Short in More ways ASUS VivoBook X202E-DH31T

This IS a good value Windows 8 Netbook w/Touchscreen but to me it came short in more ways than one.
Considering the recent Tablets and Ultrabook creations by Asus, I was really looking forward to getting this one.
It finally arrived Nov-1-2012 but sadly, I ended up returning it on the following day.

Asus made the frame quite large for an 11.6" screen. I set it next to my 14" laptop and it's almost as big. A wide screen frame makes sense when you hold a tablet but not for a laptop.

Although it weighs in at 3.2lb, the size makes the leverage/tilt/moment feel much heavier than if it were smaller. Some may say it is well built. But to me it mostly felt like a heavy brick in my hand.

Then, the battery cannot be replaced easily. You will need to remove some 15 screws from the bottom cover to get to it.
Worse still, the battery is pretty small. 2 cell and only really good for 4-5 hours. A year from now it will hold only half that time. Asus equipped many recent tablets with twice as long lasting batteries. Why not here?

I did not find the spaced out keys particularly comfortable or with good feedback either.

The screen only goes back to a little past vertical, which is far from being able to lay it flat in case you wanted to turn the Netbook around (i.e. the keyboard is away from you) and access the touchscreen comfortably, in order to use the on-screen keyboard with non-English chars, or play games.
Considering that it comes with a touchscreen, how difficult was it for Asus to make the hinge go back 180 degrees making it incredibly more usable?

The screen itself is super glossy and reflective. Does not yield to best viewing experience if you have lights or bright windows in your back.

Also, when you put an SD card into the slot, it sticks out almost half an inch, which means you might hit it when carrying the laptop around.

Too many strikes and it was out - out the door and shipped back to the seller. Sorry Asus.

The coming 10.1"-10.6" Tablets with Windows 8 Pro will probably suit my needs much better. It might even be an Asus. They generally do make good products. btw, try slickdeals or other shopping sites for better prices
Patience is Golden.

Product Features
Intel Core i3-3217U 1.8 GHz Processor
4 GB DDR3
500 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
11.6-Inch LED Touchscreen, Intel HD 4000 Graphics
Windows 8

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By Y. Z.

Overpriced Apple MacBook Pro MD212LL/A

Overpriced for what you get, unless you consider the Apple logo worth about $400.

Awesome machine if you are editing high resolution images. Otherwise, doesn't really offer much compelling new features/capabilities/power over a good quality PC notebook at half the price - and I own both Macs and PCs.

There's a screen resolution race going on the past year similar to the digital camera megapixel race. Makes for great looking specs, but practical benefits are seen in only a very few specific applications. Consider this, the average website is designed for a 1024x768 display, including Apple's website itself. Therefore the images used within the web page layouts of virtually all websites are sizes like 300x200 or 600x400 at most. All a super high resolution screen does is either a) make everything look tiny (especially on a 13" screen), or, b) cause the O/S and/or browser to basically have to scale everything up. In other words, a 600x400 photo on a blog post of a website looks no better on a $1,600 notebook than a $400 notebook with half the resolution. A super high resolution photo that takes up the entire screen would be another story.

Apple notebooks are beautiful and highly capable pieces of hardware, but at these prices, they are also essentially status symbols for users with deep pockets.

At this point in time, anything over 1080P HD movie resolution of 1920x1080 is pretty pointless for your average consumer. Just a bunch of numbers to brag about and charge more for.

Product Features
2.5 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz) with 3MB shared L3 cache
8 GB of 1600MHz DDR3L onboard memory
128 GB Flash Storage
13.3 inch LED-backlit Retina display, 2560-by-1600 native resolution, Intel HD Graphics 4000
Mac OS X Mountain Lion, 7 Hour Battery Life

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By Sam Bravern