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I find the TF, Xoom, Galaxy, Thrive, and others to all be very similar. Indeed, they all pack nearly identical internal hardware (CPU, RAM, storage), so hardware becomes a question of card slots and/or USB ports, for the most part. Performance-wise, they are all excellent devices. The slightly older tablets (the single-core, mostly 7" devices), however, are exactly like a larger version of an Android phone.
If you intend to use your tablet (assuming you do get one) for musical purposes often, you still may be better off with an iPad. There is a lot of really excellent software besides GarageBand, including several powerful synthesizers by Korg. An Android tablet won't leave you completely in the dark on this, but the Apple store admittedly carries a wider variety of superior applications for such purposes. On the other hand, if you just want to be able to mess around a bit, or take down a tune/rhythm that's in your head (as I do myself, from time to time), then Android apps like xPiano and RD3 may be sufficient for you.
It's now been just about 3 weeks for me, and I'm still extremely happy with my Transformer. I'm slightly irritated that even after the Android 3.2 update, the Netflix application still is not supported, but that's not one of the reasons I bought the thing; it would just be a nice bonus. I use the tablet daily and have been satisfied with the weight/comfort factor, performance, battery life, and relatively comfortable reading of PDFs. Reading from the screen is not as nice as e-Ink, of course, but it's good enough for my purposes, and vastly preferable to lugging several programming and server administration books around.
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