Asus Announces Transformer T300 Covertible
Asus' new Transformer hits the show floor at IFA in Berlin.
Asus on Wednesday debuted a brand new Transformer ultraportable called the T300.
Measuring 13.3 inches in size, the T300 is based on Intel's latest Core i-series generation of processors, and true to its Transformer name, features a detachable display that can be used as a standalone Windows 8 tablet.
Specswise, you're looking at anything from a Core i3-4010 CPU to an Intel Core i7-4500 CPU, as well as 8 GB of RAM and between 64 GB and 256 GB of solid state storage, a full HD camera on the back, a 720p camera on the front, stereo speakers, USB 3.0, microSD card slot, and micro-HDMI. The full HD (1920 x 1080) display features 10-point multitouch with a multitouch digitizer that measures a 6 mm contact point. The device measures 11.5 mm thick and weighs 2.4 lbs. Including the keyboard dock adds another 11 mm in thickness and an additional 2.1 lbs in weight.
No word on pricing or availability just yet, but we'll keep you posted! In the mean time, check out the hands-on from our sister site, LAPTOP.
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I love my light devices these days and I'm actually using a Surface RT for work just because it is so light while doing all I need, but.. The specs/weight on this thing are not horribly out of line for hardware of this type. Price these things between $500 and $1000 depending on which hardware profile you're looking at and I could see some people going for these.
I'm guessing you'd prefer Windows 7 on a portable touchscreen device with a tablet mode? If so, all I've got to say is WOW.
Because Tom's forum has been broken in a way that if you refresh the page that you previously replied to, it re-posts your previous post. Been like this for months, no one has fixed it. Before I understood why my posts were getting reposted, I would refresh the page a few times to see what new comments had been made, and it looked like I was spamming the forum with 2-3x my posts. It's really annoying, I don't know why it's so hard to fix.