The best laptop to upgrade from a tablet
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This is the most useful laptop I have purchased yet. I initially went to a 10" tablet for ease of traveling, but found the operating system to restrictive. I purchased this unit with the i5 processor, which is faster than i can operate the commands. This unit is very transportable, clear, so far, trouble-free. I would highly recommend purchasing a protective case for it if even if you use it at home, not travel. The price is shocking, but you pay for what you get. The sticker-shock wears off soon enough!
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CPU: it's not dual-core, but it is Hyper-Threaded (remember that?), so there is some multitasking capability.  It's fully capable for anything you'd want to do on a netbook.  My work laptop is only 2 years old and and the Wind is only slightly noticeably under that in terms of lag etc.

Memory: 1 GB is just fine for XP, but I'm recoring mine with Vista so I definitely had to go for the upgrade.  An extra 1GB is ridiculously cheap ($15), and it's a very easy install--just don't get squeamish about taking the entire bottom off of the thing.  Could certainly have been easier but still only took <5 minutes to do, and it worked perfectly the first time (no BIOS tweaking required).

Graphics: It's a low resolution, but it looks perfectly fine and for most purposes, it's just great.  Also remember that the screen itself is smaller than a normal notebook's, so proporitionally, it's just the real estate you want.  If low resolution is the major factor holding you back, do what I did--size some of your most-used app windows on your current machine to 1024x600 (I used MS Paint and created a blank pic at this reso, then just dragged windows around).  You may be surprised at what you can still get done.  I wouldn't want to play WOW or something on it, but then that's not what you're buying it for.

Weight, Battery, Form Factor, etc: Ridiculously slick and tiny, but the keys are still very usable, even for long periods of time.  Keys do feel a little cheap to begin with but they can definitely take the punshment.  Can't speak to battery life yet but from what I've heard on the forums, the 6-cell is definitely worth it.

Connectivity: Wireless worked perfectly and swiftly immediately.  This is a first for me.  It's brilliant.  USB mice work perfectly too.

Versatility: You can upgrade the memory (see above), replace the HDD with a standard 2.5" (so once SSDs come down in price you can make it shock-proof and speedy, or you can spring for that half-terabyte for all your movies on the go), replace the OS (fairly straightforward actually), and plug tons of stuff into it.  It's damn near perfect.

Screen: Ultra, ultra bright.  Brighter than any laptop I've used, actually.  Even in daylight it's fully usable.

Geeky: Updating the BIOS is easier than with any other machine I've done that on.  However, I did scout around for a "within-Windows" version of the installer.  Took five minutes and worked perfectly.  It's nice to see a company offer one-button overclocking too.

