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Re:The Surface 2 by freehunter on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @09:15PM (#6448332)
The Asus EeePad was the best thing I ever used as a notebook replacement. I had to buy it from China and change the display text to English when I got it, but the screen felt like paper, the digitizer was Wacom, and the battery life was excellent. It would sync with Evernote (I wish it synced with OneNote). I could read and annotate ebooks and PDFs. There were two styluses, and a place to store them both. You could write normally, since the screen did not respond to touch (only the pen). The black and white screen was okay for notes, but if you hooked it to your PC, it became a full Wacom tablet for Photoshop etc.

Unfortunately, they never released it in the US, dropped Evernote support a while back, and have completely discontinued it. Did I mention that importing from China through a reseller and with shipping included it only cost $250?

Re:The Surface 2 by yohui on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @11:08PM (#6448705)
I think you mean the Asus Eee Note? http://www.asus.com/Eee_Family/Eee_Note_EA800/

And dammit, that looks perfect for notetaking/sketching/etc. :(

Re:The Surface 2 by freehunter on Thursday September 26, 2013 @08:35AM (#6450263)
Yup, EeeNote. Sorry! It really was great, but it lost all use for me when Evernote sync was deprecated. The barrier to getting my files off became too high (move them to a microsd card, then move them to my computer with an adapter I always lose).
Re:The Surface 2 by mietek on Thursday September 26, 2013 @12:54AM (#6449028)
It looks like they are still available on eBay.