ASUS Shows Off Windows 8 Desktop+Tablet TAICHI, New Transformer Tablets

From DailyTech: The 18.4-inch Transformer AiO "desktoplet", unveiled this week at Computex 2012 in Taiwan, is a pretty intriguing product from manufacturer ASUSTek Computer, Inc. (TPE:2357).

While primarily a desktop, it has a button, which will allow it to switch into Android mode. It also features a jumbo multi-touch display and finger-oil resistant coating to make your huge new tablet slightly less disgusting.

The desktop-cum-tablet packs reportedly will pack an ARM architecture chip. Pricing hasn't been announced yet.

Aside from the AiO, ASUSTek also was showing off the "TAICHI". Named after the ancient Chinese martial art, which promotes flexibility and circulation, the new laptop-cum-tablet is an exercise in extravagance. Rather than resorting to a fancy swivel latch à la the Lenovo Group Ltd.'s (HKG:0992) Yoga, ASUSTek simply puts a screen on the back of the laptop lid and calls it a day.

This dual-screen-wielding laplet will be available in 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch flavors. Each will feature an Intel Corp. (INTC) Ivy Bridge Core i7 processor (quad-cores), 4 GB of DRAM, an SSD, dual-cameras, USB 3.0 (x2), mini-DVI, mini-VGA, 802.11n, and a backlit keyboard. The device is quite slender, about as thick as a ZenBook.

Last, but not least; ASUSTek gave some love to its veteran Transformer line, with detachable screen Transformer Book laplets. With a court victory over Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) freeing it to use the popular name, ASUSTek looks recover from the sales flop of the Transformer Prime.

Towards that end it will be launching Transformer Prime laplets of sizes 11.6-, 13-, and 14-inches, base on Intel Core (Ivy Bridge) processors. The units reportedly also feature discrete graphics, although it's unclear whether this will reside in the detachable lid or in the keyboard base. There are digital cameras in the front and back (like the TAICHI) and 4 GB of DRAM. Users can pick between SSDs and traditional hard-drives for this model line.

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