Lenovo IdeaPad Ideatab Lynx (59343251) Tablet Intel Atom Z2760(1.80GHz) 11.6" 2GB LPDDR Memory 64GB SSD Integrated Graphics

Pros: Big, clear display, easily navigated. Makes full use of Windows 8 OS. I'm very pleased as well as surprised at how much it will mean to me while using for both work and play. I should have bought 2!!!!!!

Cons: External buttons are recessed which makes it difficult to access them for bigger hands. Work around with stylus. It does add safety for unwanted actions with them which makes sense so not really a con in my opinion.

Other Thoughts: NewEgg has always delivered on high quality at reasonable prices. They always put it out there to allow you to really know what you are buying without hidden nuances or "half-truths" as many companies do to sell their stock. I have used them exclusively for the past 5 years and have never had an unpleasant experience. I recommend them to anyone I know who is in the market for electronics and other items (I got a cashmere overcoat for 100 bucks, and I love it.

Pros: Nice size and weight. Does not run Windows RT.

Cons: Windows 8 is the worst part of this unit.

Other Thoughts: Newegg should accept thee unit for refunds

Pros: Light construction.
Optional keyboard dock.
Plastic but solid feel.
Battery life is phenomenal

Cons: Severe keyboard flex in optional keyboard dock.
Only one SD card slot.
Touch pad really bad on optional keyboard dock.

Other Thoughts: I had this device for a week and I had to return it. The keyboard docks keyboard flex was so bad, almost every other word was a typo. The mouse pad was almost not usable due to jumping. When altering an object such as a excel cell box or just clicking the "x" on the windows toolbar took extra effort. The keyboard dock is at least 20 - 25% of the cost of the tablet and its build quality is flimsy and really cheap. The only benefit is the battery. Now, as far as the tablets performance, it is very good. Lenovo did an excellent job in putting this tablet together. It is plastic, but has a solid feel. The screen responds extremely well to other Bluetooth accessories. I had SQL server 2010, office 2007 pro, visual studio 2010 and I was able to use these programs without any problems. In addition to playing my games. So if you don't need the optional keyboard, this is an awesome buy. I traded mine for the HP envy x2 ��.

Pros: After reading benchmark and reviews about the new Atom processor, I found that the Intel Atom Z2760 would outperform any nVidia Tegra 3 configurations, which is exactly what I wanted to hear since I was extremely tired of the standard tablet OSes; I've owned iOS, WebOS and Android devices for several years and it's always bothered me that I was always limited in productivity. I had always wished that I could have a full x86 environment so that I could install and run every app that I use for work and school while still having a multimedia consumption device that I could hold with one hand. After a couple of weeks of use, I have found that this is the exact device that I needed.

I have compared this tablet in person with the Asus VivoTab Smart, but I would rather have the brighter screen, louder stereo speakers, and the dockable keyboard that offers additional USB ports and its own battery. The Lenovo IdeaPad Lynx K3 has an MSRP value that's about $150 more than the Asus VivoTab Smart and it is also 0.2 pounds heavier. However, I was able to buy it on sale for less than the price of the VivoTab and I felt that the 0.2 pounds in weight was negligible.

I was able to use the HP Envy X2 Hybrid Tablet as well. While the X2 is sold with the keyboard included, the MSRP is $850. It has been sold for $600 on sale recently, which is a good price for these Hybrid Tablet devices if it were to include a dockable keyboard. Unfortunately, the X2 tablet was bulky due to its thickness, and it was approaching the 2-pound mark at a little over 1.7 pounds. The X2 felt more like it was built to be a laptop than a stand-alone tablet. However, the Beats branded audio in the X2 as significantly louder than either the Lenovo Lynx or the Asus VivoTab Smart.

There are other options for Hybrid Tablets. The Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 has firmware, driver and chipset issues, and it is more expensive than the Lenovo IdeaPad Lynx. The Acer W510 is much heavier than the IdeaPad Lynx. Much like the HP X2, the Samsung ATIV is bulky and heavy. The AsusVivoTab full version is much more expensive than its counterpart of the VivoTab Smart. The Microsoft Surface RT has the restricted "Windows RT" system that will not allow the user to install their own programs, as well as having the slower nVidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor. I considered purchasing the full Windows Surface Pro tablet but due to its thickness and weight, it would have made more sense to purchase a Lenovo Twist at that point. Therefore, it was an easy choice for me to purchase the IdeaPad Lynx over any of the other offerings in this category.

