Testseek.com have collected 272 expert reviews of the Asus Transformer Book T100TA / T100TAL / T100TAF / T100TAM / T100TAR and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus Transformer Book T100TA / T100TAL / T100TAF / T100TAM / T100TAR.
November 2013
(78%)
272 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(74%)
8131 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
780100272
The editors liked
Great battery life
USB 3.0 hub on the keyboard
Solid performance of the Intel Bay Trail processor
Affordable price
Great Price / performance ratio
Snappy performance
Full x86 compatibility
MicroSD expansion
Keyboard dock part of bundle
Affordable cost
Include keyboard dock
Fantastic battery
Great speakers
No lag
Good CPU for the money
Runs Bioshock
Bundled Office
Good price
And the
Bay Trail is the Atom processor we never knew we needed
Intel HD Graphics get it a modicum of gaming potential
More performance than we're used to from a netbook
Versatile design without the high cost of the Surface
Excellent battery Life
MicroSD slo
Runs the full version of Windows 8
Physical keyboard included
Can be used as either a small laptop or a Windows tablet
Well priced
Keyboard dock included
Full Windows 8.1
Low price
IPS display
Improved Atom performance with Bay Trail
Keyboard dock and MS Office 2013 Home and Student Edition included
The Asus Transformer Book T100 runs full Windows 8.1
Comes with a keyboard
Has great battery life
And is a steal if you can find it for $350
Incredibly low price for the functionality
Low price includes keyboard and Microsoft Office
Light weight
Long battery life
“Bay Trail” Atom CPU makes Windows 8.1 feel snappy
Very long battery life
Inexpensive
Keyboard included
Microsoft Office preloaded
Solid Bay Trail performance
Good webcam
Very responsive
Full Windows 8.1 hybrid tablet. Can run all Windows programs. Light. Great price. 11 hours battery life. Micro-USB recharging. 1TB of cloud storage included (for a year). 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi. Comes with full Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013. Keyboar
Full Windows 8.1 hybrid tablet. Can run all Windows programs. Light. Great price. 11 hours battery life. MicroUSB recharging. 1TB of cloud storage included (for a year). 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi. Comes with full Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013. Keyboard
Win8.1 and x86 for $400
Nice IPS screen
Excellent battery life.
T100
Cheap
New processor for better multitasking
Small and lightweight
T200
Similar processor to new T100 (good performance)
More ports and expansion bay
More comfortable keyboard and touchpad
Rearfacing camera
Well made
Highquality keyboard
Good battery life
IPS panel with strong contrast
Works silently
LTE modem
For under $500 you get a versatile Windows tablet and a decent keyboard dock for laptoplike functionality. Bay Trail delivers performance and battery life as good as competing ARM SoCs.
Solid performance
Runs traditional desktop apps
Screen offers good viewing angles
Includes keyboard dock
Almost no bloatware
The editors didn't like
Insufficient display resolution
Plastic body and keyboard
No rearfacing camera
Unpolished keyboard touchpad
Dock contains no battery
Just one USB 3.0 port
Graphics performance middle-of-the-pack
Only 32-64GB storage avail
Plastic casing is prone to scratches
Trackpad is stiff
Plastic case
No back camera
Weak brightness
Not many unique ASUS bundled apps
Windows 8.1 still not very appealing
A bit on the heavy side
Even just on tablet
No extra battery in the keyboard dock leaves it envious of its Android kin
With just 32-64GB on-board
Storage is scarce
The power/volume/Start buttons are a squishy mess
Display lacks pixels
Cheap construction and feel
Not as powerful as some convertible laptops
Tacky build materials
Average display
Windows not quite on par with iOS/Android
Tiny keyboard
Fingerprint magnet
Occasionally balky
Quality issues with our unit
The cramped keyboard feels like an old Netbook's used to
Not as fast as zippier
Larger
More expensive Windows products
Display not that vibrant
Some design compromises
Significant early teething pains due to bad firmware
Finicky wireless
Unresponsive touch pad
Petite keyboard
Very slow to charge
Stiff
Inconsistent touchpad
Cramped keyboard
Awkward Start button placement
Flakey touchpad on keyboard
Top-heavy in notebook mode
Only 2GB of system memory. Touchy trackpad. Only 31GB of free space on SSD. Smaller than standard keyboard. Slow recharge times
Aggravating keyboard/trackpad
Charging through Micro USB takes hours
T100
10.1inch screen seems small in notebook mode
Few ports
No Ethernet
Minimal internal storage
No USB 3.0
Expensive
A 1366x768 display doesn't cut it anymore. Glossy design is a massive fingerprint magnet. In its laptop form
There's a lot to like about the Asus Transformer Book T100. It's small and cheap, gets long battery life, and offers decent performance whether you use it as a notebook or a tablet. It won't be the best computer for everyone: The keyboard and touchpad...