Recommendations:
--Update the BIOS when you get it.  Google for the installer I found so you just download, double-click, and reboot; no funky floppies or bootable USB sticks.
--I'm using this for work on the go, so I also bought a screen privacy shield from 3M and it works great.  You just have to cut it down for the netbook-sized screen.
--If you're replacing WinXP with Vista, spring for the extra GB of memory of course, but also pick up an ultra-fast 4 GB SDHC card and stick it in the card reader.  Tell Vista to use it for ReadyBoost and voila, you've got yourself extra performance.  SanDisk Extreme is the brand I've seen recommended.  This will pretty much max out your Wind in terms of performance tweaks from what I've researched.
2934314
I used this laptop for a couple days and it is really amazing! it is much faster than my dell i3 laptop. 8b memory and 128gb ssd really make a differece. No doubt thinkpad is your best choice besides a mac!
3872266
My family owns 2.  Nicely built, fair performance and significantly overpriced.  If you like Windows 8 (Note: MS is tripping over itself to get its replacement to market) save yourself a lot of money and buy a good laptop/notebook with a touch screen and independent graphic card.  You may pay a little less, you will get better performance and you will have more flexibility in upgrading OS, hard drive, memory, etc.
1282962
I recently just had the Asus VivoTab, which was a great productivity machine. However, it lacked one thing: a physical keyboard. As much as I love tablets, I need a laptop/ultrabook for the keyboard convenience factor. The VivoBook is an excellent little laptop running a great operating system and on top of that, its a touch screen. I think Windows 8 has its flaws, but I think it is the future of tablet and desktop computing. The VivoBook itself has an excellent keyboard and touch-screen. Its got an SD card, 3 USB ports, HDMI port, Ethernet connection and VGA connection. Just what I needed for on the go. 4GB of RAM and a 500 GB hard drive. What more could you ask for?? I would like to boost the memory up to 8GB, but after research, I learned its actually soldered in. I'm not complaining though. The only complaint I have is battery life. From other reviewers, I think at most you can get 4 hours out of this laptop. For those of you wanting to take this around, I would consider carrying a tablet or find some sort of power source just to make sure you have enough juice (this may vary on what you plan to do with the laptop). Simply put, this laptop is an excellent productivity machine as long as you don't throw everything at it. Web browing, email, Office work, and some entertainment. Dont expect to run PhotoShop and other heavy duty programs while browsing or editing music. This isn't that type of laptop: its built for portability and getting the small to medium tasks accomplished.
4775275
I love my HP Pavilion x2, The best Laptop/Tablet by far.  It's all that and some...  I'm Loving it!
2260763
I replaced my Lenovo 10" With this Tablet so far it runs good has great 1080 p plus Alexa when downloaded.  It is thinner than the Lenovo and you can read books, watch movies worth the money
313299
First, if you are looking for a tablet, this is not what you want.  Get the ASUS Transformer or Nexus 10 (Android) or iPad if you like Apple products.  This will give you notebook functionality in a heavier and wider tablet format.  Windows 8 is a new OS so when you first set this up, make sure to go to the desktop and run the SW Update program from Samsung and update ALL the drivers and software.  Keep doing this until all the software is updated and it is recommended to continue to check every month or so as well.  This is not the same as the windows updates that will also need to be done periodically.

Now, once you understand that this is a notebook, not a tablet, you will enjoy it as long as you are a casual user.  The CPU is slow for graphic intensive tasks.  But for every day email, web, videos, music, etc. it is great.  I can say that for a portable computer with a touch screen and a stylus, it is a good device.  I wish it would only cost $499 given that the CPU is slow (Atom based).
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I purchased this product at Best Buy using a warranty trade in for my expiring/malfunctioning Asus Transformer Android tablet.  I would have purchased it here, but the $300 savings due to the warranty trade-in was something that made it worth dealing with BBY (add in the AMZ price matching for taking an extra $40 off the device! YAY Amazon!).

I really like this tablet, it can do *almost* anything a normal laptop can do.  I am a power-user as a computer professional and had to get used to the fact that my normal usage patterns would bring this thing to it's knees.  Do NOT think that this is a desktop/laptop replacement as the Surface Pro is.  It's not, it's not a knock on the device as there's a WORLD of difference between a quad-core Atom and a quad-core i5 processor and there are no USB ports.  For the price of any other Atom 1.8GHz Windows 8 tablet, why spend more?  You don't get any more memory (only 2GB, but it's a tablet) or processor speed/power with those for the extra $100 price tag that most of them carry.

