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How much did you bought it for? Used? How’s the battery life?

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Well this comes mostly to using an nvme ssd and a cpu with appropriate cooling. While surface pro’s are good devices there are still overpriced and they have the interface limitations i mentioned in my post

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I literally checked every windows tablet and 2-in-1 i believe. Here some potential picks and what i didn’t like.

• Microsoft Surface Pro (4 – 5 – 6): At first glance it is a good base candidate..but..really Microsoft? It’s 2019 and no USB-C? Proprietary connector and overpriced hardware? Questionable reliability? Get the f*ck out of here. Unless you find a good used deal i don’t think it would be worth it. Another Apple wannabe.
• Eve-tech EVE V: This is one tablet that hits all the boxes, kinda, since by now it is almost obsolete in terms of CPU performance..sadly while i’m greek-cypriot i would go with the stereotypical view for greeks because the CEO is a “malakas” and i’m really sorry to all the people that were scammed. On the other hand i believe there is some truth to the Paypal issues he had since my friend had similar issues (because of not much experience) and even I couldn’t help him get them fixed as Paypal is run by assholes as well which need a punch to the face (their excuse it is the system and they can’t do anything about it – like wtf). I still use it but the time a different payment system reaches similar adoption i would gladly switch.
• Chuwi Surbook: Slow CPU, screen is not fully laminated, mediocre specs but was good price at some time ago. Maybe the announced “surbook pro” would fair better?
• Voyo Vbook i5/i7 Plus: Nice screen, fair pricing? Not the most quality build, shitty battery, i7 model throttles?
• Teclast X6 Pro: A slightly better vbook i5? No full detailed reviews yet, and i wasn’t that impressed from the previous X5 review
• Alldocube Knote 8: Seems good on paper, but no type-A usb ports
• Jumper EZpad 6: Possibly the only windows tablet in stock with a good value, however i need something with a better and larger display
• Acer Switch 3/5: Mediocre screens, single type-A port on the right side (since my car is RHD and the ecu is on the left side i would prefer it on the left side), shitty battery performance, a little overpriced
• Dell XPS 12 9290/Latitude 5290/Latitude 7285: Great displays, powerful, only 5290 has type-A port, mediocre battery life, overpriced but there are good used deals
• Asus Transformer 3 Pro T303UA/T304UA: Premium specs but discontinued, expensive, only 1 type-A port and it is on the right side (again), T304 is a huge step backwards even though newer (what the heck Asus, are you drunk?)
• Lenovo ThinkPad X1: Overpriced, no type-A ports, Gen3 is too big and has display coating issues, Gen2 is more suitable due to size and type-a interface but older and screen brightness not that good – all too tall
• Lenovo MIIX series: new 630 uses an ARM processor so no go (since i can’t force the software developpers to re-compile), 720 rates very high in the features i need, 2 usb type-A ports, nice display, etc. 520 is a little newer with weaker hardware but still good for its price

• HP Pro X2/Envy X2/Elite X2 1012: HP’s other offerings like the Elite X2 1013 are too tall for my needs, and while they have good displays and good build quality i am not font of their design decisions. I have a Zbook 17 G5 workstation at work we bought new and not even 6 months passed and the CPU fan now rattles like crazy..here’s my 1st day rant about it: (forum won’t let me post the link – search “Note to HP Zbook 17 G5 design engineers!!! Please read and respond!”) Also they are overpriced like crazy. I wouldn’t ever think of buying again from them. Also the power supply is proprietary as some of the internal hardware. F*ck HP
• Huawei MateBook E: Aside the lack of ports it is a pretty good designed device, display is perfect but slightly smaller than the biggest i can fit – depending on price it might be a good consideration assuming i can run a USB-C dock i can charge within the car
• Samsung Galaxy Book 12: Similar to the Huawei above, just a little faster but with a worse display, extra usb-C port. Older and more expensive than the Huawei
• Toshiba Portege X30T and others: Ports are on the keyboard and not on the tablet, won’t work for me.

I think i’ve covered 99% of the options but i may could have missed 1 or 2. To be honest i won’t need this tablet for another 3-6months i would guess but at least i’ve done my research so i will be prepared when the time comes to buy one. What do you think? I know i went a little crazy but i’m that type of person that never regrets his purchasing choices because i don’t buy blindly.

 

ps. Sorry for the split post, i had an issue with the forums

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