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6/4/12 at 5:58am
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In addition to various Windows 8 tablets and a dual-booting all-in-one, ASUS announced the Transformer Book, a line of notebooks with detachable touch screens that can function as tablets -- not ARM-based tablets, mind you, but full-blown x86 slates. So, if you were wondering which side of the laptop / tablet hybrid fence these fall onto, that should clear it up for you. Another sign these are notebooks first and tabs second? Look no further than the large screen sizes: 11.6, 13 and 14 inches. As mentioned, they pack laptop-grade chips to match, including a Core i7 Ivy Bridge processor, backed by discrete graphics. Storage options include SSDs and traditional hard drives, and we're told these lappies can accommodate up to 4GB of RAM.

Video and source here: http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/asus-transformer-book/



1080P screen and an i7 Ivy Bridge on a 11.6" tablet with battery/keyboard dock. Sounds like a win to me biggrin.gif
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6/4/12 at 6:13am
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6/4/12 at 6:14am
Actually pretty awesome. I'll probably get one when they come out.
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6/4/12 at 6:35am
This seems cool but I'm not sure how usable this is going to be without the dock. With screen sizes from 11 inches all the way up to 14 inches it's got to be pretty heavy, and then what's the battery life going to be with that kind of hardware? It's hard to imagine it lasting a long time.
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6/4/12 at 6:44am
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This seems cool but I'm not sure how usable this is going to be without the dock. With screen sizes from 11 inches all the way up to 14 inches it's got to be pretty heavy, and then what's the battery life going to be with that kind of hardware? It's hard to imagine it lasting a long time.

I don't think it's really meant to be a tablet.. they're calling a laptop with a detachable screen for a reason
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Originally Posted by steelbom View Post

This seems cool but I'm not sure how usable this is going to be without the dock. With screen sizes from 11 inches all the way up to 14 inches it's got to be pretty heavy, and then what's the battery life going to be with that kind of hardware? It's hard to imagine it lasting a long time.

idea is good.....but again I worry about the battery lives.
I'm expecting it to be 50% of what the Transformer prime can last.

Interesting though.......Asus should just go with an ARM solution and dual boot or use blue stacks to emulate Android.
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6/4/12 at 7:03am
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idea is good.....but again I worry about the battery lives.
I'm expecting it to be 50% of what the Transformer prime can last.
Interesting though.......Asus should just go with an ARM solution and dual boot or use blue stacks to emulate Android.

What's the point in that when they have the Transformer Prime tablet for Android based stuff. I'd personally love one of these as nothing beats a desktop OS environment's versatility in many situations.

This looks like Asus plugging a gap they found in the market and i for one hope this comes to market soon.
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6/4/12 at 7:22pm
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I don't think it's really meant to be a tablet.. they're calling a laptop with a detachable screen for a reason
Ah yeah, right. But then why make it a detachable at all? I suppose it couldn't hurt to pick it up for a few hours I guess.
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idea is good.....but again I worry about the battery lives.
I'm expecting it to be 50% of what the Transformer prime can last.

Interesting though.......Asus should just go with an ARM solution and dual boot or use blue stacks to emulate Android.
Eh I think even less without the dock considering the larger screen size and powerful hardware.
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