do they exist? my last experience was with the asus transformer t100. it was a freaking nightmare. during my tour, it was fine. nothing went wrong that I can remember. When I got back, it came with a plethora of problems like screen going out, mouse pad going out, cannot boot properly. I've had to factory reset about 10 times before I deleted basically all the apps that i could to free up some ram, and it seems to have stabilized. well this morning, that POS got drowned by my bottle of milk that spilled all over in my carradice camper. it's FUBAR. I am both heartbroken and euphoric at the same time.

It's time to get a new travel laptop, and I want to do it right this time. What's amazing to me is that the T100 transformer ranks on top of many review sites, so I'm going to stick strictly to consumer inputs this time.

The thinkpad x200 seems like a good candidate. any input there or other good suggestions? I'm hoping to get some kind of consensus for something that's the best balance between weight, reliability/longevity, performance, price

my priority:
1. reliability/longevity
2. price ($200 range)
3. performance (web browsing, word processing, video watching, photo/video uploading)
4. weight