ASUS VivoTab RT TF600T-B1-GR 10.1-Inch 32 GB Tablet (Gray) 2012 Model

40 million copies sold of Windows 8 in a month can't be THAT wrong... Okay, I admit that I am a Microsoft "fan", but I have built a great career working with their O/S and hardware platform over the years. I am a Windows developer and I bought this tablet w/the free keyboard (just got it yesterday, so be patient with ASUS) so that I could use it for hardware testing of Windows Store apps in a minimal configuration of Win RT. So far, I am NOT disappointed. In fact, I am thrilled with it. I am not an Apple/Google fan, so I am really glad to see Microsoft entering this segment of the ubiquitous computing ecosystem. Soon I'll be able to go from their phone, to the tablet, to the laptop, to the desktop, to the enterprise fairly seamlessly. I also use Microsoft Office, and I think Microsoft OneNote is one of the best software products ever written! The Student/Home Preview edition of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote 2013 are included. ASUS has done a superb with this third-party vendor offering of the "tablet with keyboard hybrid" (like the Microsoft Surface). In fact, I would have purchased a Microsoft Surface 32GB RT, but since I am buying other upgraded hardware for Windows 8 development (I wanted to keep the cost down), and the fact I am very familiar with ASUS motherboards and graphics adapters -- having built several machines using their hardware over the past several years, I felt this was a comparable device. ASUS quality is truly amazing and their pricing is aimed at the more conservative buyer such as myself. Since they are based in Taiwan, you won't have to worry about reading bad news reports like Apple's about working conditions in their factories. These are the Chinese in the "free market capitalist island nation" who are making these goods and they aren't new at doing it either! I think that if you give this product a chance, you will be able to "show it off" to your competitive frienemies who own competitive products by other manufacturers with some pride! Microsoft has done an incredibly good job with Windows 8 and this little ASUS RT tablet (with FREE KEYBOARD) is a great way to go. I am already thinking of hundreds of useful applications for it (not just "apps", but full blown "applications"). Will Microsoft take over the market? Who really knows? I have been around long enough to see Giants fall and Newbies rise (and fall)! My only complaint specific to my tablet is that the SD card on my unit is slightly mis-aligned, so I have to fumble with it a bit to get the tiny memory card out. It appears to be spring loaded (ASUS correct me if I am wrong on that), so with a slight push and slide routine I can get it out okay. I don't change cards that often anyway so I am still very satisfied. I commute on a train using this little guy, so when I don't want to pull out my more powerful laptop for XBox game playing, web-surfing, Netflix streaming or iHeartRadio listening, and so forth, it takes up very little space and it performs like a bigger laptop for those purposes -- even though I can't load programs like Visual Studio, etc. I have "bigger iron" for that job. I would highly recommend any tablet that runs Windows 8, but I will recommend this one for the following reasons: 1. ASUS is a great company that stands by their products. 2. It is a tad lighter than anything I have found so far (lighter than a comparable Surface). 3. THE FREE KEYBOARD DOCK UNTIL 12/31/2012! 4. The free keyboard contains a second battery. They claim up to 16 hours of use, but I haven't had it long enough to tell. Buy it with confidence! You won't regret it. Merry Christmas!

ok... like the other good reviews said. there is nothing wrong with this tablet. It's a thousand times more capable than any ipad or android tablet. Can you hook up any ipad or tablet to 10s of thousands of different periferals and not have to worry about scrounging through dozens and dozens of apps and or unneeded accessories in order for it to work? seriously. I recently was promoted to a store manager and this device was a godsend. I use it to show power points on the job to prospective customers rather than lousy brochures. I use it to print off important documents and pdfs that I can edit and submit via email from hooking up any printer either wirelessly off my phones hotspot or via the usb connection from the keyboard attachment or from the usb dongle adapter included. (... I do wish it came with one more; but hey what the heck. this this is still awesome, id gladly pay for a dozen of them to keep next to other periferals around my work and house from how much space this thing saves!) I'm still getting used to windows RT, but... I switched to windows phone about the same time. I have to say W8 Phone is still a little more polished and has some less bugs, but its been around longer!. I am typing this entire review with the same speeds as I normally type off my normal keyboards. THANK you for the other reviews pointing out the FN key (bottom right) with the F9 key to disable the trackpad. Honestly trackpads ... I hate all of them, they're a horribly designed setup for any ergonomics since your thumbs rest above the spacebar key and if any of your fingers happen to slip or need a rest on the stand... youre going to hit that stupid thing and its going to make your mouse and cursor jump a lot. Why many manufacturer's aren't placing the trackpads in the bottom right corner or where a numspad would be.. I have no clue. I was torn between this and the surface pro and the RT. but the battery life was my main thing I didn't want to worry about. Since some days working I just keep it on standby inside one of my desk drawers and I swear this thing lasts 3 days or more just on standby without the keyboard attachment that has a battery inside it as well to give it a lot more life. Also... the surface keyboards were way to gimmicky for me... I prefer a physical response for typing. not some touch clicky response that would annoy me when im listening to music while i'm filling my office documents. The only thing I would like to see is a backlit version of this keyboard. It's not a big deal but I still miss a beat here or there with adding 's to some of my typing. I always get tons of people asking me what type of device i'm using and it's hilarious to see them being surprised its a windows rt based one and that im also using a windows phone. They all say that im the only person they know that enjoys the "new" windows. I don't know who theyre talking to but to me Im guessing they're just some close minded snobs that are too dug into their precious android or ios investments. To each their own, but you can't deny the better productivity from these devices. (android has it's toys and tweaks, ios has it's simplicity, and windows has it's productivity) Screen is bright, speakers are nice; I'm hoping to find a case that will direct the sound towards you with an inbuilt "cupping" like method, but I've yet to find one yet, so maybe I'll create my own DoItYourself thing. Battery life is astounding. Peripheral list is mind blowing. Apps? ... pfft I have a webbrowser....with Flash. If I absolutely need something I'll just skydrive a note to myself when I get home and than skydrive it back to me to show off on my tablet since in those situations it's not something very important. I can't really say a bad thing about this device..except, I've been having it crash sometimes on me when it's not doing anything. Which isn't really an issue since the boot time is 3-5 seconds typically. Didn't do it at first so im guessing a bug just worked itself into one of the updates or I downloaded an app that has a quirk to it or something. Whatever. Still a Stabler OS than android. (better love story than twilight) 9.5/10. {4.5/5 Amazon}