I can understand this being a new product from Asus, but to price it 100 to 200 higher that their Andriod tables, such as the t300 and t 700?
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It's worth every penny. I can play games online that I couldn't on an android or iOS device. It's more productivity oriented rather than game play oriented. I own a Fire and an iPad and this is by far what I would choose to use on a regular basis. Also you can't beat the battery life with the added keyboard dock.
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I returned this tablet after months of battling with ASUS. My Galaxy works. Good luck with your VivoTab. I loved the VivoTab for about 90 days, then the screen froze. Three trips to Grapevine, Texas for service, came back still broken every time. If you want Windows, get a Surface. Best Buy had them for 199 after Thanksgiving
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Currently selling at $399 with FREE Docking/Keyboard at MICROSOFT stores US wide
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Windows is NOT a free operating system like android (linux), so they have to pay for each license for the O.S. on each one...
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I am thinking of purchasing one myself but from what I can tell, it has much more functionality. I think that is up to each individual to decide but most retailers will offer a 30 day return so you can try it out for yourself. Also, if you register this on the ASUS website, they will send you the keyboard dock for free (until 12/31/2012).
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The other transformers cost just as much when you add in the keyboard dock which is free with 600t. Best Buy included it with the tablet at the time of purchase so you didn't have to send for it.
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Do you think this tablet will hit the same volume of sales as the android ones? They can drop the price when they know they will hit a certain volume. I think all the RT tablets right now are nervous they won't sell out of their initial production run, which will mean a huge loss in engineering investment. Nothing is free in tech.
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I purchased the ASUS Vivo Tab RT for 499.00 at Microcenter. It appears ASUS has lowered the price. The free keyboard is included at the lowered price.
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yeah I decided to wait, was only getting a laptop to have an extra computer in the house and for the occasional vacation use so no rush, sounds like the new i5 ulv chips will run circles around the current ones, and remember even though they use 18W, that is with the gpu included so its really the same as the current ones. They overclock themselves (no need for Asus to do it), now lets just hope some manufactures combine a good switchable card and battery with them. think UL30VT with twice the performance on the gpu and cpu side with almost the same battery life for under $1K.
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Thanks Superhero Jonathan! So helpful. I guess I am watching to see when UL80VT comes back into stock here in the next 24-48 hours if the Asus rep is right.
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Also, I believe that the Ti has a max 15 MB/s read/write rate... and the Micro is substantially slower...so it uses a higher quality flash chip/memory/ram/whatever, so that will raise the price as well...
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Got mine yesterday from their early bird sale on Monday and it seems to be exactly the same. I would have been surprised if ASUS made a special run of them just for BB.
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My guess-- and it's only a guess-- is that there is a current $30 ASUS rebate available if you buy the 1005 together with an ASus DVD drive. (See the J&R; site) Amazon doesn't mention it.
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Mark, that's awesome. Great tablet and a superb price. Too bad you couldn't pick up three of them! ;)In case $250 is not longer an option, I just spotted the Transformer for $312 (shipped) at:http://www.hhgregg.com/asus-16gb-10-1-eee-pad-transformer-google-android-3-0-based-tablet/item/TF101-A1I don't know hhgregg but that's definitely a next-best price.-Matt
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This one is prettier! I have the 650 but I don't have the 640 so I can't really make a comment if whether they have the near exact specifications like you stated. I always thought the bigger the model number the better. If I have time I might stop by a Best Buy to play around with it. If you can get the 650 for $900 free shipping on amazon, it's still a good deal. But if you're fortunate enough to live in a state that has a brick and mortar Fry's Electronics, sometimes they have it on sale for $700 plus tax. Their price is different though via frys dot com. You can wait around until Thanksgiving but I don't think it's gonna drop to less than $800 on a 1-day sale. This one is prettier! I have the 650 but I don't have the 640 so I can't really make a comment if whether they have the near exact specifications like you stated. I always thought the bigger the model number the better. If I have time I might stop by a Best Buy to play around with it. If you can get the 650 for $900 free shipping on amazon, it's still a good deal. But if you're fortunate enough to live in a state that has a brick and mortar Fry's Electronics, sometimes they have it on sale for $700 plus tax. Their price is different though via frys dot com. You can wait around until... » Read More This one is prettier! I have the 650 but I don't have the 640 so I can't really make a comment if whether they have the near exact specifications like you stated. I always thought the bigger the model number the better. If I have time I might stop by a Best Buy to play around with it. If you can get the 650 for $900 free shipping on amazon, it's still a good deal. But if you're fortunate enough to live in a state that has a brick and mortar Fry's Electronics, sometimes they have it on sale for $700 plus tax. Their price is different though via frys dot com. You can wait around until Thanksgiving but I don't think it's gonna drop to less than $800 on a 1-day sale. « Show Less
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On Sony's online store you can get a custom model and up it to an Intel Core i7-3667U processor (2.0 GHz / 3.2 GHz turbo boost) for $180 extra. 8 Gigs of RAM is the tops. I don't think the board can support anything higher. It's basically a laptop in an all-in-one body. At this stage it has to be this way to make sure the battery can handle it unplugged for a few hours. It would drain it too quickly otherwise. Looking forward to what they can come up with in 3-5 years with better mobile technology and better batteries.
