ASUS Transformer Duet!
Okay, this past week Techpodcast Network covered CES 2014. There were a lot of cool, geeky devices that they uncovered in their awesome coverage which we carried right here on the website. This device was one of the things that was unveiled at CES, it is the Asus “Transformer Duet.” Why “Duet?” Because this laptop which is also a tablet runs both Android and Windows 8.x; how cool is that! So, you can plug the tablet into the keyboard unit, use it as a laptop, un-dock the screen from the keyboard unit, and use it as a tablet. While it is docked in the keyboard unit you can touch a button that will toggle you between Android and Windows in less than 4 seconds!
This gives you multiple functionality both from the software side, the operating systems, and from the physical side, a tablet, or a laptop. This is very cool! Because this put you a point that perhaps, this one device can do it all! That is, be your desktop/laptop, and your tablet both in the Android world and in the Windows world. Can it be this powerful and flexible? I suppose time will tell will have to get one in our hand to see if it really works as they designed it!
From the ASUS web site:
“Quad-mode, dual-OS laptop and tablet with Instant Switch
ASUS Transformer Book Duet (TD300) is an extremely capable device that is able to function as an Android or Windows 8.1 tablet or notebook. Users can simply switch operating systems with a single push of the Instant Switch button or a virtual key on the tablet.
By offering both operating systems, ASUS provides users the ability to run supported Android applications and a vast array of native Windows applications. Transformer Book Duet features a powerful Intel Core i7 processor with Intel HD graphics and 4G DDR3L 1600 RAM, giving it performance that’s up to twice as fast as existing tablets powered by ARM® processors.
The patented ASUS technology that powers Instant Switch offers many performance and productivity benefits over other dual-OS solutions, such as fast, smooth and seamless switching and the ability to resume each OS from where the user left off. As it does not use OS virtualization, Instant Switch also allows each OS to harness the full power of Intel’s latest processor technology.”