And looks like a lot of fun. But without an external monitor and and external keyboard pretty much limited to what I describe below, except on a very small screen with low res. ( Kind of a Kindle Fire on steroids. )
Fun to play with, but if you want to get some work done a hi spec notebook just makes a lot more sense.
>>Ok I have had my ASUS 700 for a week and love it. Docking station hasn't arrived yet but the tablet itself is fun.
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>>That said:
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>>What a tablet does, it does very very well. Reading PDF books ( or others ), various music apps for transposing etc, games, web browsing, Pluralsight tutorials, HBO GO, Netflx. All wonderful.
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>>But it's not a computer, it is a bumped up cell phone ( albeit without the ability to make phone calls :-) This is not something you own *instead of* a real PC unless you really never needed a real PC to begin with. This is a consumer toy which can be adapted to certain very specialized productivity uses.
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>>I could easily picture a hybrid where the docking station was big and powerful enough to do real work ( 8 gb, genuine multitask operating system, multi gig storage that does't require a cloud with up/down speeds you'd never tolerate in a HD ) and a touch-screen detachable as tablet with its own mobile OS, mem and storage so you could use it either way. Lots of possibilities there.
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>>But any nonsense about how these tablets that are considered state of the art today - iPad 3 and this thing - threaten laptops or desktops ( though undoubtedly they will outstrip in sales ) is silly. As to writing software for that market - not creating extensions of real business apps for clients but consumer products that sell for $1 to $5 - if that is your idea of fun you're welcome to it, but I don't think it is a good way to get rich - or even move out of your parents' basement.
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>I've got one of these right now:
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http://www.dynamism.com/top-notebooks/viliv-s5-premium.shtml>...but I'm planning on upgrading to one of these:
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http://www.dynamism.com/top-notebooks/u-touch-500.shtml>
>Really kinda cool - full PC in your pocket - plus it can be used as a phone too.
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