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  • #32
    bruce wayne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭bruce wayne


    best of both worlds

    http://www8.hp.com/ie/en/ad/envy-x2/overview.html

    I picked one of these up in the states earlier in the year for about €500, PC World were selling them for €1000

    Love it so great battery life and the keyboard makes a huge difference when having to do some "real" work ;0)


  • #33
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,262 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    bruce wayne wrote: »
    best of both worlds

    http://www8.hp.com/ie/en/ad/envy-x2/overview.html

    I picked one of these up in the states earlier in the year for about €500, PC World were selling them for €1000

    Love it so great battery life and the keyboard makes a huge difference when having to do some "real" work ;0)

    where did you get that? I've relatives heading over in two weeks


  • #34
    bruce wayne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭bruce wayne


    I got mine from Amazon $619 works out about €460 - but you might need to add taxes - just had it delivered to my hotel and it was there waiting for me when I arrived ;0)

    http://www.amazon.com/HP-11-g010nr-11-6-Inch-Convertible-Laptop/dp/B00AFUKXCU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377004162&sr=8-1&keywords=hp+envy+x2

    Staples also have it $599.99 works out about €440 - but again you might need to add a little for taxes

    http://www.staples.com/hp+envy+x2/directory_hp+envy+x2?ts=1377004250835&ddkey=http:StaplesZipCodeAdd


  • #35
    kayos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭kayos


    bruce wayne wrote: »
    I got mine from Amazon $619 works out about €460 - but you might need to add taxes - just had it delivered to my hotel and it was there waiting for me when I arrived ;0)

    http://www.amazon.com/HP-11-g010nr-11-6-Inch-Convertible-Laptop/dp/B00AFUKXCU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377004162&sr=8-1&keywords=hp+envy+x2

    Staples also have it $599.99 works out about €440 - but again you might need to add a little for taxes

    http://www.staples.com/hp+envy+x2/directory_hp+envy+x2?ts=1377004250835&ddkey=http:StaplesZipCodeAdd

    If you add 10% you wont be much wrong in terms of sales taxes in most states.


  • #36
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,262 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    They are heading to California


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  • #37
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,725 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    skipping over the posts in this thread...

    I have the RT. It works great, the battery life is awesome, obviously it takes webpages longer to render on the RT than on the Pro with the Core i5 (I won both!) and I do sometimes miss the lack of x86 software - well, the only thing I have wanted to install is Live Photo Gallery. Beyond that, its done everything I asked it to.

    If buying another OEM tablet, check the battery life and the weight. The RT is the perfect size and weight and battery combo. The Pro is too heavy for regular carry IMO. Also, MICRO USB IS THE BANE OF ALL TECHNOLOGY :mad: if you buy a tablet with a Micro USB charging port, don't use it while its plugged in. You'll hate it, and you should feel bad. Micro USB is the number 1 focal point of tablet wear and tear. The RT with its magsafe charger doesn't have that problem. Otherwise perfectly decent tablets that run atom suffer from a dinky microUSB port. Once it goes, you're basically ****ed. I've had to PRC 2 of our shelf displayes for the Lenovo Atom tablet because of this. They last about 2 weeks tops before that port just starts to fail miserably.

    I can make that same rant of any piece of gear that charges on mUSB though. Still. Avoid it.

    Biggest plus for the RT has obviously been the keyboard cover and the full USB port. Other tablets don't always have a USB port available or you have to buy some ghetto adapter for it (and it uses that bastard mUSB port). For its shortcomings on .exe's the RT still seems like a better option to me as a secondary/tertiary device.


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