Product Description
(VivoTab), Grey, 11.6" HD (1366x768) Super IPS+ OGS Touch Panel, Intel Atom Z2760, 2GB DDR2, Intel Atom Z2760, 64GB Flash, Win 8, 802.11BGN, 2MP & 8MP, 1 Year North America Warranty
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #758 in Personal Computers
- Color: Grey
- Brand: Asus
- Model: VivoTab TF810C-C1-GR
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .34" h x 7.43" w x 11.58" l, 1.49 pounds
- CPU: Intel Atom 1.8 GHz
- Memory: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM
- Hard Disk: 64GB
- Processors: 1
- Display size: 11.6
Features
- Windows 8, 11.6 inches, 1366x768
- Intel Atom Z2760 1.8 GHz
- 2 GB RAM Memory, 64 GB eMMC Flash Storage Memory
- 802_11_BGN wireless, Bluetooth 4.0
- Wacom digitizer
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
66 of 67 people found the following review helpful.
By gadgetjunkie
I've owned the ASUS VivoTab TF810C and the docking station for about a week now and can say without question that this is the best computer I've ever owned. I'm still warming up to Windows 8. Windows 8 is just ok because working in both the Metro and traditional desktop interfaces is sometimes confusing, so I think Windows 8 will have to grow on me, but the Asus Tablet is simply phenomenal.
PROS
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- Long battery life! All I can say is WOW. The battery life on the tablet alone is around 9 hours. I'd say realistically, you'll get about 6 to 7 hours with normal use, but that is still incredible. Then, if you add the dock, you get an additional 10 hours (real life another 7 to 8 hours) making this the first true all day computer ever. I've owned several Sony Vaio's with extended batteries and thought I was doing well getting 8 hours with those, but the Vivotab's battery life is on an entirely new level.
- Screen brightness! As far as I know, the VivoTab is the only x86 tablet on the market with 600 nits brightness. The others are all between 350 and 400 nits, so the screen on this is super bright. Almost too bright for most situations, so I find myself keeping the brightness somewhere between 4 and 6 out of the 10 available brightness levels.
- Fast! I was hesitant to buy this tablet and thought about waiting for the upcoming Transformer Book instead because I thought I would need a Core i5 or i7 processor and 4GB of RAM to use the apps that I regularly use (Office, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks), but I was pleasantly surprised that I could run all of these programs on the 1.8Ghz Atom with 2GB of RAM with no problem at all. I can even have them all open at the same time without missing a beat. Photoshop does lag a bit if you work with large files, so I wouldn't recommend this if your job is to use Photoshop all day, but if you are a casual Photoshop user, this tablet will be just fine.
- Cool to the touch and Quiet! Again, I was worried about the VivoTab TF810C not having a fan, but this thing is ALWAYS cool to the touch. There's an area of slight warmth in the upper left hand corner on the back of the tablet near the camera, but it's not hot and I wouldn't even call it warm - maybe lukewarm. I'm guessing that the processor is right there in that spot, but you really wouldn't know it. The rest of the device is cool, if not cold to the touch all the time. ...and since there's no fan, there's no noise. None...
- Wacom Active Digitizer! This is one of those things that I really didn't care about or know much about before buying this tablet, but after using the Wacom Active Digitizer and the included Active Digital Pen, I would never want to be without these again on any device. Don't get me wrong, I knew I wanted a touchscreen, but the Wacom Active Digitizer is a step beyond a normal touch screen because it offers pressure sensitivity so when you're handwriting or painting, the amount of pressure directly correlates to the width of the line, so what you see on screen looks just like what you would see when writing or painting on paper. You can even rest your hand on the screen while you're writing because the tablet can discern between the pen and your hand.
- WIFI! The wifi connection on this is stronger than any other computer I've had. In fact, I'm seeing several networks in my neighborhood that I can't see on any other computer that I own.
- Light weight! Almost forgot to mention that the VivoTab is so light that it can comfortably be held in one hand for long periods of time. For comparison, an iPad 2 weighs 1.35 lbs and the VivoTab weighs 1.5 lbs.
CONS
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- Disk Space :( 64GB is all you get, so you have to be diligent about watching what you install. I currently have Office 2010, Adobe Creative Suite Web Premium and probably 6GB of additional data and I now have 13GB of space available left on my drive. The nice thing about the VivoTab is that there is a MicroSD slot right on the tablet, so I just put a 64GB Micro SD card in there and can move my data over to that drive. The keyboard dock also has two USB 2.0 ports, so you can use 2 additional USB sticks to increase storage space there as well.
- No USB 3.0 port. It would be nice to have this for speed with external storage devices. None of the Atom tablets have a USB 3.0 port, though, so I can't fault Asus for this.
- No Bitlocker support to encrypt data. The VivoTab doesn't come with Windows 8 Pro, so you have to pay Microsoft an additional $69.99 for the online upgrade (there's a link to do this in the control panel system menu) to get Bitlocker support plus the other features of Windows 8 Pro.
