[Windows 8 General] cutterjohn:
Fixed that bit for you.

Honestly at this point I'd REALLY wait for the new Atom x3, x5, and x7 to show up which they should be doing soon. We'll see in a few weeks how M$' Surface 3 w/x7 performs and should be able to extrapolate from there.

Personally, I'm already thinking if this T300 doesn't live up to a $700 machine it's going back, which I fear already is going to be the case but we'll see. I'll probably hang on to it until we get some benchmarks from the x7 Surface 3 as worst case I'll just order one of those supposed new Surface Pro 2's 256GB/8GB from Amazon but with that I'll end up having to keep it or sell it at a loss which is also part of what pushed me to the T300 Chi from M$ store as their return policy is pretty liberal apparently. Just be out a few $$ in shipping costs.

Really my main concern is RAM, and to that end I'm even having a hard time with all the machines that aren't upgradeable still shipping with a measly 2 or 4GB of RAM, especially devices like the T100 chi, T300 chi, Surface 3, etc. where at their pricepoints 8GB should be min spec along w/128GB SSDs. Adding to that they're almost all soldered parts -> even IF you did open it successfully(Surface 3 is likely to be entirely unopenable as I suspect the chi's will be as well, well w/o breakage) the parts will be soldered. I already know even the SSD is soldered on the chi, while on the Acer Aspire Switch 12 (5y10c $599 @ ucenter BTW 128GB SSD/4GB) the SSD is an m.2 type 2280 SSD but RAM is soldered, and apparently it is possible to open the Acer if you're careful, but I don't like the form factor, the tablet section is left with a ginormous flappy "stand".

So at the end of the day, I'll give the T300 a fair chance, but likely expect in the end to be hoping for the x7 and that someone makes one in a decent size(8-10") WITH GOOD specs(128Gb SSD/4GB minimum) at a realistic price for what it is, i.e. a low powered tablet that can be pressed into other duties at times. (I'm coming from I purchased a Sager NP7330 i7-4800MQ/16GB/750GB hdd(WD)/765m/1920x1080(IPS pretty awesome one too) for c. $1100 and the current i7-4710MQ/960m/8GB/750GB WD hdd/1920x1080(IPS probably same panel as mine) can be had for $1k, less if you catch their sales, mine was more because I paid a whopping $10 for the 4800MQ(v. 4700MQ) and maxxed RAM, added ICS diamond thermal compound and a couple of other things can't be happier with that notebook, just waiting for broadwell MQ series to upgrade probably end up at skylake the way Intel is milking though), so THIS is MY comparison to value. Now I just wish that Clevo would make a 2-in-1 hybrid(and that Sager would build something out of it).

[EDIT]

Back to the Atom tablets again: I knew that it wouldn't be a stellar performer to begin with and it actually works better with windows than I expected it to however, it IS clear that is hampered by low RAM and SINGLE channel RAM which is why I have an interest in a bit, i.e. not up to my NP7330 level, but a BIT better performance and more RAM. To that end as I already mentioned, I looked at old-new Surface Pro 2 stock, Acer Aspire Switch 12, and even "old" Asus TF200 (4GB variant dropped this one because of ridiculously high price), and obviously the T300 chi(which I think most of you can gather what I think of it's pricing). I also even look at Surface Pro 3 which brings us back to my beloved NP7330 $1.1k v. $1.2 - 1.8k for what? I think that speaks for itself to any literate person.

I'm betting at the end of the day, that I'll be making do with the x80h while waiting for a decent Atom x7 implementation, but I'm REALLY HOPING to be SURPRISED by the T300 chi but it's already facing a LONG HARD $700 slog uphill with me. I'm still thinking that even IF it manages that trek, that I won't be able to get over 12.5" size, which just seems FAR too large for something that aspires to tablet use at all. I mean I've had 10" tablets in the past and found them to be too large and switched to 7" by preference for tablets before I gave up on them(Android). The 8" x80h is also an acceptable size, and IF the minimum thermal design size they could achieve with decent specs was 10" I think that I could live with that and maybe even 11". (I know 11" should be doable given the i3-4005U chromebooks, and with slightly better thermal design 10" should be achievable. I suppose that I should add that I'm perfectly willing to accept active cooling, and would personally prefer active cooling just for the added thermal headroom. To hear the fans on those 11" chromebooks you have to be pretty damned sensitive IMNHO, so much so that I wonder how those affected manage to function in daily life.)

I'll update with my size opinion once that T300 arrives.

[/EDIT]