SerTapTap
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I'm really hyped up for one of these. I'm trying to figure out what version I'd want and then compare that to a similarly priced laptop.
I'd be mainly using it for Office apps: Excel, Word, I've never used OneNote but it sounds great especially with the pen, One Drive, Outlook too possibly although I'm still digging GMail.
So would the i5 128GB be enough I wonder? With OneDrive, Google Drive, an SD Card... even a USB for a stand alone back up drive... that should be ok? or just suck it up and do 256GB.
128GB for 999.00
Keyboard 129.99
Docking Station 199.00
128GB/4GB RAM has been amazing, but I don't really use too much space, I have a desktop for most games and the big storage. The MicroSD card slot can very cheaply be upgraded to 64, or at a bit more cost you can get 128, and it's fast enough for minor stuff. But I've lived off a 128gb laptop for years before. I didn't want to get too crazy either, as I figure it'll make more sense to get the medium grade version and upgrade every couple years than to pay twice as much upfront.
Onenote is an amazing program, one of the best MS has ever made IMO. In a more sensible world, cheap versions of these with One Note would be in schools not read-only iPads.
Toshiba Encore 2 Write looks interesting, want to try, I haven't used anything Toshiba made in over a decade I think. It could replace Asus Vivo Note 8 well, that wasn't very good. Almost one year later still waiting for Surface Mini. Somebody get a 8" note device right already.
I'm not too surprised over the apparent lack of Surface Mini, I think they got burned by jumping into Surface + Surface RT before it was all together, but a real win OS with Onenote and a pen would be sweet.