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In addition, the back touch-screen interface is 3.5" rather than 3"... a bit bigger. I struggled with the differences and ended up getting a T77 with a 4Gb memory card ($25 more). I decided I could get by with a slightly smaller screen on the back for the price difference.
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Don't know for sure. Could be because Consumer Reports came out last week and listed the 7200 as their absolute TOP HTIB. I bought mine last week at Newegg.com. Got it for $699.99\Free Shipping. I don't know what their price is currently, but they are very professional, shipped it the day I ordered it, and the shipping was UPS 3 Day Ground. I like Amazon, but their pricing has gotten very sketchy. I've also noticed 1 day Amazon handles the selling and shipping of the 7200, and the following day a vendor like 6Ave is doing the selling and shipping of the 7200 thru Amazon. Check around before plunking your $$$$ down. Don't know for sure. Could be because Consumer Reports came out last week and listed the 7200 as their absolute TOP HTIB. I bought mine last week at Newegg.com. Got it for $699.99\Free Shipping. I don't know what their price is currently, but they are very professional, shipped it the day I ordered it, and the shipping was UPS 3 Day Ground. I like Amazon, but their pricing has gotten very sketchy. I've also noticed 1 day Amazon handles the selling and shipping of the 7200, and the following day a vendor like 6Ave is doing the selling and shipping of the 7200 thru Amazon. Check around before... » Read More Don't know for sure. Could be because Consumer Reports came out last week and listed the 7200 as their absolute TOP HTIB. I bought mine last week at Newegg.com. Got it for $699.99\Free Shipping. I don't know what their price is currently, but they are very professional, shipped it the day I ordered it, and the shipping was UPS 3 Day Ground. I like Amazon, but their pricing has gotten very sketchy. I've also noticed 1 day Amazon handles the selling and shipping of the 7200, and the following day a vendor like 6Ave is doing the selling and shipping of the 7200 thru Amazon. Check around before plunking your $$$$ down. « Show Less
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As T. Hearn said Google is free so you'll never be charged for new os updates. Also I have had my T300 for about 3 weeks now and have already gotten two updates Asus is taking care of the transformer series.
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There is no catch. My answer is based on my purchase a year ago. The deilvery and shipping were good, the laptop works fine. I think the price is reasonable because it is not much of the gaming laptops but rather your daily business use (or that's how I use it.) I love it :) I think the price might be 'cause its windows 8, when 8.1 is out already, but that is my assumption.
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Because it is a cheap machine that is all about hype and marketing. Pls avoid. It is 2-3 times more expensive than all the others and not worth $100!
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Indeed, very strange... I bought these off of Dell about 2 years ago for $180 ($200 shipped)... I'm baffled...
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Yeah it is.. Even the 7000Series is cheaper than the 6000!!! What is up with that!?
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I just bought it at digitalelectronics4less.com for $180. I'm confused since it is listed for about $260 everywhere else (and sometimes much more!)...but it appears to be new and have all accessories. Score!