Asus Transformer Book Duet announced with Windows and Android

The Asus Transformer Book Duet (TD300) was one of the new devices announced at CES 2014, dubbed as the "world’s first quad-mode, dual-OS laptop and tablet convertible". This tablet is capable of letting its user alternate between Windows 8.1 and Android 4.2 with a push of the dedicated Instant Switch button.


The tablet has a 13.3 inch touch display with a full 1080p HD resolution, up to 128GB SSD storage, a microSD card slot, and up to an Intel Core i7 processor with 4GB DDR3L 1600 RAM. The dock can add up to 1TB of storage more via a HDD, and it features most of the ports - 1 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0, 10/100Mbit/s LAN, HDMI 1.4, audio combo jack, and a DC jack. The 38WHr battery, estimated battery life around 5 hours in Windows 8.1 and 6 hours in Android 4.2.2. In addition, we get 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 + EDR connectivity

The Transformer Book Duet is a pretty cool concept, which, however, comes a tad thick and heavy, with the tablet half measuring 342.7 x 216.3 x 12.9 mm, while the dock adds 340.9 x 217.6 x 16 mm, and the whole contraption together weighs around 1.9 kg, which is not the best achievement out there. Availability for the intriguing dual-OS convertible of ASUS will be announced at a later date, but the price is known, and it starts off at the very reasonable $599 level.