ThinkPad 8 64GB/2GB for $200(ish) - still a good buy?

To my understanding, this particular model has been discontinued for some amount of time, but I have seen a few online stores in Korea selling the 64GB storage version of the ThinkPad 8 at roughly $200 after conversion. It also comes with a permanent Office 2013 license.

Despite having an older CPU, is it still a good buy at $200? My uses will be quite limited to dealing with ActiveX contents and reading documents created by a Korean MS Word competitor.

I know there are newer, cheaper tablets from Chinese manufacturers, but Lenovo has after-sales service in Korea, unlike the Chinese makers. Hence, this model.

 

I would try to get one of the 4GB Models.
And if you are not into 3D or videoediting then the Z3770 or Z3795 is not that much slower then the new offering
https://cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Atom+Z3795+@+1.60GHz&id=2273
https://cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Atom+x7-Z8700+@+1.60GHz&id=2506

 

I looked around, and it's definitely available here, but for almost double the price. Granted, it's still a discount from when it was first released, but because my primary use is IE + ActiveX, I went with the cheaper model.

Even so, if I want to keep updates in mind, should I reconsider and go with the 4GB model instead?

Correction, the 4GB model is NOT available in Korea anymore; there's the initial model with the z3770, but with 128GB storage instead of 64.

 

I personally would only consider the 4GB model as it might be able to handle some sw development, otherwise I would go for a dualboot 8" X5 8300/8500 model.
But that's me.
What about the XiaoMi Mi Pad 2

Just keep in mind, the cherry trail get's alot hotter

 

Does the 4GB model even exist? I have only seen one on ebay once but since I have never seen a 4GB model for sale anywhere

 

There is another active thread discussing the availability of the 4GB TP8. http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/thr...b-ram-and-128gb-hard-drive.68791/#post-463895 As much as I liked the size and aspect ratio of this device and lack of a pen was a big negative. I also think that 2GB is too little RAM for a Bay Trial or Cherry Trail tablet. I had as Asus Note 8 and spent most of my time redlining the RAM.

 

Swanlee, not sure if you've seen it but ive just put a posting on the thread Bronsky linked to with details of where ive just been able to obtain a TP8 - If you're still interested.