The fly in the ointment that brings this small value for miracles with it were, yes here already named to satisfy, are for me but plentiful relative nature.
The 0.3 seconds it takes for the trackpad after prolonged non-use to wake up and respond, am no longer nervous now actually ...
[Addendum 5:12:13:
The trackpad is otherwise responsive, if you disabled the "side swiping" on the trackpad (Charmbar and app bar display). Also, the update to the latest BIOS version (220) has brought further improvements here]
... And (on this part but plenty loud) touchpad buttons I have already rarely used. Tap instead of left-click and right-click menu button instead (to get anyway mostly with arrow keys or shortcut letter then quickly on) have always been dear to me.
[Addendum 10:11:13: Meanwhile, I've noticed that the gesture control of the touchpad also interpreted a short simultaneous Auftappen with 2 fingers as a context menu call - also a convenient alternative]
Over and over again with 'nem handkerchief top rumzuwienern (it really is a fingerprint collection device), I have also been weaned. One sees just that it is used
Star deduction's for but not. Other supply from devices that do not have a keyboard u. / O. Mousepad include, but are more expensive and also 5 star cash. Where are we?
With the keyboard I could make friends very quickly if probably also needed a bit further write practice until I produce not Miss hits more with the relatively small shift keys.
Elegant that you directly to the arrow keys has a (more) Fn key, which are combined and Home, End, Page Up, Page down available.
(A little tip on the edge: Apps can be from 8.1 with Win + Down arrow Close)
Also, I just read that someone here echauffiert that when you open the display, the device raises the rear by just over one centimeter, because it then rests on the hinge part. I for one think it is definitely for an ergonomic advantage to write to a slightly inclined keyboard ...
The display is great if it establishes no brightness records, and more than 1368x768 would imo anyway simply overkill to 10.1 '. So is (almost) everything in the original resolution still legible, even for me with presbyopia related reading glasses.
[Update 10:12 .:
Who the display on the desktop but is too small, under Right-click desktop can> Screen Resolution Change-> "Increase text and other elements in or out", a 125% - scaling of all windows, icons, adjust controls.
Another nice feature is the pre-installed "Asus Reading Mode" program. This can determine whether and in which the active apps (and even desktop programs!) The "color temperature" of the display is to be changed to "warm white" (less amount of blue, more red component). Very pleasant to read in low ambient light, for example at night in bed. ]
In addition, I'm actually surprised at how well can the desktop as well as most desktop programs also be operated via touch. Only for maximizing and restoring windows I have trained myself not to do this on the upper right window buttons, but on the Window menu on the top left.
[Update 10.2.14:
Better to Desktop & desktop programs can naturally operate with a stylus.
Here I have, however, learned that a purchased "usual" Capacitive Stylus with rubbery tip is not really suitable because of the drawing, writing (for example in the Office OneNote), when moving windows, handwriting recognition etc. frequent annoying "dropouts "has.
In American forums have been advised to necessarily use a stylus with wire mesh top. Now I have this brought me here:
TEDIM 1 x Microfiber cloth stylus with precise operation for iPad 1, 2, 3, 4, mini iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 5, Google Nexus, Microsoft Surface tablet, Samsung Galaxy S2, S3, S4, Note, Mobile Phones, HTC, LG , Nokia, Tablet PC, Asus Transformer, Advent ...
and can confirm that this works flawlessly. (Not be irritated, the term "micro-fiber cloth" is apparently only a stupid translation of "fiber mesh")
]
Here is the way to point out that Windows brings two screen keyboards:
1. The standard touch keyboard for input in tablet mode, you can antappen in the system tray, or when apps appear automatically when you antappt an input field.
2. A "full" on-screen keyboard that you simply find and search for "screen keyboard". This includes all the keys, such as Alt Gr, Windows key, vertical arrow keys, PageUp, Page down, access to function keys etc. etc.
This should therefore be best addressed also to the taskbar pin (possibly on the Start Screen and).
The sound is right for tablet relations good and above all loud enough. The thing is good so sometimes also as a portable Internet radio (eg TuneIn app) or music player when you here and there in Home & Garden What Works.
[Edit 13:11:13: By the way, you can tune in a station and then move by Sleep / Wake button to "rest" of the computer in standby mode as a smart phone, for example in the TuneIn app. Then the screen is off, also desktop programs are stopped, only the radio stream continues. Then consumed even at the highest volume level only slightly above 2% battery capacity per hour]
Really amazed I ended up being on the performance - also and especially in the desktop segment with multitasking. Because I would have imagined an atom much tougher.
Although sometimes one, two processes permanently Request performance, the system remains always very responsive because of the four CPU cores. As you can with on paper significantly stronger notebooks, but have only 2 cores, sometimes rather einhandeln commemorative seconds and toughness phases.
[Update 2/14/14:
Actually, even more startling: the memory management of Windows works in cooperation with the minimum access time of eMMC SSD so efficient that you subjectively not noticed when the RAM usage exceeds the memory size limit and often gets swapped]
This then led me to - what I really had no intention - Visual Studio Express aufzuspielen, both the "Windows" version of Win8 app development and the "normal" for the development of desktop applications. On my 64 GB part I can not afford these loose 5GB luxury indeed.
Baff!
This thing is full useable for developing at least smaller programs and homebrew apps. Even the "Simulator" contained in "VS for Windows" runs amazingly well.
