So the Asus Transformer tablet came yesterday,
Funny, it was listed as "no OS" but I fired it up and it booted to a fresh install of Win 8.1. Possibly the recovery partition kicked in.
I installed Win 10 pro, office 2016, adobe reader and steam. No issues. Slapped a micro SD card in the slot with books and videos for my trip. VLC and FB reader to play them.
For a 3 year old budget tablet its not bad. Not as sturdy nor as fast as the surface pro but the battery lasts 4x as long. and ahem only $60 so if I destroy it when I'm out in the boonies I won't cry too hard.
Pros: Full windows, functional keyboard, screen looks sharp for 1368x768, ebooks and videos look good. supposedly 8-10 hours of battery life, handy having a built in micro SD slot, Cheap!
Cons: only 2GB ram, meh build quality and plastic feel, slow for real productivity tasks. USB 3.0 port is on the keyboard so no USB in tablet mode unless I adapt the micro usb slot. Takes a long time to charge fully.
Neutral: Atom CPU seems to do the job, 42.7 GB free after I've installed office, Adobe reader and a few touch friendly steam games.
End State, This will fill my need for a long lasting media consumption device while I'm away this summer.