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First W8 pro tablet with a price tag
IvanIV
24-09-2012
http://www.wpcentral.com/lenovo-thin...d-799-keyboard

HD ready 10.1'' screen, 10h batrery life, including keyboard, $799. Might look pricey, but it's a full Windows. I like it, not thar I'd jump after the first W8 tablet out there.
smcbeath
24-09-2012
I have been waiting to buy my first tablet, the windows pro surface. Would be quite happy if it comes out at £700, i dont know how optimistic i am being.

Problem is that i have been reading about the haswell chip from intel coming out soon that will use upto half the power of current intel chips. I am hoping the the pro has a possible 3 month wait after windows 8 comes out, so january launch? and maybe it will have this new chip in it. If not i will probably keep on waiting for buying a tablet, with the haswell chip in it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19557496
IvanIV
24-09-2012
I want Surface pro, too, but it might be a better idea to wait for something with these new processors. If it is just lighter or produces less heat, it would still be worth it for me.
Helbore
24-09-2012
10 hour battery life with full Windows! That's pretty impressive and kinda makes Windows RT look totally pointless.

I expect Surface Pro to have a lower battery life than this though, as Surface uses a Core i5, whereas this is an Atom processor.
alan1302
24-09-2012
Originally Posted by Helbore:
“10 hour battery life with full Windows! That's pretty impressive and kinda makes Windows RT look totally pointless.

I expect Surface Pro to have a lower battery life than this though, as Surface uses a Core i5, whereas this is an Atom processor.”

Surface is for a totally different market and price point though
alanwarwic
24-09-2012
Exactly the same as Windows 7 which is good.
The £300 HP DM 1 claims 10 hours too (9.5).

Windows RT is not pointless if normal Windows is premium.
IvanIV
24-09-2012
If it is Atom I'll pass. I want something stronger I could use as a proper laptop, too.
alan1302
24-09-2012
Originally Posted by IvanIV:
“If it is Atom I'll pass. I want something stronger I could use as a proper laptop, too.”

It's not an atom
psionic
24-09-2012
Apparently it is the new generation of Atom (Clover Trail) which are faster then the previous versions. I guess that's how it can handle such impressive battery life. http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/leno...-35411720.html
Helbore
25-09-2012
Originally Posted by alan1302:
“Surface is for a totally different market and price point though”

Well there are two Surfaces; RT and Pro. RT being the low-end ARM version intended for consumer use and Pro with its Core i5 is intended as a business/prosumer device.

The main advantage RT has is that ARM systems will generally beat the hell out of x86 systems in terms of battery life. However is Clovertrail can deliver a 10 hour battery life, it makes RT seems a bit pointless. You get the benefits of ARM without the drawback of losing backwards-compatibility.

Surface Pro should be a lot more powerful than this Lenovo tablet (being that even a ULV Core i5 will crap all over Clovertrail in the performance stakes), but will not be coming with the 10+ hour battery life that the Atom architecture allows. (not until Haswell hits anyway)
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