@dweebken and @impenetrable
I'll be intrigued to see how you get on in practice.
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Meanwhile, I see that Lenovo has introduced a some interesting new stuff at CES 2013.
e.g. The Lenovo Helix
Hands-On With Lenovo
What's quite cool is that the screen is detachable AND REVERSIBLE. This means that it can close with the screen on the outside like a tablet. OR open and close with the screen on this inside, opposite the keyboard, much like a laptop.
This form factor is surely the way to go. The only fractional down-side is that if you always want to use the keyboard there will be a small amount of extra weight you car carrying around to allow for the detach-ability !
The rest of the spec looks pretty full-caffeine: 11.6", 1080p, Core i7, SSD, "up to 6 hours" as a tablet +4 hours power in, on board storage of stylus with 256 pressure sensitivity.
Personally I will almost always use a keyboard and my main gripe is that the screen is simply too small to comfortably read at 11.6" and 1080p resolution! Because IMHO, to do any serious work I think you need at least a 13" screen.
So I am stilll thinking about the X1 Carbon with a nice big 14inch screen that now has a touch version... BUT even though it is "the thinnest and lightest 14in laptop on the planet" it cant ever be used as a tablet because the screen doesnt fold back 360 degrees so using any substantial use of touch wont really work. Also I *think* it is still only running at 1600 x 900 pixels.
And unfortunately the 13" Lenovo Yoga still isnt 1080p - it's 1,600x900. :^[
Hmmm I wonder if they will make a 13 or 14 inch Helix?
