Win 8.1 Dual Function Tablet Laptop 64-bit?

[danbeaver]

What screen size, and does the keyboard have to be part of the computer or a separate bluetooth one?

[danbeaver]

The ASUS Vivotab Smart ME400C-C2-BK 10.1-Inch 64GB Tablet goes for $329 on Amazon with:
                                                                                    

• Windows 8, 10.1" with Multi-Touch Screen WXGA (1366x768) ScreenIPS Panel
• Intel® Atom™ Z2760 Dual-Core @ 1.8GHz, 2 GB DDR3, 64 GB Storage
• WLAN 802.11 b/g/n @ 2.4GHz, Bluetooth V4.0, 2 MP Front Camera, 8 MP Rear Camera
• Stereo Speakers, 1 x 2-in-1 Audio  Jack (Headphone / Mic-in), 1 x micro HDMI, 1 x Micro USB, 1 x Micro SD  Card Reader(SDHC), G-Sensor, Light Sensor, Gyroscope, E-compass, Hall  sensor, NFC

The MicroUSB port comes with a OTG to regular USB cable I believe.  The Atom CPU isn't all that snappy, but trades cost for performance.  Boots quickly and with added Bluetooth keyboard and mouse works ok.

[danbeaver]

Oops, I just googled the CPU specs and it is a 32-bit running 32-bit Win 8.1

[danbeaver]

You may want to look to China rather than Taiwan to keep an i3 or better less than $600

[danbeaver]

Thank you Psxphill,

Wawrzon, I don't believe Intel believes in the ARM architecture having invested money on there own design, although Microsoft has Windows 8.1 RT, which is not really useful except for Cerfing the web and light tasks.

There are Intel based tablet/laptops below $600 and plenty of laptops in that range, but you will be looking at non-familiar names on AliExpress or similar.  A good tablet paired with a typable keyboard in a fitting cover is the cheapest option, but finding a powerful enough CPU for quick response on a bloated OS is the true problem.  C'est la vie!

[danbeaver]

The Atom comes it 64-bit flavors too

[danbeaver]

Well, I'm not going to measure your "pole," but as I said earlier the Atom just runs Win 8 "OK."  It exist to run crappy OS's on weak hardware for a long time with poor graphics, but in my case I needed a cheap win tablet to get thru a poorly designed VPN using IE to access labs while I was making rounds.

[danbeaver]

Is that with your 10 foot pole?