Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 (2012)

portability, performance, design, reliability, screen

64% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Lenovo’s ThinkPad Tablet 2 is a huge step up from its Android-based predecessor, and the stylus works great, but its use is hampered by a weak processor and Windows 8’s inability to scale to a tablet-sized screen. Tiny menus, freezes, and slowdowns dim...

Long battery life ; Comfortable keyboard ; Allows for pen input ; Wide viewing angles

Pen support isn't standard ; Bluetooth occasionally causes typing lags ; USB port doesn't work with USB hard drives or external optical drives

Until now, all of our recommendations of Atom-powered Windows 8 tablets have come with faint praise: most of these products have been marred by cramped keyboards, middling runtime and occasionally poky performance. Even the okay one, the Acer Iconia...

Very compact and light. Integrated stylus storage. Uses micro USB for charging. Very good battery life.

Slow multimedia benchmark scores. Intel GMA graphics. Only 2GB of memory. A 32-bit OS. USB port is low-powered. No erase button on stylus. No latch on keyboard accessory.

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Solid build quality ; Good battery life ; One of the best Bluetooth keyboards I've used

Gets expensive quickly ; You'll want an external mouse at all times ; Atom processor can't handle powerful apps

It does the basics beautifully, but hits its ceiling quickly

Excellent battery life, Availability of accessories, Great brightness on AC power, Extremely thin and portable in tablet form, Option for 4 GB of RAM and 64-bit Windows 8.1, The fantastic battery life and the abundance of available accessories

Relatively expensive, especially with accessories considered, Performance throttling under moderate use, No integrated USB 3.0, Keyboard dock does not fold closed, Gets uncomfortably warm under moderate use, Faster overall performance, better port...

If you aren’t completely married to the idea of purchasing a Windows 8 tablet, you can even get a much better experience on a number of Android tablets as well as the iPad. If you absolutely need a lightweight Windows 8 tablet with long-battery life,...

Precise touchscreen, Good main camera, GPS, Weight, Good speakers, Memory extension via SD, The surprisingly good main camera and the good performance using the touch interface

Battery is soldered in place, Bad illumination level of the LED-Flash, Digitize pen not retrofittable, Low power supply through the UBS port

The Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 starts at $579 with the Atom processor, 32GB of storage, and no stylus but is probably sold out in most places like Lenovo’s online store. Then the 64GB model bumps up to $679 but you also get that stylus, and lastly you’ll...