It seems to me like the battery life is the killer here. A highly portable device just needs long battery life. Mobility == no access to power, the two just go

It seems to me like the battery life is the killer here. A highly portable device just needs long battery life. Mobility == no access to power, the two just go together. It seems to me that MS would have been better to release the RT stand alone and wait for the next generation of Intel chips (working closely with Intel, if necessary) to dramatically decrease power and get the fans out of this thing. If it had no fans and got 2x battery life it would be a pretty awesome device.