{"id":1595,"date":"2012-11-22T16:06:02","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T16:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oneminutetodolist.com\/blog\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2012-12-13T00:30:54","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T00:30:54","slug":"lightweight-windows-8-pro-laptop-that-are-shipping-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/lightweight-windows-8-pro-laptop-that-are-shipping-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightweight Windows 8 Pro Tablets that are &#8220;Shipping&#8221; Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>November 22, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oneminutetodolist.com\/blog\/windows-8-computer-purchase-the-6-types-to-pick-from\/\">my blog two days ago<\/a> I mentioned that no lightweight Windows 8 Pro tablets were shipping yet, or at least none were really in stock.\u00a0 Well, there are two models that you might be able to find right now, and they both hold position number six in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/images\/Windows8-6Types.jpg\">Windows 8 chart<\/a> in my blog (a Core i5 processor).\u00a0 Both are about 2 pounds, so in my mind both are true tablets.\u00a0 But neither really competes with the upcoming Microsoft Windows 8 Surface Pro device (due to the keyboards), so you may want to hold off.\u00a0 But if you need something now, here are your choices (with links into Amazon):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Samsung-ATIV-Smart-Pro-700T\/dp\/B0098O9TRO\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1353598600&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Samsung+ATIV+Smart+PC+Pro+700T\">Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This device weighs 1.9 pounds and gets good reviews for computer capability and battery life.\u00a0 But it gets terrible reviews for it\u2019s snap-on keyboard, and that\u2019s why I would wait. \u00a0Microsoft\u2019s snap-on keyboard is fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Acer-Iconia-W700-6691-11-6-Inch-Tablet\/dp\/B009H1BI0O\/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1353598819&amp;sr=1-5&amp;keywords=acer+iconia+700\">Acer Iconia W700-6691 11.6-Inch 64 GB Tablet (Silver)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This uses an i5 processor as well and weighs 2.1 pounds. Good reviews on Amazon and \u201cin-stock.\u201d But its Bluetooth keyboard still doesn\u2019t match the convenience of the Microsoft keyboard. But that\u2019s just me, you may be okay with it.<\/p>\n<p>Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 22, 2012 In my blog two days ago I mentioned that no lightweight Windows 8 Pro tablets were shipping yet, or at least none were really in stock.\u00a0 Well, there are two models that you might be able to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/lightweight-windows-8-pro-laptop-that-are-shipping-now\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1595"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1598,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions\/1598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}