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kboyte

signblazer and Windows Surface

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I am wanting to replace my laptop that is about to die with a Windows Surface PRo 2.  Does anyone know if the signblazer program will work from a tablet? or if it runs on Windows 8?

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I have it running on Win 8.1 but it's a laptop with a touch screen.

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On a tablet?  Not likely.

SignBlazer was developed during the period of Windows98.

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I can't find anything that can't be done with just the touch screen on my laptop. I don't know why it wouldn't work on a surface. Does the surface have USB to connect to your cutter?

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I had to do some further research on the tablet called "Surface" ---  it does have USB 2.0 port, so theoretically you could load the SBE application and maybe the drivers would work to run a cutter.

This Pro version seems to be loaded with a full version of Win8, so it indeed should run SignBlazer.

 

$1000.

 

(I spent $79 on the used Dell laptop with XP that my cutter runs on)

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Thanks. I'm wanting a surface for other things too. Just wanted to see if I would be able to run SB on it. Thanks for the responses.

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After you buy it, come on back and let us know your experience and whether or not the cutter fires up.

 

(I had to install a CDM driver for USB to communicate with my MH cutter properly -- your mileage may vary)

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