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More Info ASUS announces line of Transformer Books ASUS Transformer Book shows sudden sign of life: 13-inch Core i5 model coming to Japan this week ASUS Transformer Book hybrid PC gets May 21st release date For a while, it looked like ASUS' Transformer Bo...
Lovely 1080p IPS display, Comfortable keyboard, Fast boot-up, resume times, Keyboard dock has a spare battery, hard drive...
Heavy for a 13-inch touchscreen Ultrabook, Launching with a year-old CPU...
The Transformer Book was an innovative concept when it was first announced a year ago. But now that it's finally shipping with old components, you're better off waiting for a possible Haswell refresh...
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Notebook or tablet? You don't have to decide anymore if you have the money for it. With the Transformer Book TX300CA Asus offers a convertible notebook (no ultrabook due to high weight) that comes with the full Intel Core computing power as well as many p...
High-grade aluminum stability, Concept with much memory space (HDD in dock), Mode: dock serves as energy filling station, Color-intensive IPS panel, Low system noise, Optically speaking nearly a real notebook, Good keyboard, Many connections incl. Etherne...
High weight, USB ports too close to each other, Core i7 clearly below standard, Throttled HD 4000...
Asus is heading in the right direction. At a price of 1,400 Euros (~$1873) the big screen convertible Transformer Book TX300CA + keyboard dock is certainly no bargain. However, it impressively shows how a notebook can be used as a tablet with (almost) no...
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& Design To keep the keyboard or lose it? Some hybrids convert from laptop to tablet mode by folding, spinning, or sliding the screen over the keyboard. Others, like and , split into two pieces, letting you leave the detachable keyboard behind and ca...
Large, sharp, bright screen, Excellent battery life in laptop mode, Fast performance when plugged in, Detachable design, Lots of storage...
Heavy for its class in laptop mode, Performance drops significantly running on battery, Memory isn't upgradable...
With its large 13.3-inch, 1080p screen and fast Core i7 CPU, the Transformer Book makes for a unique and powerful Windows 8 tablet, but as a laptop, it's heavier and more expensive than its competitors...
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& Design To keep the keyboard or lose it? Some hybrids convert from laptop to tablet mode by folding, spinning, or sliding the screen over the keyboard. Others, like and , split into two pieces, letting you leave the detachable keyboard behind and ca...
Large, sharp, bright screen, Excellent battery life in laptop mode, Fast performance when plugged in, Detachable design, Lots of storage...
Heavy for its class in laptop mode, Performance drops significantly running on battery, Memory isn't upgradable...
With its large 13.3-inch, 1080p screen and fast Core i7 CPU, the Transformer Book makes for a unique and powerful Windows 8 tablet, but as a laptop, it's heavier and more expensive than its competitors...
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twitter: @lisagade) Asus first teased us almost a year ago with the Transformer Book, a 13.3" full HD Zenbook Prime style Ultrabook that transforms, much like the company's Android tablets, into a tablet. In October 2012, they released videos that sh...
Equally good as a tablet and a laptop. Superb full HD display, attractive all-metal casing, secondary HDD in dock, good selection of ports...
Tablet and keyboard dock weigh 4.2 lbs, which is a bit heavy for a 13" Ultrabook. Battery life just OK...
The Asus Transformer Book TX300 is the best Windows 8 transformer to date. Granted, at $1,499 for the high end model we tested, it should be great. The IPS display is simply stunning and the machine is quite fast. It has the excellent build quality an...
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As detachable laptop/tablet hybrids go, some of the best laptop designs are marred by the inclusion of clunky, kludgey docking hinges, a necessary evil when wedding a tablet to a keyboard. While it does have a docking hinge, the Asus Transformer Book TX30...
Gorgeous 1080p touch screen. Intel Core i7-3517U processor adds oomph. Extra battery adds stamina.
Finicky dock connector. Diminished performance on battery power...
The Asus Transformer Book TX300C looks great, combining a well-designed laptop with a high-performance tablet, but it has some quirks that can't be ignored...
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If one thing can be said of Windows 8, it's that it has resulted in a host of intriguing laptop-tablet hybrid designs, not all of which are successful. But the one combo that seems to be here to stay is the laptop with detachable display, which is what AS...
Handsome design, Gorgeous 1080p display, Solid performance, Long battery life...
Heavy for 13-inch notebook, System heats up easily, Subpar webcam...
The ASUS Transformer Book TX300 offers a premium design, a full HD detachable display and great battery life, but it's on the heavy side...
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