And i5 processor is pretty good. Not an i7, but pretty good. My gamer laptop has an i5 w/ 4 gb, and I run, so far, any games that i want. I've seen some specs on some of the newest games that I can't, but that's more do to the graphics card i think. But I can run Star Trek online, DC Universe and City of Heroes Ultra Mode (not at full tilt, but its pretty good). Surpized to see one of those processors in a tablet.
As was I, people think this is some sort of iPad competitor but these are meant for completely different things. The Asus tablet is designed for doing work and is even a WACOM tablet with a digitizer pen while the iPad and Xoom are more consuming media. Powerful processor and the 4GB RAM is probably very useful.
Do you think the 12.1 inch is too big to carry around?
I used to have an NEC Versa Litepad, that was around 10.4" and 2.4 lbs. 12.1" does sound a little big but that's sort of necessity for the hardware inside. It also weighs about 3 pounds, but I'm used to carrying around a 10 pound, 15" laptop. It weighs about as much as an HP Mini Netbook. (2.9-3.5 lbs) Your arm will probably feel fatigued if your holding it all the time.