- Trackpad buttons on keyboard dock are awful. Clicking a button doesn't always translate to an on-screen action. Sometimes right clicking triggers a left click or does nothing at all. Sometimes a left click does nothing at all. If you click, you usually are hunting for the "sweet spot" on the buttons to get them to do something. Asus has to fix this. It's not a huge problem because you can always use the touchscreen instead of the trackpad buttons, but Asus really needs to fix this. I purchased two keyboard docks and one is terrible and the 2nd one is just slightly less terrible, so manufacturing processes must have something to do with this, but the trackpad buttons on both are unacceptable to me, especially when I never had this problem with my Asus Eee Pad Transformer dock. ***UPDATE 12/2/12*** my first keyboard dock was clearly defective and I have returned it for an exchange because the buttons wouldn't even pop back up after pressing them. My 2nd keyboard dock, although not perfect, doesn't have this problem and is much more reliable now that I know the "sweet spot" to press on the buttons. If I press the buttons on the edges, most likely, they won't work (sometimes they will work), but if I press them dead center, they seem to always function as they should. I still believe that the buttons should work no matter where you press them, but they are at least useful now...
- Speaker volume. The speakers on the VivoTab are on back and because they face away from you, the volume leaves a lot to be desired. You can hear them just fine, but if you like to listen to loud music directly on your computer speakers or turn up the volume on your movies, you'll be wishing for extra volume. For my purposes, the speakers are acceptable, but I think many people using this tablet for entertainment would want more volume. You can always use headphones or external speakers, of course, but it would be nice if Asus could have made the speakers a bit louder.
Even despite the few cons I mentioned above, this is really the best x86 tablet you can currently buy and I'd recommend it to anyone.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
By Patrick Kelley
As an early adopter of the the Android Transformer by Asus, I had been waiting for a Windows version, which would allow me to run my Windows apps--rather than "almost" or "wannabe" applications in the Android market place. Especially I wanted to be able to use Office apps that weren't some cut-rate version I tried my best to live with.
The Asus TF810C delivers in this regard, but it's the keyboard combo that elevates it above a simple tablet implementation. Unlike the Samsung 500T, which I also own, the keyboard won't "suddenly" decide it doesn't want to work and the wi-fi won't act quirky at random. Having said that, I do prefer the vibrancy of the Samsung tablet over the Asus version--it's just the keyboard that kills the Samsung 500T for me (avoid at all costs!).
You get the functionality of dual touch screen input capacitive and the more accurate active digitizer--with the convenience of a keyboard (should you chose to use it). As a long-time user of Fujitsu tablets (and yes, Apple fanboys, Fujitsu had tablets--even one called the iPad--long before Apple entered the game), I had been looking for something that had mobility and extended battery life; on that the Asus delivers (the Fujitsu "can" with their laptops that offer double batteries, but at the expense of weight and the ever annoying fan noise that finally put me off them).
Unlike the Samsung 500t you get a high-quality active-digitizer pen. You pay more, but the quality build is there--at least in the tablet. It's the keyboard that lets me down. I can only assume that the keyboard was not manufactured by Asus itself. The quality is sub-par and the touch-pad is uber sensitive--in that you even touch it and it randomly registers some function on the tablet (often enter for me). I took to disabling the touchpad completely in windows, because the option to disable it via a function key on the keyboard annoyed me with a bright LED indicating it was disabled. And with the dual touch input, I found it utterly useless anyway.
I can't comment on the extra battery of the keyboard, as my initial one failed to function (this, along with comments of other people further lend credence to the fact the keyboard is of sub par quality compared to the tablet itself). I do have another one on order, but I can say the battery life seems to be superior to the Samsung 500T--which seems to come on (or not shut off when you implicitly try to do so) on it's own and thus drain the battery to 0% . . .
So, the bottom line is--in my opinion. If you crave a tablet with dual input (touch & pen) and want a keyboard option, the Asus is your only choice. It would be nice if the keyboard was of the same build quality of the tablet . . . but compared to the Samsung 500T--as a tablet & keyboard combo--it wins hands down.
[2012-12-20] Update: Received second keyboard and have been using it for a few days. Nice to see two batteries showing up and working. Seems that power is drawn equally from both batteries (according to the stats reported by windows), whereas I believe on the Android Transformer power was pulled first form the keyboard battery and then the tablet itself. Too bad there isn't an SD Card (full size) in the keyboard like the Transformer had.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
By Charles A Brown
I wanted something I could use to type lecture notes on and draw the diagrams professors are always adding. This works perfect with onenote for my physics and biology lectures. The inking works fantastic, although my handwriting still leaves a lot to be desired. I do recommend turning the tablet upside down when writing notes so you do not hit the windows button by mistake. I have updated a lot of my notes from last semester in onenote and I have had absolutely no issues with the keyboard of tablet. With the pdf textbooks I have found and the ability to write formulas and drawings quickly, this is really going to reduce the weight I need to carry to class.
OK, this tablet was everything I wanted for school, for about 5 days. It worked fine when I shutdown, but would not boot the next day. After a few hours on the phone with Asus support, U have a RMA number. I am out of pocket shipping, and looks like I will not have this for the start of school. I have found several others online with the same issue. Way to go Assus. With the issue being so common you would thing they would not only pay shipping, but overnight it. Lost 2 starts now, and one for each day over 2 weeks I am without what I paid a lot of money for.
Sent to Asus for repair via UPS on 1/7
1/23 in WAITEX status, whatever that means. no idea since every attempt I have made to contact support have failed in the automated system hanging up on me. Definitely the last ASUS I buy.
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