Re: ASUS VivoTab RT for $399 @ Amazon
You know, I wouldn't buy it, if you read enough of my posts you will know that I'm not crazy about WinRT. But that is not why I wouldn't recommend it, the battery life is fine, the keyboard dock is fine, the overall product seems fine, but at my work, (where I sell computers) we put 2 out and both of them are broken. While yes, I do realize that customers abuse the crap out of our products when they are displayed on the floor, both of them don't work because the touch panel on the screen is messed up, it won't recognize touch inputs and both of them have the same issue. Also customers have been returning it because of that issue. I think its a problematic model, its rare when companies put them out, but it does happen. I would suggest if you want one for the same price, around black Friday we were selling the 32gb version of the Acer icons w510 for 399$ so you may be able to find that one instead. I'll put it in reference, the iPad, Acer iconia w510 and w700, hp envy x2, and nearly every other touchscreen android tablets including ASUS ones don't seem to have this many issues. Unless ASUS has stated that they have fixed this problem I would avid this model. There are 2 I would recommend in its place:
acer iconia w510 as stated earlier and Asus vivotab smart 64gb model running Intel atom for 499$. Yes you might spend 100$ more but they don't seem to be problematic. Also the Microsoft surface as well.