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ASUS - Transformer Pad - 10.1" - Intel Atom - 32GB - With Keyboard - Gray
Learn more about the New WindowsAsus Transformer Pad Tablet: Watch movies, play games and surf the Web on the large, vibrant screen of this Asus tablet. The included detachable keyboard lets you get work done quickly and easily.
definitely a tablet (not a PC), good for price
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: bobagain
from Austin
on November 10, 2013
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
What's great about it: price, included keyboard, battery life
What's not so great: quality, charge time
TL;DR review:
This is a tablet, even if it runs full windows. This, combined with the price means there will be tradeoffs. Dont think of this as a small laptop--its a big tablet. If you want a tablet, buy this...now. If you want a small laptop...read on.
This is a tablet, even if it runs full windows. This, combined with the price means there will be tradeoffs. Dont think of this as a small laptop--its a big tablet. If you want a tablet, buy this...now. If you want a small laptop...read on.
Long Form:
This product is currently the best value I'm aware of in the windows 8 world. You get a modern tablet with a dockable keyboard. If thats what you want, hit the buy button and don't look back.I personally discovered that I was actually looking for something a bit more high end, even though I didn't know it at the time.
This product is currently the best value I'm aware of in the windows 8 world. You get a modern tablet with a dockable keyboard. If thats what you want, hit the buy button and don't look back.I personally discovered that I was actually looking for something a bit more high end, even though I didn't know it at the time.
The atom processor is very snappy most of the time, but it is still a tablet processor. Storage is emmc (tablet grade). If this were windows RT it probably wouldn't matter. Since it is full windows (what I wanted), it means things like antivirus end up railing the CPU or the Disk I/O. What this means in normal use is that you'll occasionally see weird hangs caused by background processes. This is on par with what you'd see in older android devices, before they really got it together.
As far as quality goes...well...its ok. I saw some reviews talking about how terrible it was, and, well, it cost 350. The two unforgivable issues in my mind are annoying creaking and the charge time.
Charge time: Battery lasts 10 hours, seems to take another 10 to charge. The wall wart supplies a decent current, but I think the battery on this guy is just too large to be charged over microusb. The new ipad stuff uses lightning for a reason.
Creaking: I fully expect tradeoffs on hardware at this pricepoint and size...but I don't like my hardware to feel like it is coming apart as soon as it gets out of the package.
Charge time: Battery lasts 10 hours, seems to take another 10 to charge. The wall wart supplies a decent current, but I think the battery on this guy is just too large to be charged over microusb. The new ipad stuff uses lightning for a reason.
Creaking: I fully expect tradeoffs on hardware at this pricepoint and size...but I don't like my hardware to feel like it is coming apart as soon as it gets out of the package.
Basically, if this device is more or less what you want, buy it. You won't find a better deal.
This product is... responsive touch screen, Good sound quality, easy to set up, A nice compact size, Great screen size, Comfortable to hold
About me... Business Professional, Comfortable with technology
I would recommend this to a friend!
+18points
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Lenovo - 2-in-1 13.3" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5 - 4GB Memory - 128GB Solid State Drive
Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 2 Pro 59386385 Convertible 2-in-1 Laptop: Bring your viewing experience to new standards with this Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 2 Pro laptop, featuring an incredibly high definition display. Customize the way you use your laptop with its flip-and-fold design, allowing you to use it in tent, stand, tablet and laptop modes to suit your needs.Learn more about the New Windows ›
If only they picked a better display...
Customer Rating
2.0
Posted by: bobagain
from Austin
on November 5, 2013
Display
1.0
Performance
5.0
What's great about it: Form factor, keyboard, performance, price, weight
What's not so great: screen color, battery life, screen resolution, mouse buttons
This would be a perfect laptop if they just picked a different screen. If you looked at the other reviews, you already know about the yellow. If you investigate on google for a few minutes you know that this can be improved to semi-normal yellow through the lenovo performance manager. Doing so reduced battery life to around 3 hours on a full charge...which just isn't reasonable.
Besides the color, the resolution just isn't handled very well by windows. It does an OK job of making things normal, but there is still a significant amount of stuff on the screen that is tiny, hard to touch, etc. In addition the combo of res and zoom makes some stuff look great...but other stuff has very jagged edges.
My only other gripe is that the clickpad is kind of loud and annoying, but I think thats pretty common these days.
On the plus side it really is otherwise pretty fantastic. Battery life was about 6.5 hours without performance mode on, weight is great, flippiness is great, keyboard is great (for the size), and windows 8.1 on a touchscreen is really really good.
This product is... Good sound quality, A touch pad that works great, A nice compact size, easy to set up, lightning fast
About me... Business Professional
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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ASUS - Transformer Pad - 10.1" - Intel Atom - 32GB - With Keyboard - Gray
Learn more about the New WindowsAsus Transformer Pad Tablet: Watch movies, play games and surf the Web on the large, vibrant screen of this Asus tablet. The included detachable keyboard lets you get work done quickly and easily.
Does it have Microsoft Office pre-installed?
a launcher is there but you have to install using the key code in the box. For 32 gb version about 16 gb is free before office. From what I read only 11-12 gb is going to be free after office. MicroSD helps some, but...
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Lenovo - 2-in-1 13.3" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5 - 4GB Memory - 128GB Solid State Drive
Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 2 Pro 59386385 Convertible 2-in-1 Laptop: Bring your viewing experience to new standards with this Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 2 Pro laptop, featuring an incredibly high definition display. Customize the way you use your laptop with its flip-and-fold design, allowing you to use it in tent, stand, tablet and laptop modes to suit your needs.Learn more about the New Windows ›
Does this laptop have an ethernet jack? I don't think it does.
no it does not. wifi only, be sure to upgrade drivers.
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