ASUS NovaGo 13.3" Unlocked Gigabit LTE Wireless Touchscreen 2-in-1 Laptop, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 2.6GHz, 6GB RAM, 128GB Storage, 22Hr Battery, Windows 10 - TP370QL-6G128G, Star Grey

I have been looking for a "throw in the bag" device I can take with when out of the office that has full PC functionality but is always connected, has decent performance and all day battery life. I have used iPads and they are ok but I really prefer a true keyboard / mouse experience for navigating multiple windows, doing cut and paste etc. I have tried x86 PCs such as the Dell Venue Pro with an LTE modem but they don't work that well when using LTE plus battery life is lacking and instant on is not possible. The original ARM-based Windows RT device with LTE worked ok but lacked app support.I spent a fair amount of time at the recent Microsoft BUILD Conference checking out the new ARM-based PCs and read the various reviews. Despite the reviews that highlighted perceived performance and compatibility issues, I decided to try out ASUS NovaGo to see if it would work for my needs.Overall, I have been extremely happy with the device. I was not looking for a high performance, gaming machine (which many of the reviews seem stuck on). I wanted a real PC that I could do email, web work, Office apps for business use. This machine works great for that. I have used both Edge and Chrome. Both work fine although occasionally Chrome feels less snappy than my experience on other PCs and Macs. Edge works very well and has very good performance. Extensions seem to work fine with both browsers. All of the applications I have tried from both the Windows ARM and x86 world have worked with one big exception. DropBox for Windows Mobile ARM works fine but is limited in functionality and does not provide locally cached files. The standard x86 DropBox client does NOT work on this device. If you are a big DropBox user, that is definitely a consideration. I have started to move a lot of my cloud files to OneDrive and OneDrive for Business and that has worked really well. OneDrive also works well on my other PCs, Macs and iOS devices so it is a fine substitute for DropBox.Some USB devices will not work although standard mice and keyboard seem ok. I was able to use a USB3 extension hub with extra video, multiple USBs and ethernet without issue. An FTDI USB Serial Adapter did not work as there was no compatible driver available. Also, I did the free upgrade to Windows 10 Pro as I wanted to the ability to load non-Windows Store apps. It was very easy to do the upgrade.The screen, keyboard, I/O features etc. are all fine.I got the "free" Sprint unlimited data plan and after getting some help via Sprint online chat to get the right plan, I have that working fine. The LTE speed is really good and you can also use this device as a hotspot for other devices via the LTE connection. A nice bonus. I also tried a Verizon data SIM and it worked fine as well.So overall, this is a very useful mobile business device and it does what I want it to. The only downsides for me are the lack of full DropBox support and I think the price is a bit high when compared to other PCs with similar performance and storage – although the Prime Day price of $489 was a great deal – so good I bought a second one for my wife. You pay a bit of a premium for the unique features: long battery life, always on / instant resume, LTE connectivity that actually works which was worth it for me.

I had such high hopes for this machine. Light weight, 20 hour battery life, LTE internet! Sounded like it had it all.Surprisingly, the problem isn’t the computer. It’s the crappy OS that it comes with. Windows 10-S.The “S” stands for SUCKS!!!!!With this system, you can not make any changes and can only add apps from the windows store. That means any software, print drivers, networking or proprietary software. After doing extensive research, we found that there is a way to change windows S to windows 10. But even after doing this, we were still unable to add our own printers. Calling ASUS was useless. The girl answering the phone spoke English about as well as my Beagle. Called back again and reached a Jamacian tech support who knew less about windows then my preschooler. Eventually, they forwarded my call to Microsoft directly where I got caught up in anto attendant offering either self-help options on the web OR paid tech support.All to get a $%^! Print driver installed.Very VERY frustrated and disappointed.Buy this computer expecting1) absolutely no customer support2) to reinstall windows yourself3) to spend 2 days hunting for all the drivers needed to make the motherboard, networking, etc. work.Did I mention how much their customer service sucks?

The media could not be loaded.  In many ways this new generation of ARM based Windows computers is a significant achievement. A previous attempt by Microsoft to use these more power efficient processors resulted in a version of Windows that could not run most of the Windows software library. These new laptops run the full version of Windows and are compatible with decades of applications written for Intel processors relatively seamlessly. Very well executed.But here's the problem: Performance is dreadful. Even with applications compiled for the new processor I'm seeing it do no better than a cheap Intel netbook from 2015. This may not be so much of an issue with basic tasks like web browsing and word processing, but you could certainly do the same or better for far less money with a Chromebook or other low end Intel device. I feel like this is something that should have waited a bit for better ARM chips before being releasing this as a consumer device.Things are also challenging for general non-techie consumers. In order for an app to run it needs to be compiled for ARM or as a 32 bit Intel application. 64 bit intel apps don't work. What's worse is that Microsoft is not curating the applications in the Windows App Store so it's hard to know what will run on your device vs. not until you try installing it. Google at least does not show you things that can't run on your Chromebook in the Google Play store.In my tests battery life came in at around 12 hours of constant usage so it's not unreasonable to get iPad like battery longevity out of this if you're not using it all that frequently. But that battery longevity comes at a price: both in its cost and overall performance.

Out of the gate this was a 2.5 start product at best. While the machine worked it was buggy and slow (chrome barely ran). This was because not all the code had been optimized for the snapdragon processor. Then in 2019 Microsoft released some updates that really improved the experience and fixed the chrome issues. I now run 10+ open tabs and the machine is a perfect portable, always on (18+ hour battery life), always connected device. For the money, you will be hard pressed to find a better niche machine.

Did its Job but the OS is crap and the hardware doesn't handle windows 10 pro well.

This thing is the tits McGee. Great laptop can’t go wrong