Twist - My Review (model 3347-2GU)

Well, I returned my ThinkPad Twist yesterday (booo) to CDW. Here were my observations. Oddly enough, it was the low resolution display that convinced me to wait until Lenovo puts something HD+ or higher on them before I buy again.
1. Buy SSD. If you have a spinning drive, every time you move the Twist the motion sensor will stop the HDD and you have to wait for no motion to continue to use it. Uh.. doesn't this kinda' defeat the whole convertable tablet concept? Spinning HDD's should not even be an option.
2. USB 3.0 Support is not complete. I have another post with the two tickets I've opened with Lenovo. Some USB 3.0 devices aren't detected and most likely a UEFI/BIOS update will address this. But, getting Lenovo to admit this is an issue is like spitting in the wind.
3. No backlit keyboard. Seriously.. what a mistake. The F keys are printed in a dark red ink. They might as well not even print on them.
4. Low Resolution Display! I know I mentioned this at the top of this posting.. but seriously! If you're going to use this as a tablet for reading, the text looks so 2001. Fix this Lenovo, and drop the current display.
5. HEAT HEAT HEAT.. wow, I got the 3347-2GU model with the Core i-7 mobile chipset. Do anything that is graphic intense and you can burn your leg. Poor little Twist was sweating like a **bleep** in church and all i was doing was playing words with friends.
6. Screen Rotation... I just turned this auto rotation off and used the button. Luckly, I didn't have rotation issues.
7. Turned off the ambient light sensor and did NOT notice a drop in battery life. Battery life isn't the greatest, but I didn't mind, usually I'm near a power source.
8. Pen Input should be an option. If Lenovo can include it and justify it in their new tablet, why isn't it included in the Twist?
There is so much to like about the Twist. But, so many small details that weren't thought through. I applaud Lenovo and when a higher resolution, pen included and improved USB Support Twist is released, I'll place another order.
Until then, I'll make do with what I have. Hopefully the X230 Convertables will get Win9 Pro soon (with better displays, gee this is a recurring complaint for Lenovo).
Cheers,
JIM

There are a couple of links in this discussion that you may find interesting:
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-Edge-S-series/what-is-HDD-express-cache/td-p/736751
You are using the SSD. Or rather, it's being used for you automatically. It caches frequently used files and speeds things up. The OS is still installed on the HDD, but those frequently used files are mirrored on the SSD and get read from there.
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There is no point in you installing the ExpressCache on your system. The ExpressCache software is intelligent and will realize that the Samsung 840 Pro SSD is faster than the caching SSD in the system. It will then not cache files to the mSATA caching SSD because to do so would slow the system down.
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