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The HP Slate: I have Office 2003 Pro (Word, Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, database) on my HP Slate. It comes with 64GB of Solid State drive. I also have a 64GB SD card installed for extra storage, so it totals to 128GB.

The processor is better than a Netbook, but anemic for heavy duty applications. Adobe Acrobat take quite a bit of time to turn web pages into PDF files. I also run Quickbooks on the machine, sometimes.

But again, you're compromising on a Tiny windows based machine that doubles as a tablet PC.

I normally run it downstairs with a bluetooth mouse and bluetooth keyboard. When I walk out of the house, I pull it from the dock and slip it into a 2 sided semi-hard case. This, plus a tethering phone allows me to work anywhere. If I plan to use it for serious work outside, I take the keyboard and mouse.

I cannot speak for the Apple Products, but the Android products you can connect a bluetooth keyboard and mouse. They also run an Office Suite which mimics MS-Office. I expect with bluetooth Keyboard you will do pretty well.

Hard Lan connection. I haven't looked into this on the Android Tablet. The HP Slate has a standard USB port on the top. The Dock has 2 more USB ports and an HDMI port. When I have the Slate at my desk, I connect the dock to a USB 1Gbps/s LAN connector. This allows faster file transfers than Wireless. It works nice for big windows updates as well.