Full Windows 8.1 hybrid tablet. Can run all Windows programs. Light. Great price. 11 hours battery life. MicroUSB recharging. 1TB of cloud storage included (for a year). 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi. Comes with full Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013. Keyboard
Only 2GB of system memory. Touchy trackpad. Only 31GB of free space on SSD. Smaller than standard keyboard. Slow recharge times
For a sub-$400 price, the Asus Transformer Book T100TA is a fully functional Windows 8.1 hybrid tablet, and the natural successor to the netbook ideal from a few years ago. It gives you a bright, usable PC an affordable price. Plus it avoids all of the c...
Was this review helpful?
(90%)
Published: 2013-11-06, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
Full Windows 8.1 hybrid tablet. Can run all Windows programs. Light. Great price. 11 hours battery life. Micro-USB recharging. 1TB of cloud storage included (for a year). 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi. Comes with full Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013. Keyboar
Only 2GB of system memory. Touchy trackpad. Only 31GB of free space on SSD. Smaller than standard keyboard. Slow recharge times
For a sub-$400 price, the Asus Transformer Book T100TA is a fully functional Windows 8.1 hybrid tablet, and the natural successor to the netbook ideal from a few years ago. It gives you a bright, usable PC an affordable price. Plus it avoids all of the c...
Great battery life, Keyboard dock included, Very responsive
Flakey touchpad on keyboard, Cramped keyboard, Top-heavy in notebook mode
The Transformer Book T100 delivers a solid tablet experience and a good notebook experience in one machine. But it would be even better with a superior keyboard and trackpad....
Low price, IPS display, improved Atom performance with Bay Trail, keyboard dock and MS Office 2013 Home and Student Edition included
Tiny keyboard, fingerprint magnet, occasionally balky, quality issues with our unit
The Asus Transformer Book T100 is the first machine to ship with the Intel Atom Bay Trail platform, and it heralds the advent of affordable Windows 8.1 tablets with touchscreens and convertible designs. To achieve these very low prices, you won't get ...
The 64GB Transformer Book T100 we tested is priced at just $400, and the 32GB version will sell for $50 less. Even though a device like this has been such a long time coming, I don't think anyone expected it to be this affordable. Not that I'm complainin...
Low price includes keyboard and Microsoft Office, Light weight, Long battery life, “Bay Trail” Atom CPU makes Windows 8.1 feel snappy
Unresponsive touch pad, Petite keyboard
The people who brought you the netbook bring you its 2013 equivalent—a $399 mini laptop/detachable tablet with a 10.1-inch touch screen and 11-hour battery life. With Windows 8.1 and Microsoft Office preinstalled, it shoots to the top of our list of tabl...
A few weeks back we gave you a first-hand look at the performance of Intel's new, low-power Bay Trail Atom System-On-A-Chip for tablets and hybrid devices. Bay Trail, the follow-on to Intel's Clover Trail Atom design, comes in both dual and quad-core v...
It's tough to sell an entry-level Windows PC these days. You're sandwiched between a couple of aggressive price points: the Nexus 7 at $229 and the iPad at $499. Traditionally, the PC you'd get between those price points would have mechanical storage, the...
