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Originally Posted by jyl View Post
I find it hard to do serious Office-type work without a keyboard and pointing device. So I would be carrying a keyboard anyway. Ideally it would be available at all times, hence my interest in a convertible. The keyboard shouldn't add hardly any weight and not much thickness, see the MacAir and other superthin laptops.

I liked my X41 Tablet, but Windows Tablet wasn't impressive at that time.
That is the problem with the convertable. It adds a lot of weight to it. My SLATE is 1.86 lbs and the keyboard is maybe .75. Mouse is a few oz. Total is under 3 lbs. And when you don't need the keyboard and mouse, you only have 1.86 lbs.

With the convertable, it is going to weigh 6+ no matter what you do. What do you see as the advantage to flipping the screen over for the convertable? Under what circumstance would you do that?
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