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Re: Asus' Transformer Book T100

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From the benchmarks I have seen [1] it performs pretty similarly to it's ARM competitors. [1] http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/Intel-Atom-Z3000-Ser...

But it runs Windows 8.1, not RT. That's a major plus.

and includes a full version of Office 2013 + keyboard dock in the price.

Re: Asus' Transformer Book T100

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> Asus Transformer T100 the future of Windows & end of RT (anandtech.com)

> 20 points by kyriakos 2 hours ago | flag | 11 comments

Actual article title: ASUS' Transformer Book T100: Atom Z3740 Inside, Available October 18th at $349

References to Windows RT in article text: 0

Re: Asus' Transformer Book T100

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Agree 100%. I bought a Samsung 500T under the same premise about 6 months ago. 1.5 lbs, 10 hour battery life, atom processor, and it runs "real windows". It's not as good a tablet as the iPad but it's a much better computer. Not sure what the advantage of Windows RT would be given the excellent battery life possible with x86 windows.

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The netbook of 6 years ago had an ethernet port and ran Linux out of the box. Feature parity has not been achieved by later models, if this is reimagining things they're imagining with a case of Alzheimer's.

6 years later I hardly ever plug in my laptop - its wifi all the way. No ARM based tablets that I know of have an ethernet port, and I don't see anyone complaining about it.

Really? I plug mine into ethernet whenever I can. Even on 5Ghz the unpredictable latency can really impact things, particularly NFS. For example, rsnapshot backups that take 10 minutes on ethernet take upwards of 5 or 6 hours on wifi. It's not a bandwidth issue, it's appears to be latency with lots of small files.

Note: I'm using an 802.11ac router and a laptop with a Centrino 6300 chipset. I have the 5Ghz spectrum all to myself. For bulk transfers I get consistent speeds of close to 100Mbit.

Re: Asus' Transformer Book T100

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah - OP, change your title to the one provided in the article.

How can I edit it? To clarify the reason I mentioned RT in the title is that since decent Windows 8.1 Pro tablets can be priced so low, I believe there is no room for RT.

> To clarify the reason I mentioned RT in the title is that since decent Windows 8.1 Pro tablets can be priced so low, I believe there is no room for RT.

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> ... please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait

Re: Asus' Transformer Book T100

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah - OP, change your title to the one provided in the article.

How can I edit it? To clarify the reason I mentioned RT in the title is that since decent Windows 8.1 Pro tablets can be priced so low, I believe there is no room for RT.

repeating my question: is it possible to edit it ?

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But it runs Windows 8.1, not RT. That's a major plus.

and includes a full version of Office 2013 + keyboard dock in the price.

> and includes a full version of Office 2013 + keyboard dock in the price.

I could not find where they discussed the Office 2013 license. From the article:

> On the software side, in addition to Windows 8.1 you get a pre-installed copy of Office 2013.

Which is to say Office 2013 is installed, but not necessarily licensed. It might be a trial.

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The netbook of 6 years ago had an ethernet port and ran Linux out of the box. Feature parity has not been achieved by later models, if this is reimagining things they're imagining with a case of Alzheimer's.

Gee, I wonder why a notebook that's like an eight of an inch thick doesn't have an ethernet port. Well, it's probably because they are too stupid to remember 6 years ago... I mean, what else could it be?

Because an Ethernet PHY is actually somewhat expensive and Apple already successfully tested the waters.

Consider the following tuples: (Apple, loved by all) (Apple, no Ethernet port) (Microsoft, not loved by many) (Microsoft, Ethernet port). Correlation is causation, right?

Re: Asus' Transformer Book T100

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

and includes a full version of Office 2013 + keyboard dock in the price.

> and includes a full version of Office 2013 + keyboard dock in the price. I could not find where they discussed the Office 2013 license. From the article: > On the software side, in addition to Windows 8.1 you get a pre-installed copy of Office 2013. Which is to say Office 2013 is installed, but not necessarily licensed. It might be a trial.

looked it up it seems to be full version of Home & Student edition. It says it on the press release at: http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/11/asus-reveals-transformer-...

"Transformer Book T100 features Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 with full versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, the perfect productivity solution for both school and work."

it doesn't include Outlook unfortunately

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