Continuing on from my earlier comment on continued throttling, the situation forces me to reflect on what the TP10 Gen 2 does well or not so well, as the basis for keeping it or not.
The way I use the TP10 most often is for note taking with clients, sometimes for several hours. At this, both the original and Gen 2 versions excel, but the Gen 2 is better. The new pen technology of the Lenovo Pen Pro is excellent! (It resolves the accuracy/parallax problem of the older Wacom technology.) The TP 10 is so handy, and just the right size, with the light weight, lack of a fan, and the lightweight flip cover. Ideal replacement for a pad of paper in a paperless office, using One Note. Much less of a compromise than bigger/heavier tablets like the Surface Pro tablets (I have one of those, too).
This use-case is NOT affected by throttling.
The light weight and portability also make it a natural temptation for personal video consumption and light web browsing. This use case IS affected by throttling if you open a lot of browser tabls, and then, say, multi-task with email, but it does work well on a casual basis.
Third, just looking at email and word processing, throttling doesn't seem to affect this use case either. I just LOVE the ultrabook keyboard. I know keyboards are subjective, but this is a high-quality keyboard with long key throw and nice mechanical feel. Amazing for a small, relatively less expensive computer, although the keyboard does add weight. My accuracy is as high as with a full size thinkpad keyboard, although I miss the trackpoint nub. The keys and spacing are FULL SIZE when you hold the seemingly-diminutive keyboard up to a full-size keyboard. The shrinkage is in the row of function keys, and in the narrower footprint of the enter key and other peripheral keys. I really like the layout as well, and this is usually a limitation of smaller keyboards. Wonderful implementation by Lenovo, at least in my book.
I find the keyboard a reason to choose the TP!0 over, say, the Surface 3, all by itself. This use-case is not affected by throttling.
In sum, I am a perfect customer for this form factor. I am so irritated that the "100%" improvement of the Cherry Trail chip over the Bay Trail predecessor's graphical performance is not realized in practice for viewing sessions longer than about 10 minutes. Web surfing can start to crawl at times when under load as well. I feel a sense of relief when I switch over to a faster unit folllowing a session of stuttering and slow web-draws on the TP 10. (Again, light use is fine; it is longer work sessions and multi-tasking that hurt.)
The fingerprint reader is a nice add for the more commonly-sold models, especially for tablet (without keyboard) use.
There are some minor grouses about Gen 2 over Gen 1, but they are not decisive. Removal of the physical rotation-lock. the light-leackage of the new IPS panel looks like an aurora borealis compared to the deep black of my earlier TP 10. The new screen is not as bright, but this isn't much of a problem since i don't use it outside much.
the review verdict is:
