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HansTWN · 03-08-2011, 09:03 PM

For a 12.1" screen your best bet is the Asus EP 121. A core i5 windows 7 tablet with full Wacom support. Wonderful in every respect except battery life -- which for text books should be around 4-4.5 hours. You could, of course, get one of those external extension batteries.

The only problem is that they have greatly underestimated demand but cannot make enough of them and there always is a waiting list at Amazon and at the MS Store. This is a real powerful computer, so this unit is more expensive than a tablet, though.

The Kno has been canceled, I read somewhere. They company quit the hardware business after shipping just a few hundred units and now they are just selling licenses for textbooks to other companies.

03-08-2011, 09:03 PM	#86
HansTWN Wizard Posts: 4,538 Karma: 264065402 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD	For a 12.1" screen your best bet is the Asus EP 121. A core i5 windows 7 tablet with full Wacom support. Wonderful in every respect except battery life -- which for text books should be around 4-4.5 hours. You could, of course, get one of those external extension batteries. The only problem is that they have greatly underestimated demand but cannot make enough of them and there always is a waiting list at Amazon and at the MS Store. This is a real powerful computer, so this unit is more expensive than a tablet, though. The Kno has been canceled, I read somewhere. They company quit the hardware business after shipping just a few hundred units and now they are just selling licenses for textbooks to other companies. Last edited by HansTWN; 03-08-2011 at 09:07 PM.