I see you didn't mention gaming, go with 1201N you will actually get more battery life than mentioned with medium brightness and ION graphics will certainly cover you for some light gaming and your multimedia needs.
Hp is nice machine too but compared to ASUS its $70 more here. I would go with...
Galaxy Nexus even though its not the latest anymore after couple of new handset released but the strong point about it is having the latest version of android which clearly makes the difference. Second is its HD display which gives you more space on your screen even clear and crisp videos. Dual...
We have two options i know galaxy s3 64GB is available as well and we can use 64GB card in it which will turn out around 120 GB of space.
Second you can always have your OTG cable around you and get yourself a 128GB USB flash drive...
Its easy that way but the real question is we all want flexibility and options just like OP is looking for i was in look for the same feature but ended up without any success on my S2 which has OTG and MHL same like s3. :(
Thanks for the kind word and very warm welcome on forum. You can't express your feelings in word, what you want me to say? When he said My fault, ah well. I said it happens bro, move on. If that's what you call attitude then sorry it wasn't and i must not have expressed my condolence correctly...
have my wd blacks in raid and everything was snappy until i got myself hyperX 120. Its definitely very noticeable difference due to access time i guess. HD around 10-15ms and on ssd it is 0.* something(not sure but its that fast).
And yea SSD in RAID will be awesome.