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ASUS Eee Slate EP121-1A01x 12.1-Inch Core i5 Tablet PC

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Technical Details

Capacity: 32GB or 64GB

12.1" WSVGA (1280x800) Capacitive LED Touchscreen; Pen or Finger Touch; Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) Operating System

Intel Core i5-470UM CPU; 2GB of DDR3 1333MHz SDRAM, 1x2GB; 1 slot, 4GB Max; Intel HD Graphics

32GB Solid State Drive; Wireless 802.11bgn; Bluetooth 3.0; 2.0MP Webcam; Internal Speaker; Internal Microphone

Mini HDMI Port; 2 USB 2.0 ports; 2-in-1 Card Reader (SD & MMC); 4 Cell 34W/h Battery (Up to 3 Hours Battery Life)

Includes Digitizer Pen; Folio Case; Bluetooth Keyboard

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holy crap batman ripoff!
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Will WWIII start today?

Rip-off of what?

I know of no other tablet running a Core i5 and Windows 7. Most others are Atom based.

Agreed. But that's an awful lot (of horsepower and cash) to throw at a tablet. What do you need an i5 for in a tablet? This thing costs four digits when every other tablet is around $500. I don't really see the need. Then again, I don't get the whole tablet thing in the first place.

Now put an i3 in my Droid X, then we're talking.
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Will WWIII start today?

Oh, I thought you meant Rip-off of another device with a similar design and spec. Your referring to price. Yeah, it’s the form factor that is likely driving the price. The smaller you go the more expensive things can get. Make it powerful too and you're really going to have to pay.

The HP Slate 500 Tablet PC cost a bracing,…..wait for it,……wait for it,…… $799.00 and its spec are as follows:

Atom Processor Z540 (1.86 GHz, 512 KB L2 cache, 533 MHz FSB)
8.9" diagonal touchscreen WSVGA 1024 x 600 or 1024 x 768
SSD up to 64 GB
2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Integrated 3 MP camera (outward facing); Integrated VGA webcam (inward facing)
Windows 7 Professional 32 FreeDOS
9.21 x 0.58 x 5.91 in (23.40 x 1.47 x 15.00 cm)

And so on,…

»h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm···002_USEN

The attraction here with the ASUS Eee I guess is something small, functional and powerful without the restrictions of something like the iPad.

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I stand corrected.

Not bad, although I can’t quite say I care for the handle. What is that a ~$,2000 minimum,…..?

Ouch,….

reply to Octavean
So whats the popular way to type fast with these Windows tablets?

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Little pricey but a nice looking device. Asus has a way of coming up with nice looking computers. i don't need it, but if I was still with Windows this would be close to the top of my list for tablets.

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Has anyone here bought one of these ASUS Eee Slate EP121 units? I bought one and just got it today. I like it and it is responsive (quad cores are shown) but the WEI seems a bit low.