Best alternative to Surface pro
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I have the Sony Vaio Duo 11 and its a great bit of kit - it has a slider mechanism to reveal a keyboard underneath. You can read a comparison of it against the Surface Pro on mobiletechreview (search for the video in youtube). The big plusses for me are the build quality and screen. The only gripes I have are the battery life could be better and the keyboard sometimes misses key presses. However it bundles with a decent stylus and handwriting recognition, so this is a definite alternative to keyboard input when appropriate.
Yes keyboard cannot be removed, but it doesn't add that much bulk to the tablet when not in use. I think Toshiba have a similar mechanism on their Windows 8 tablet. Other possibilities are the Acer W700 and the Samsung Ativ smart PC both of which have separate keyboard docks and run Intel Core processors.
If you don't need a x86 compatible computer, perhaps if you use a Citrix client for work, then I recommend you seriously consider the Asus Transformer Infinity.
http://eee.asus.com/en/transformer-infinity/features
http://eee.asus.com/en/transformer-infinity/features
Is this actually available here yet?
Looking into something for work and this looks to be a decent option. I am assuming being Atom powered it would also be cheaper than the i5 powered Surface Pro?
