Asus EeePad Transformer Prime TF201 Tablet

[Ibanez81]

The Asus is a Tablet, not a friggin Laptop, Stop comparing it to Something its not.

 

[cerbrus2]

Barf, just because it had more cores doesn't mean it's faster

Android is Linux, just run Linux on a £350 laptop and underclock it to Tablet speed to make the battery last longer.

I have an E-350 here with two cores, but I bet you it's still beaten by a single core Pentium 4 in a good few applications. Processors aren't as simple as buying as many magical numbers they hype about.

If you could use a Tegra 3 chip like a 2500k then I don't think Intel would be in business.

If I tryed to sell you a bike with four windows, a boot, two tyres trailing along behind it on string and stuck indicators to it with bubblegum would you not tell me I was wasting my time and should buy a car?

Anyway, if you've got £500 to spend on a brand new "tabtop" as fast as laptops from 3-5 years ago, then I'm pleased for you.

I did not mention anything about CPU's its the software its running that's fast. Yes you could install linux on a laptop and it run fast, but it still wont be an android will it? it wont have the app store, it wont have the UI, and not to mention you will need to learn basic programming just to send an email. You seem to be a fan of using silly comparisons so how about this. Buying a laptop and installing linux on it, would be like cutting your arms off at the shoulder and handicapping your self. just to fit through a gap you could of just turned sideways for. (that's a stupid enough comparison to meet yours I think)

I really don't think you get the jist here. He wants ANDROID OS, not Linux, Not windows, Not OSX. ANDROID. and he wants a Portable tablet that has the option of a proper keyboard. I realy cant see the problem. It cant be compared to an iPad as it has a keyboard? WTF. the amount of people i see with wireless keyboards for there tablets. and you are moaning about one that helps you hold the screen in a fixed position and doubles your battery life.

He is not buying it for the damn keyboard the keyboard is an optional extra.

If I tryed to sell you a bike with four windows, a boot, two tyres trailing along behind it on string and stuck indicators to it with bubblegum would you not tell me I was wasting my time and should buy a car?

What is this? I don't even...............

Agree to disagree I suppose. I am going to go sell my car now, as i drove around with the windows down so I might as well get a pushbike.

 

[Ibanez81]

I'd say the quad core selling point is a bit of a sham. The cores are so incredibly slow that a faster dual core tablet would probably work faster. As for the keyboard dock that too confuses me - why not just buy a cheap laptop that would be faster? The whole point of buying the slower hardware is for it to generate less heat and fit in a tablet form factor. The screen is not brilliant either.

Look in to a Scroll Extreme or something, it's less than half that price and the only sacrifice is it's a single core 1.2Ghz with dual core graphics (and screen is a minisule amount smaller but still IPS), for about £180.

What faster dual core tablet? Please show me one thats Dual core with a faster speed. The ipad 3 is Dual core @ 1ghz.

 

[Ibanez81]

You yourself said 'The point of a tablet is it's just a screen', so while comparing to tablets, as a tablet the TF201 is top of the pack but comparing to laptops - that is, a screen with a keyboard - it barely keeps pace with a decent dual core, and said decent dual core would be cheaper than the TF201.

TF201 as a laptop is like buying a bungalow then fitting a 3 bedroom conservatory to it - just buy a house and be done with it. Buying a bungalow alone, however, would make sense if you were after a small house for whatever reason, but adding a huge extension to it and paying a premium for no benefit whatsoever is illogical.

I hope you can understand that.

Again, its a Tablet, not a laptop so why your comparing it to Dual core laptops i have no idea, Does a dual core laptop fit into a 8mm thick tablet and weigh 600grams? No didnt think so, so please dont compare it or see it as a Laptop. This thread was never about laptops.

 

[garih]

have you bought one yet? i own a prime, it is a great bit of kit. however they have just released the transformer pad for only £300. the dock is extra. but it has the performance of the prime but it is plastic so it is a bit lighter,