Very impressive hardware design from Asus: full-HD display and dockable GPU too, remaining impressively thin and all from 11". Although I can see it seriously struggling with heat (noise?), battery life and price.
Will be very interesting to see if they have been able to manage these issues to make it a useable option in tablet-mode.
It's pretty much what I would design as the perfect device-- in theory.
This is exactly it. "In theory". Prior to iPad, then before MacBook air... This is exactly the device I wanted apple to make (And in many ways I still do).
Sadly, when you wrap your head around things like battery, heat, and the like. You realize it might not be the dream machine you're looking for. For Asus' and MS (and my) sake I'm hoping this thing kicks ass. If it does I know I'll be considering it.
The number one requirement for my tablet computer is that it does not get warm.
It is often in my lap, sometimes touching the part of my body that produces testosterone and that seemed maybe not to, uh, work as reliably back when I used to rest a full-powered notebook computer against it for protracted lengths of time.
(I have never noticed any part of my iPad 2 to be warmer than body temperature. According to at least one blogger, iPad 3 is definitely a different story.)
Will be very interesting to see if they have been able to manage these issues to make it a useable option in tablet-mode.
It's pretty much what I would design as the perfect device-- in theory.