[Addendum 23:12:13: By the way, I have now found that even with durable 100% utilization of all four cores remains by compute-intensive programs, the processor clock in the "turbo frequency 'of 1.86 GHz and is not limited. The "thermal design" of the - of course fanless - device therefore seems to have great leeway. Probably only occurs a downward regulation on the "nominal rate" of 1.33 GHz when the SoC must also provide high performance 3D graphics at the same time]
And all this from a 2.5 watt - System on Chip
which we then when it comes to battery would be, what then also provided the first requirement for a little program.
To observe the charging and discharging, I wrote a command line tool that outputs me any change in the battery state with exact time in the CMD window on the fly.
First of all, so that was the one in review erected here assertion refute that the battery is not charged when the part is operated with AC adapter plugged. In just tested extreme low-usage case (Idle, undocked Keyboard, airplane mode, minimum brightness) arrives on time every about 3 minutes a percentage point loading capacity to speak even as the battery is fully calculated in 5 hours.
Only the threshold of use, from which slows the loading of the operation to be set rather low. Because all it takes is a high screen brightness. That then the like when permanent playing video playlists is in the background of the load balance to zero, then clear. In a "normal" idle scenario with eingedocktem Keyboard, active Internet and indoor typical medium brightness is loading slow in any case only slightly (about 3 1/2 minutes of one percent).
The loading times are so typical tablet, not typical laptop (an iPad needs also similar to long to load). But also for the overall life of the advantage that the battery is charged gently (fast loading, ie high charge currents shorten the lifetime of the batteries so much)
Even the loading via standard micro USB connector also has the advantage of being able to each respective charger (and cable) use. Even with the very nature significantly weaker charging part of my smartphone (./. Video & Games) will be charged during challenging poor operation.
[Addendum 23:11:13: The micro-USB connector on the tablet is not just for charging as she is - by OTG adapter - also (in addition to the USB 3 port on the keyboard dock) a full USB2 connection. Even external 2.5 'hard drives can thus be operated without problems, according to my tests even older, their current consumption is higher than the spezifierten 500mA]
Thus, a battery charge is not enough for a whole day, you have to almost non-stop "Usage-violence" apply anyway. And if you ever forget to charge overnight, taking the adapter (light as a feather and as large as two matchboxes) to give.
Some have also complained that the one Expected life remaining is not displayed. In addition I have found that this is quite reported by the WMI classes. Asus has, however, apparently pinched, this "pass on" to Windows.
Probable reason: They fluctuate constantly and so clearly to respective usage scenario that they would confuse more than good. The battery stamina is indeed due to the fact that pretty much, is put into sleep states, each component of the PC that is not in use and chugs the processor in idle with just 510 MHz ...
Since everyone has to hold up in his usage scenarios get a feel for whether or 40% charge to 2 could be nearly noon until evening or not.
Incidentally, is the critical battery state, is operated at the "forced" into hibernation, only 2%.
In the above-mentioned "extreme" scenario Idle me remaining useful life of up to 1100 minutes reported my little program with a fully charged battery (ie 18 hours).
In a "normal" Idle scenario there are then still about 750 minutes.
The battery percentage then increases in operating accordingly. Until one percent verbrummt, dauerts 7 - 8 minutes.
If he is as a normal "laptop" so as (automatic standby disabled), so it can wait quietly significantly more than 12 hours on it, that you do something on it. If you only plan essentially writes, it can be assumed that this is also equal to the useful life.
Have me yesterday caught that I something was shopping easy and that thing left standing in the kitchen, without pressing the Sleep / Wake button. Something to do with just a T100
[Edit 14:11:13: Speaking Sleep state: Waking up from sleep is done actually felt immediately. The battery consumption in sleep state is about 0.8% per hour]
Next Thing is be an HDMI cable to connect to my TVs. Full HD Desktop. A USB wireless keyboard / mouse set I've still got somewhere ..
[Addendum 23:11:13:
Said and done. Works fine, the sound output is automatically switched to TV. Unfortunately not the full screen size of a FullHD TV is of course at a "clone" of the original display content used (can possibly adjust the zoom settings of the TV's but not for me), therefore, the switching or völlständige . the "expand" the desktop to the second monitor in my case as meaningful.
Windows provides for the corresponding monitor setups incidentally with Win + P shortcut to a highly comfortable. Via Touch: Charmbar-> Device> Project. ]
[And yet an addendum thereto 14/02/14:
Meanwhile I use the part also often in my Bastelecke in the basement of an older VGA monitor via the following adapters:
Cable Matters - Active Micro HDMI (Type D) to VGA adapter (video) with 1m USB power cord - White
This I have chosen a precaution, since it can also be operated with an additional power supply, but this turned out to be unnecessary. Even the Micro-HDMI port so seems to provide for such purposes intended for power (50 mA) satisfactory.
The dual monitor operation suggests naturally felt on the battery life. These decreases in simple usage (Office, surfing) at medium brightness on the integrated display then almost seven hours]
Actually, it would be there - just for's bedroom (-TV) - awesome if there was a "dongle" for plugging in the keyboard unit, which would make this a BT input unit. Hello Asus !!
Addendum 21:11:13:
A little tip for everyday life:
Who more often off the Asus with the Sleep / Wake button and turns on, a little annoyed with the time, always first to have (also with deactivated password request when returning from standby) the lockscreen right to the one only with "get rid of" one touch or wipe needs.
Although there are (still) no adjustment possibility for disabling this, but already an effective registry entry that you can create as follows
The following copy into Notepad:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Personalization]
"NoLockScreen" = dword: 00000001
..the save file via "save as" with the extension .reg and double-click the file. After logout and login, the entry is effective.
