ASUS EP121 Slate

**Potemkine** · 07-09-11, 03:17 PM

NO ONE FUCKING HAS A DISPLAY MODEL!! Not J&R, not B&H (two of the biggest tech stores in NYC). B&H has even marked it as "discontinued" on their website even though the thing is brand spanking new. The "geeks" at Best Buy haven't even heard of it. Newegg is out of stock. Amazon is the only place where I can find them IN STOCK, and even then, its for $200 extra! Oh by the way, all of Amazon only has 18 left.

Newegg.com - ASUS Eee Pad (Eee Slate) EP121-1A010M Tablet PC Intel Core i5 470UM(1.33GHz) 12.1" Wide SVGA 4GB Memory DDR3 1333 64GB SSD HDD Intel HD Graphics

Core i5 @ 1.33Ghz turbo boost to 1.86Ghz
2/4 GB RAM
32/64 GB SSD
Wacom digitiser stylus
12.1" with a 1280 X 800 display
Integrated 2MP camera
$999.99/$1099.99 (comes with power cord, folio case and bluetooth 3.0 keyboard)

From power on to browsing the web in 28 seconds:

**DancingCorpse** · 07-09-11, 06:14 PM

Yeah, thing is pretty awesome. Wish I could get them at my Best Buy, but it's too much of a "niche" product. BULLSHIT. Give me 30 of those to sell in a week and I will be asking for more 2 days later at my store.

**Potemkine** · 07-09-11, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by DancingCorpse

Yeah, thing is pretty awesome. Wish I could get them at my Best Buy, but it's too much of a "niche" product. BULLSHIT. Give me 30 of those to sell in a week and I will be asking for more 2 days later at my store.

As evident by the sheer fact that NO ONE can seem to keep them in stock. Unbelievable.

**DancingCorpse** · 07-10-11, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by Potemkine

As evident by the sheer fact that NO ONE can seem to keep them in stock. Unbelievable.

It was the same with the Asus Transformer Android Tablet too though.

They had some issues recently with supplies, so distribution has been scarce.

Thing is though, I know my warehouse has some, and if they do give em to stores (which is unlikely as it is), it won't go to mine, because we are a "low priority" store, even though the Computers department in my store is in the top 150 computers departments of Best Buy out of 1200 stores nation wide. And we get EVERYTHING new LAST.

**Kanati** · 07-10-11, 02:29 AM

I've been eyeballing this one for quite a while now. It's the wacom digitizer that interests me most about it. It's a viable alternative to the citiq 12" model.

**Guyver** · 07-10-11, 05:00 AM

Wow...that is snazzy.

**Potemkine** · 07-12-11, 09:43 PM

Probably going to halvsies on it with my folks for my birthday present. If they ever decide to move a head that is.

**Potemkine** · 07-12-11, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by Kanati8869

I've been eyeballing this one for quite a while now. It's the wacom digitizer that interests me most about it. It's a viable alternative to the citiq 12" model.

This thing can supposedly run visio no problem. I can't imagine how helpful it would be to plug this bad boy into the servers, and to direct edit your server rack diagrams, interface with the server, all with one hand held device. Gonna be SWEET!!!

**Potemkine** · 07-16-11, 12:21 PM

Guess what?

I got it..............

$1150 for the 64/4 version. Slightly more than list price, but I didnt have to pay for tax and shipping, so I actually made out better.

Holy shit it is fast! Handwriting recognition is pretty good, actually. One thing I have noticed though, is that upon initial boot up (while you are on the log on screen for your password), it takes a little while for the device to sync with the keyboard maybe, 10 seconds. Nothing of any major importance, but you have to find SOMETHING :P