Who had ever heard about the dual operating system in a single build computer? Yes it has made possible by one of the big renowned computer manufacturing company ASUS. Today i.e. on Monday, 6 Jan 2014, ASUS introduced the first ever dual operating computer system. After the ASUS Transformer Book Trio, ASUS has now announced the new Transformer Book Duet TD300. This book is one in all, having Windows and Android at the same time. At first look, this paptop looks like an ultra-notebook which by some more weight is not called as the ultra-book. The ASUS CEO Jerry Shen was really were proud to announce his product during the conference.
Let’s talk about some of the specification of this hybrid machine i.e. ASUS Transformer Book Duet TD300. This machine is 4 in 1 thing. A Windows Tablet, an Android Tablet, a Windows Laptop and an Android Laptop. It provide Windows 8.1 platform and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean simultaneously. The 13.3 inch detachable display screen is multi-touch and provides 1920 x 1080 resolution display. Going deep inside the laptop, it features a full Intel Core i7 4th Generation Processor, 2 GB RAM and the most jaw dropping fact that is its display panel which contains 128 GB SSD that is used when the tablet is in use. Furthermore, it have 1 TB hard drive only reserved for laptop usage. Now after listen all these facts about the laptop/tablet, you must be thinking about the weight of the laptop, it should weigh more than the usual laptops because of such heavy specs. But NO, it weighs only 4.1 pound and that is equal to Surface Pro 2.
Taking our discussion further, the ASUS Transformer Book Duet TD300 includes a HDMI port, one USB 3.0 port and two ports of USB 2.0. It features a microSD card slot, a front facing camera and an audio enhancing SonicMaster technology to complete the tablets dual speakers. Now discussing its price, the official price announced by Jerry Shen was $599. For pre-orders, you can see more details on ASUS official Website.
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