Transformer...
They had it so right - no physcial connection (and therefore no battery boost), no USB ports/SD cards in the keyboard? No touchpad?
Oh well, another device I won't buy.
If you want a top-notch Android tablet and keyboard package, buy the Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet. It's very good. But at £499 it's also very expensive. If money is tight, Asus can now offer you a superficially not dissimilar package for two hundred quid. That £300 saving suggests some major compromises, so is the Asus a bargain …
Warning: raging fanboi alert. Do not read on if this sort of thing gets to you.
I will again bang on about the rather lovely Toshiba Satellite Click Mini I bought (with my own money) a few weeks ago. Does have a physical connection to the keyboard, with a battery boost. Keyboard has a full-size USB connector and SD card slot (as well as the micro-USB and micro-SD in the tablet part). Keyboard has a touchpad. Has 1920x1200 screen. 2GB RAM, 32GB storage. Atom processor.
Downsides: Runs Windows 8 (upgrades to 10 with no trouble). This many be a dealbreaker for many here. 9" not 10" screen. Keyboard is really small. Unknown if it runs linux (haven't checked, forums report a few problems). Keyboard requires physical connection - not bluetooth.
Available for £200 at John Lewis (where you can try the keyboard before you buy. You should do this. It's really small.), and less online.
I like it. Been out a while, and may be due a refresh soon (the RRP dropped recently from £250).
Well, if it runs something else but Windows it may make the Xmas stocking for one of the kids. A 200 quid for an ultra light laptop running Linux is not bad value for the money and it is likely to be much better than torturing yet another Chromebook into running Debian.
If not, I will pass.
I had a Toshiba notebook that transformed into a tablet many years back, it was great and I kept it alive for a long time before dust finally killed the fan and despite stripping it down regularly I had to give up.
As you say the deal breaker is the 8.9in display, >10in or no deal.
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