This is my experience for Asus T100. Been using this tablet as a small size laptop for work for the past 2 weeks. I imported mine directly from US. Prior to this, i had owned
- asus me400c (nice form factor, slow processor)
- Thinkpad tablet 2 (nice keyboard, slow processor)
- lenovo heliix (fast but too big as tablet)
- Nexus 7 2013 (new toy, nice for entertainment)
- ipad 2 (old toy)
This tablet meets all my expectation for work. Every day i open the following apps all at once on this tablet
- microsoft word (2 documents)
- excel ( 1 to 2 documents)
- internet explorer (2 browser tab)
- chrome (2 to 3 browser tab)
I have never encounter any lag when i switch between applications. I had tried using the tablet on the mrt to surf, read news, work on documents whole day without plugging in power. outlast all my colleagues ultrabook during meetings in terms of battery life and still have 20 to 30% battery life when i reach home around 7pm.
The keyboard is cramp if you compare to keyboards from a good ultrabook like lenovo helix or thinkpad x230. But if you had used before Asus ME400c transleeve keyboard, its similar in size. i made less mistakes on this tablet compare to me400c. Thinkpad tablet 2 keyboard is still better than this one. After 2 days, you kind of get used to the keyboard size and will make less mistakes. I actually use this tablet to type out my UAT test scripts for my current project.
As for resolution size, some will laugh at the lack of FHD screen. I once feel the same way but after trying out the 1900 X 1080 sceen of lenovo helix, i can tell you at 10.1 inch, this tablet resolution is just nice. On the helix, i often have to zoom in to 125 to 150%. to even see what i am typing. a FHD screen on 11.6 inch and below screen is useless and not very practical if you are typing at arms length. Its only good for watching movies when you hold the tablet close to your eyes
I also see a comment that this tablet is expensive ?? a tablet that is good enough to replace the functionality of an ultrabook like lenovo helix, comes with a dock in keyboard and on top of that comes with microsoft office student edition and still cost less than nexus 7 2013 LTE ... Its very cheap alreadyCompeting tablet like Venus pro 8 cost more and comes without a keyboard.
i only have one complain for this tablet and that is the limiting HDD size of this tablet. At 64GB, i only get like 31 gb of free space. Not enough space for me to use the tablet to burn a blu ray disc. If the ssd can be replace with higher capacity. This one will be a perfect tabet cum laptop. It already is a perfect productivity tablet for a traveller cos its so light.
Selling in U.S isn't expensive but in Singapore it is. I compared the past product, asus vivotab smart me400. While U.S sold it for $499 while Singapore sell it at $599 ($100 gap only). Same specs, nothing more, nothing less but for T100 in U.S is $399 but in Singapore $599? ($200 more). Same again, nothing more nothing less, bundle in Singapore and U.S are the same. I do not know why Asus set it at $599 but since you bought it from Asus, I will give you a thumbs up, making a wise decision. Is your T100 involve in International warranty?
Keyboard wise, alyssax and the youtube video I posted it in previous page, both mentioned the keyboard isn't really responsive (Just imaging if I type out my document, I need to do it twice, due to the unresponsive) while leads to Asus provided a bad QC on its product. Unless they have 2nd batch of keyboard as an improve version.
