The X1E-80 should definitely perform better, I just wasn't expecting such a cut down SKU, let alone for it seemingly to be in the majority of designs and I don't think most others were either, that's all. With the higher base and actual boost, it will also be interesting to see how battery life is effected when the X1E-80 is used. It's not what it was hyped up to be, but it is very nice to see that the ARM version of Windows is finally a good experience for at least most users (outside of gaming) and QC provided a solid chip to drive that experience. I do worry that without a killer app or some kind of killer performance characteristic (whether performance or battery life), it still won't be enough to get much market penetration. We'll see though, MS seems to be pretty keen (at least for now) in pushing these to be successful.