Re: WPC 20K Post Challenge - You Ready?!
So far with the T100: in summary, I'm glad I upgraded. Here's a shortish kind of review:
Pros (hardware) - price, love the weight of the tablet itself, the screen is really good, the dock is sturdy and doesn't add too much bulk to it, has a nice professional look to it - it uses the same spiral pattern on the back like the Android Transformer series.
Cons (hardware) - it's all plastic and a fingerprint and dust magnet. The keyboard is cramped. It really feels more like the dock is a secondary addition to type on with that cramped board. Still, you can make some headway typing, but the keyboard has a learning curve because of how cramped it is.
Wishes for the next model - ditch the 32GB version (I know they won't though). I'd upgrade to a 64GB model with 2 USB ports and a small extra battery built in the dock and a slightly bigger keyboard in the dock for the same $400 price. Make the screen even better.
Windows 8.1 is nice. Having used WP for as long as I have, I wished it had more WP8 feel to it in terms of the app selection. I use the Metro Mode alot more than the desktop right now. Love the charms and the split screen is the TRUTH. I don't mind using IE as my main browser on the tablet but would still use Chrome if my desktop ran 8.1. Love the feel of typing documents on tab and they show up on my phone. I've turned off auto upload for my pics to Skydrive, but having that option to see a pic I took on my phone on my tab is nice. Been getting tons of updates for it this week and the overall performance has been good - seems like the updates I've gotten are more systems maintainer ones.
More apps in the store would be better. Is there a live tile battery app for Windows 8 around? Making Office Metro UI is what I'm looking forward to the most here (plus giving the option to turn it back to what it is now would be nice). Xbox music still needs a ton of work. I cannot play my 810's SD card filled with music as easily as I'd like. Games are good but too expensive for my taste. It does have me thinking about an Xbox, but I would use that more for watching videos and working out than hardcore gaming...so I will wait until I get a new TV and the Xbox One becomes more established.
Otherwise, happy with the T100. This is the first tech I've bought at launch in a long time I was satisfied with completely. Looking forward to updating my desktop to 8.1 as well, even though I can see myself using Metro a lot less on that machine.
It is worth the cash, if you want a portable powerful tablet hybrid and are either on a budget or the Surface 2 doesn't appeal to you. Asus has really upgraded the EEPC line with this bad boy here. It should do pretty well.