I can't believe they dropped the Wacom pen from the ThinkPad 8, this could have been a perfect OneNote machine. I kept passing on the ThinkPad Tablet 2 because of the slow Atom chip and now they do this, looks like the Asus might be my only hope.
I was hoping for Lenovo to pull through with their ThinkPad tablet but they didn't. As of right now, I plan on getting the ASUS Vivotab Note 8 because of the Wacom digitizer. I can sacrifice the video out and USB 3.0. I wouldn't want to have a 1920x1200 screen without a mouse pointer either.
About the ASUS, does anyone know if the pen has a button for right clocking? I hate the whole tap and hold thing to get context menus.
The Miix 2 10” has a 10.1” 1920x1200 display according to the website. Which I like! I agree with you Anand/Brain, the 16:10 form factor is good in laptops (and tablets compared to 16:9)
I have 24" 1920:1200 at work too, works as desktop too. Good compromise between being able to display 16:9 video decent and get more vertical space for text reading, ect.
I have a Miix 2 8" 64GB and i love it. Its honestly the greatest thing ever. It's my 5th tablet, including iPads, Android 10" and a Clovertrail 10" Windows one, and it blows them all away. Lenovo is making a real play to drive their laptop momentum into the tablet space.
I too am very let down by the Thinkpad 8 not having a stylus. However one point about it which I seldom see pointed out is that it comes with Win 8.1 Pro - or so I've read. That's going to be very important for those hooking them up to use as media center PCs with a network tuner. You know you're out there people. So what's the bet on how many high def streams the little 3770 can handle recording at one time while offloading onto a USB 3 hard drive for storage? I'm going to be an optimist and say it will handle 6 streams at once from a Ceton.
I'm surprised that they still have the K900 displayed, considering it's going to be EOL'ed where I'm at, with the Introduction of the Vibe Z next month. BTW, Vibe Z will be launching with LTE support in the South East Asia Region, and 3G only in China.
Be careful when you buy a yoga. The wifi connectivity is a major, documented problem. Check out this 50+ page troubleshooting forum that's been going on for MONTHS on the Lenovo page: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Idea-Windows-based-Tab...
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tonyn84 - Friday, January 10, 2014 - link
I can't believe they dropped the Wacom pen from the ThinkPad 8, this could have been a perfect OneNote machine. I kept passing on the ThinkPad Tablet 2 because of the slow Atom chip and now they do this, looks like the Asus might be my only hope.boto - Friday, January 10, 2014 - link
I was hoping for Lenovo to pull through with their ThinkPad tablet but they didn't. As of right now, I plan on getting the ASUS Vivotab Note 8 because of the Wacom digitizer. I can sacrifice the video out and USB 3.0. I wouldn't want to have a 1920x1200 screen without a mouse pointer either.About the ASUS, does anyone know if the pen has a button for right clocking? I hate the whole tap and hold thing to get context menus.
skiboysteve - Sunday, January 12, 2014 - link
Both OneNote metro and desktop apps scale perfectly with high DPI so 1920x1200 should be fineiamlittlespoon - Friday, January 10, 2014 - link
The Miix 2 10” has a 10.1” 1920x1200 display according to the website. Which I like! I agree with you Anand/Brain, the 16:10 form factor is good in laptops (and tablets compared to 16:9)iamlittlespoon - Friday, January 10, 2014 - link
I have 24" 1920:1200 at work too, works as desktop too. Good compromise between being able to display 16:9 video decent and get more vertical space for text reading, ect.JarredWalton - Saturday, January 11, 2014 - link
Thanks -- fixed the 1080p error.blaktron - Friday, January 10, 2014 - link
I have a Miix 2 8" 64GB and i love it. Its honestly the greatest thing ever. It's my 5th tablet, including iPads, Android 10" and a Clovertrail 10" Windows one, and it blows them all away. Lenovo is making a real play to drive their laptop momentum into the tablet space.savagemike - Saturday, January 11, 2014 - link
I too am very let down by the Thinkpad 8 not having a stylus.However one point about it which I seldom see pointed out is that it comes with Win 8.1 Pro - or so I've read. That's going to be very important for those hooking them up to use as media center PCs with a network tuner. You know you're out there people.
So what's the bet on how many high def streams the little 3770 can handle recording at one time while offloading onto a USB 3 hard drive for storage? I'm going to be an optimist and say it will handle 6 streams at once from a Ceton.
Gregyong - Sunday, January 12, 2014 - link
I'm surprised that they still have the K900 displayed, considering it's going to be EOL'ed where I'm at, with the Introduction of the Vibe Z next month.BTW, Vibe Z will be launching with LTE support in the South East Asia Region, and 3G only in China.
ConorK - Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - link
Be careful when you buy a yoga. The wifi connectivity is a major, documented problem. Check out this 50+ page troubleshooting forum that's been going on for MONTHS on the Lenovo page: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Idea-Windows-based-Tab...