Yoga 11 (Windows RT) - worth the discounted price?

As the title suggests, I'm curious whether the reduced price of Yoga 11 is worth ($299 + tax). Currently, I'm looking for a netbook type companion to take with me when I go to class or work. I am currently deciding between this and the Dell Inspiron 11 3000. The Asus T100 is a little too small for my taste and has some quality control problems. Chromebook are excluded largely because of the lack of PDF support Assembly (there are a few applications, but more importantly, they are terrible).

Although I love the form factor and battery life, I am skeptical of the Tegra 3 processor. About 2 years now, and I've heard that Yoga 11 (and the Surface RT first gen) are all two pretty lag when you want to type in Microsoft Word and other applications in general usage. These problems have been fixed with the updates (especially the 8.1 update recently released)? Or people suggest passing on the Yoga and go for something that is complete windows?

I bought a Yoga 11 recently, priced at $299, and although I have a few quibbles, I am usually very happy and would recommend it, especially at this price.

Windows 8.1 RT has a very attractive interface, even with the Tegra 3 processor, and I never noticed any lag switching between programs and from the Office at metro interface. I also found that Word works fine, as well as the rest of the office. I just gave a presentation at a roundtable this weekend and all the members of my group loading their PowerPoint presentations on my 11 of Yoga, most of them created on Mac. Everything went smoothly.

When you notice the CPU is in loading programs and download/installation of the software. Programs like Word will take 2-3 seconds extra beyond what I'm used from my Atom netbook (which also uses a SSD). I suspect that the disk I/o is not fast, as well as the processor. However, my wife has a Nexus 7 with the same processor, and it seems to perform better on the Yoga in point 8.1 of Windows. I am a person of Android, but I really wanted a fully functional version of office for my laptop, with autonomy - this thing fits the Bill, even better than the 11-s, which has about half of the life of the battery.

I don't mind being stuck with RT, even if she still has few applications, since I use this camera mainly for consumer media tablet-style and occasional office work. It is perfect for that. The thing is that the build quality is clearly that of a much more expensive machine. Even if he got this processor of the Tablet (which, again, is very good, just a little slow), screen, keyboard, fit and finish are therefore only a $700 bonus machine, which was their point of origin price.

Of course it depends on your needs, but for me, this device is great. Also perfect travel companion, the only exception is that it does not recognize ethernet dongles, you cannot use the Wired internet at all. 8.1 Windows prevents even the jailbreak that allowed to load drivers before. Really stupid move part of Microsoft, but then, they aren't the most brilliant company.

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