3 and that is very convenient. Especially in combination with a (Bluetooth) keyboard, the machine suddenly also suitable for ‘serious’ work. A standard license for Office 2013 costs nevertheless soon a thick 100 euros and the fact that Samsung already saves you that cost is of course quite right, and you may have some money right away on a keyboard.
Windows 8 is also now quite familiar to most users, but if you want to know about the software and its capabilities more please read our Windows 8 guide and our previous Windows 8 reviews .
