Asus Eee Slate EP121 (2011)

Starting at about $1,000, this was a lot more expensive than most other tablets. But the Bluetooth keyboard was good (a lesson Surface seems to have learned), and you also got an Intel Core i5 processor. It wasn't perfect, but this may have been the only recent Windows tablet that didn't make us want to run screaming back to a traditional clamshell laptop.

Read our review of the Asus Eee Slate EP121