The competition is going to be very intense in the market to come. Microsoft Surface Pro vs Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 vs Samsung ATIV Tab Smart PC Pro fight in the Ultrabooks/tabs segment will become very hot indeed
Microsoft’s Surface Pro is due to ship on Feb. 9. The device is Microsoft’s much-touted tablet/Ultrabook hybrid with the full version Windows 8 OS. The device starts at $899, a price that is slightly lower when compared to the prices of top Ultrabooks. But, put against the prices of mainstream tablets, it is a bit higher. Anyway, more devices are to emerge or have already come up with the firmware.
Microsoft’s hardware partners like Samsung, Lenovo, Acer and HP have joined the Windows 8 bandwagon with some nice products. Some of them are powerful enough to vie with Surface Pro, the signature model of the software. The device is available with a large 10.6-inch screen and in 64GB and 128GB models. It is powered by Intel Core processor and 4GB of RAM. Attached with a keyboard, the device is a simply an Ultrabook. Here are four Surface Pro alternatives.
Samsung’s ATIV Tab Smart PC Pro
The ATIV Tab Smart PC is more an Ultrabook with an 11.6-inch display and a keypad that can be detached to turn it to a tablet PC, though. Codenamed the 700T, the machine weighs roughly at 857 grams in tablet mode. The device’s display offers a resolution of 1920 x 1080-pixels. It is powered by Intel’s Clover Trail processor and 4GB of RAM. It also has features like microSD slot and microHDMI port and its price starts at $1,199.
Asus Taichi
It is a cool hybrid Windows Phone 8 device. It is a dual screen machine with one screen on the rear panel and one on the front panel. Well, at a glance, it will look like a laptop with its 11.6-inch display, but an equally-sized touchscreen on the rear panel makes it as a tablet as well. The device has two versions, the Taichi 21 DH51 and Taichi 21 DH71.
The former one is powered by an Intel Core i5 processor and 128GB of SSD storage. It comes for a price of $1288. Meanwhile, the second one is up with a faster Intel Core i7 CPU and 256GB SSD of internal storage. It is up for grabs for $1565, however. In common, they have same display sizes and resolution, 4GB of RAM, a 5MP webcam and a pair of USB 3.0 ports.
Acer Iconia W700
Acer is a close partner of Microsoft. Though it openly questioned the firm for building own tablets, the Taiwan tech maker launched a nice Windows 8-based tablet called the Iconia W700. It is an Intel Core i5 processor-based machine that comes with 128GB of SSD internal storage.
The 128GB version of the Acer tablet comes for $999 and its less-priced 64GB model comes for $799. The Iconia W700 is equipped with an 11.6-inch display that can show content in 1080p full high-definition. It weighs at 1.04 kilograms. Features like a micro-HDMI port, a 5MP rear camera are other features of the tablet with Windows 8.
Lenovo’s IdeaPad Yoga 13
The IdeaPad Yoga is not a tablet, indeed. It is a large 13-inch Ultrabook. But, the Windows 8-based machine is known for its capability to look like both as a tablet PC and laptop. You can flip over its display to turn it from a laptop to a slate, but an unconventionality larger one. The Yoga is equipped with an Intel Core i3 processor. It has a 13.3-inch screen and it weighs at 1.5 kilograms.
Lenovo is to sell the device for $1049. The Chinese tech maker has also launched a less expensive model for the device, called the ThinkPad Twist. This convertible device is priced at $829. The company sells the ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 for $629. While the Yoga 11, an ARM variant of the series, comes for a price that starts at $749.
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