Bottom Line up front : I 'll start by say I love the system and use it all the time . my laptop sit on a shelf now and I use this for everything now ... pro : - solid state drive be super fast -lrb- honestly I can boot in often less than 20 seconds and wake from sleep in less than 4 -rrb- . - limited bloatware , less than 1 gb by my calculation , and some of it be very useful like the system set up tool and even the Samsung sort of app center GUI overlay that you activate by press the `` home '' button . - processor and integrate Intel graphic chipset be powerful enough for almost any business task , movie , music , and some game . - the Wacom digitizer pen be well support and the capacitive touch screen be very good . navigate on this be a breeze for I . Palm rejection be some of the best I have see - design of the system be very high grade . it feel like a very polished product and there be not anything flimsy about it , from what I can tell . -lrb- \* caveat \* I have hear tell of the screen delaminate on some folk . I would buy a screen protector to prevent this . that be what I have do and I have notice no problem . you just have to give the ` rubbery ' feel of the screen protector to fade after a couple day of use to get use to write on the screen again -rrb- - run very well on Windows 8 , so it be a easy system to upgrade once that os come out . there be a reason Windows choose this as a demo platform for they new OS . con : - the battery life could always be improve . heavy use with video and \/ or gaming will net you only about 2.5 - 3.5 hour , and use very strict power management setting you still may only squeeze out about 5 - 6 hour of use for strictly business app . and of course there be no option for a spare battery . - the micro sd memory slot be stupid . it should be a standard sd memory slot as that be what most people use in they other device , such as digital camera . there be really little reason , I think , that there be not a standard sd memory slot here . I find this the most annoying feature - no integrate SIM card support . I would love to be able to just pop in a SIM card from a cell network and be able to get online . usb dongle for cellular datum be such a pain , especially in a system as form functional dependent as a slate tablet . also this bring I to ... - only one usb slot . there be another on the dock , but now that the system have no SIM card support and only micro sd memory option , I be often use a usb cell modem and a usb thumbdrive . I now have to choose which one I want to plug in at any time . second most annoying feature . - camera be terrible . you 'll read other reviewer mention how awful it be , seriously , it be worse . worse than what you even think . I have a webcam in 1998 that produce better video and still picture than the camera on this system . I 'll never use the camera , so I do not really care , but just so you be aware . that be pretty much it in a nutshell . for more detail keep reading . since I receive this tablet and get it set up , it have immediately become my everyday laptop ! it be fast & powerful , I can run all the application I need on a daily basis to include m Office 2010 , Photoshop CS4 , IBM Lotus Forms , and my office CITRIX network app . in addition , I like to play the civilization series of game and this handle CIV iv on if highest graphic setting and even CIV V on its lowest setting . also , movie viewing be crisp through Netflix or iTunes . the build in speaker leave something to be desire , but they be as good as what be on a ipad . but , for I , this be mostly a work tablet , otherwise I would have just stick with a ipad for my entertainment . my set up include the dock and bluetooth keyboard . in addition I purchase the Samsung Series 7 Slate cover\/stand . it should be note that the cover\/stand do not work with the dock . you 'll need to remove you computer from the cover in order to attach it to the dock . but for I , I do not really use the dock at all , and the cover\/stand be rubbery enough to get a good grip on slick surface that I just use it as the stand when I be typing use the bluetooth keyboard . the keyboard itself be not too bad . I have read some reviewer say it feel `` gummy '' . it do not feel that way to I , and the more I have use it , Iv ' e find it to be very responsive allow I to type accurately . it be probably a matter of preference . of course , I have be able to use other bluetooth keyboard or usb keyboard without issue if I want to . I be a big user of OneNote for take meeting note and mark up document , and it work great on this system . the digitizer pen be very good , with good pressure recognition , and pretty good palm rejection . sometimes though , I actually turn off the capacitive touch screen during meeting so that only the pen be recognize in order to prevent any accidental jump around on the display . this be easily do on the Windows control panel . I have use a few other tablet for this purpose , a Gigabyte t1028 , and a Lenovo Thinkpad convertable x220 . obviously , neither of those we Slate tablet , so it might not be fair to compare they directly , but I like this Samsung Series 7 Slate much better for my purpose . it be easily more portable and it be handwriting recognition work as well if not better than that on the Lenovo , which before this I would have call the standard . for my primary purpose , this be a great system . as far as typing , like typing on any tablet , the touch screen keyboard take get use to . Samsung provide a swype style keyboard as standard software that you can set as you default keyboard to replace the Windows touch screen keyboard , and it work well if you get use to it . but realistically , if I be typing long paragraph , then I pull out the bluetooth keyboard - it be small enough for I to throw in my bag every day along with the Slate . handwriting recognition by Windows be pretty good , if you have never use it . I suggest take the time to go through the `` learn you handwriting style '' feature in the Tools menu to help set it up , but it also natively learn you handwriting as you make correction , so it become a quick way to enter text after a while . honestly , I almost never use the touch screen keyboard at all , it be either the handwriting tool or the bluetooth keyboard and it work well for I . the system , because it be run a powerful i5 processor , do seem to heat up at time , but never seem to be dangerously hot . and I have easily have less powerful laptop that run hotter than this slate do . and the cooling system and fan be relatively quiet as well . I have no issue with cooling or sound . the solid state drive make this system super fast ! I have Windows 8 Consumer Preview load on a partition of the hard drive while retain my Windows 7 HP factory install partition that I use for most work function . switching between the two by log out and reboot literally only take about 20 - 30 seconds . call up document and pdf file be almost instantaneous at time . the hard drive itself -lrb- at least the 128 gb model -rrb- be pre-partitioned with a 19.8 gb system restore partition . this leave you with about 100 gb of actual space , with about 8.5 take up by Windows 7 and the preloaded Samsung software . for I , after load the system with Photoshop , Office Professional , and my civilization game I have 65 gb leave . so there be lot of space , as much as the largest ipad -lrb- just something to consider -rrb- and there be a option to create you own system restore disk , so you can theoretically wipe the whole drive clean I suppose and end up with about 80 + gb of free storage space after software install . the battery life be really good for I . like I say , I use it mainly for meeting note and mark up document . use the Slate in this manner , along with about 30 min - a hour of web browse give I about 5.5 hour of battery life on a full charge . I easily make it a full 8 hour day without recharge because I use the power button to put the system to sleep anytime I set it down . -lrb- the system wake up in less than 2 seconds and you can set a quick picture password use the Samsung system manager software so literally I wake the system up and I be back to take note in less than 4 seconds . -rrb- like I say in the beginning , for I , this system do it all and it be about as light and portable as my kindle . the only place I could see myself miss my old Thinkpad would be when I be on the plane , as I could see the set up be a little less stable in that sort of environment than a standard laptop . anywhere else however and I be happy to pull this out all the time . so for the cost of this system , if you plan to use it like I do , as pretty much a replacement for you be standard laptop , then I would say it be worth the price . I love it .