All that said, I use this thing almost daily and it can do almost anything that I need it to (like I said, I have laptops and a desktop for a reason. I'm a power user). If all you do is surf the web, email, and use Facebook/G+ then maybe you could use it as a much more svelte laptop replacement.  I use this mostly for recipes (so much nicer to wipe a screen than read a wet/messy recipe), reading/studying, and Xbox Smartglass in addition to the aforementioned tasks and it holds up quite nicely.  The only thing that's kind of disappointing is the lack of a 5Ghz radio for Dual-band Wireless-N support.  All in all, I think it was a pretty good investment and I can stop pining for a S-Pro...  for now anyway :)
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Great tablet. It is not the best tablet on the market, but for the price it is my choice. I had one that my nephew dropped in the bathtub so I bought this one and have been very pleased. It is my laptop because it can do everything I need and is 1/3 the size.
1322631
Faster than My tablet. Only Down side... The Asus Architecture does not allow you to move Apps to the SD to run them from there to save resident memory. Aside form that this tablet could easily replace a Laptop.
3774992
Samsung truly makes the best tablets. Micro sd slot, 3gb ram, 1.9 ghz quad core processor, multitasking on this tablet is a breeze. I would not buy an ipad over a galaxy note tablet ever. Ipad is slow and clunky. I got this tablet on sale for 350$ during black friday and usually this tablet retails for well over 500$. If you can get this at a reduced price, it is a dealbuster. Even at 500$ for everything that it does you will not be in the market for a replacement tablet for quite some time.
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I have had this for a little more than a week. I almost immediately upgraded to windows 10 which I personally recommend. I leave it in tablet mode as having it in desktop mode makes things a little bit harder with such a small screen. I bought it with the Bluetooth keyboard tablet stand case which I have not regretted yet. However I suggest you turn off the automatic on screen keyboard if you do. When using the physical keyboard because it is Bluetooth and not connected it takes a moment before the machine recognizes that you have a Bluetooth keyboard and tries to display the on screen keyboard. I also suggest getting an sd memory card as the 32 Gb hard drive fills up fast. Overall the machine does respond a little sluggishly, but I don't personally mind. It will not be my gaming rig, and works great as a mobile paper writing machine. I personally will recommend sticking with Microsoft Edge if you upgrade to 10 as it is more streamlined for windows 10 and works better than chrome with such a small touch screen. Battery life is good. It's not up to par with my ipad but I expected that. Still I can get 5 plus hours of writing papers before I feel like I should recharge. So in short, after a week I'm happy enough with it.
1821033
This tablet is just awesome. Packed with 2GB of RAM (which for a portable device is excellent) and an Intel Atom processor, and plenty of useful pre-installed apps plus the Google Play store, I would even prefer it over Apple's "latest and greatest" iPad. The resolution for the tablet is great as it is HD and the battery life is great as well (certain games can take off lots of energy). The front camera and the "selfie" cameras are pretty good (the selfie camera can lag sometimes) and you can really put a lot into it with 16GB of storage space (SD cards can increase it) or even use Google Drive to have your files and documents in the air.

This tablet is great, NOT overpriced like the iPad and is pure quality for any user. GET IT NOW.
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I love this laptop/tablet!  The high resolution 2160x1440 screen makes websites, photos, and videos look amazing.  The keyboard feels perfect.

I don't use the touchpad because it's a bit squirrelly when using it for mouse clicks and moves the cursor when I'm simply trying to click.  I don't like the touchpads that combine the click buttons into the single surface.  So I use a separate mouse instead.

This laptop/tablet feels like it's constructed of solid, durable materials.  There is only a little bit of junkware installed on the computer (I only had to uninstall about 5 useless applications).  It's fast, compact, lightweight, with a beautiful screen.  This is going to be one of my most useful tools on family trips!

Here's a close up photo of the keyboard.
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Buy this tablet if you know what you want - Something to take notes with a pen and is ultra ultra portable.

The pen is excellent, as good as if not better than my experience with the Surface Pro pen.  This is the best pen experience you'll get with a tablet this small.  The Toshiba Encore 2 Write 8-inch is as close to the Surface Mini as we're probably going to get. This tablet is great for taking notes with the pen and ultra portability. The screen is a little small when using desktop applications, so it doesn't make a good laptop replacement.  Watching videos and such on this isn't amazing, but again, you shouldn't be buying this for that purpose.  If you want a media consumption device, buy an iPad Mini.

Battery life is good, I've yet to run out of juice in the course of using this to take notes.
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I replaced a netbook with the ultrabook.  It is thin, light and fast.  It is used primarrily for email, and online games.  It boots quickly and runs everything that I currently desire.