Cons: The worst physical aspect of the tablet is that the volume rocker on the side of the tablet. It rattles because it sits loose in its housing; this doesn't seem to be a defect but a design choice. Also, since it sits nested (inset) instead of sitting flush at the edge, it's extremely hard to push the buttons with your fingers. You will need to use your fingernails to reach in and push the rocker buttons.

I wish the microphone was better at picking up my voice. When placing it two feet away from me, it picked up my voice and cut out background noise, but my voice sounded whisper-quiet. If I tilted the tablet's top edge toward me, it picked up my voice clearly. If Lenovo had intended the microphone to be directional, it would have made more sense to find a way for Lenovo to mount the microphone port facing the user.

Other users complain about the edges of the tablet but I didn't find it an issue; it didn't cut into my hand, doesn't feel uncomfortable after hours of holding it, etc. I wish the back didn't feel like hollow plastic, but since there isn't much 'give' to the plastic, it's just a superficial nitpick. However, I can imagine that accidentally putting weight on this device will destroy the screen since it provides the structural integrity. In comparison, the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 or the HP Envy X2 have either metal housings inside or are constructed of aluminum on the outside so that there is some support other than a flimsy plastic casing. I don't imagine I'll leave my tablet lying around on benches, so I am not worried that I'll crack the screen at any point during my ownership.

Other Thoughts: The tablet itself is a bit thinner in width than an iPhone 5. While weighing in at less than 1.5 pounds, this tablet "feels light as a feather" when compared even to the netbooks of yester-year. It's about 0.3 pounds lighter than my HP Touchpad and MUCH thinner. To put it into perspective, it means that the Lenovo Lynx is 6 times as heavy as an iPhone 5, or 3 times as heavy as a Kindle Paperwhite.

The speakers on this tablet are truly stereo. Listening to the opening score for the TV series "Archer" showcases that there is a stereo effect and it's quite easy to hear it. In comparison to the one speaker port in the iPhone 5, one speaker port on the Lenovo Lynx maxes will max out to about 80% of the speaker volume on the iPhone 5. However, since there are two speaker ports, it can get louder than the iPhone 5 speaker. It is multitudes louder than an iPod Touch 4th Gen. speaker. I cannot get the device to distort sound even at 100%, although the entire tablet will vibrate if the speakers are turned up. It's definitely loud enough to watch Netflix movies in the bedroom even at 60% volume.

After installing about 25 programs and configuring them, I was surprised by the start-up time. During the first half-dozen restarts while the tablet was setting itself up and downloading updates, start-up times were about 1 minute and 30 seconds on average. Fortunately, after running all of the updates and installing all of my apps/programs, the tablet does a cold boot in about 20 seconds! That's perfectly acceptable to me since my quad-core Core i5 3570k over-clocked desktop at home takes about 15 seconds to boot up in Windows 7. I'm extremely impressed with the boot-up time on this device. Wake from sleep is, in fact, instant. The OS is responsive the second you hit the "Windows" key to wake it up from sleep.

Speaking of sleep, I am monitoring the device over my WiFi network. I can see the tablet pop-up on my WiFi network every 5 minutes even when it's supposed to be asleep: it seems to wake itself up from sleep every 5 minutes to check for new e-mails and beeps to notify me (the screen does not turn on, but it will beep when new items come in). I have apps such as Skype, GMail, Yahoo Mail to auto-refresh while the computer is locked and asleep. When I wake the computer and look at the lock-screen, it gives me notifications about how many e-mails I have received, any calls that I have missed, etc. This is a setting in Windows 8 that can be turned on/off.

I have not found a day where I have run out of charge for this device. I have used it on the road to surf the internet and answer some e-mails while tethered over Bluetooth to an access point. After 3 hours of use in this manner, I had about 75% of battery left (the power plan is set to "Balanced" mode with the screen brightness about 3/4 of the way up). I have used this device with the WiFi and Bluetooth on for about 5 hours while streaming Netflix, and it had about 45% battery