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"This tablet runs Android Jelly Bean"
I'm pretty sure if you look at the picture it says Jelly Beam
LOL you're right!Originally Posted by fatguy666
"This tablet runs Android Jelly Bean"
I'm pretty sure if you look at the picture it says Jelly Beam
First I saw this I thought hmmm sounds interesting, then I realised the useful part was the keyboard dock, which is crippled by a spinning hard disk and so then I realised it'd spend 90% of it's time in the configuration of a mediocre Ultrabook.
If they could make me a tablet with just the 1 CPU (perhaps a Silvermont Atom) that could switch between Android on eMMC and Windows 8 on a proper SSD, without needing the dock, and make it weigh a bit less... then I might think it sounded like something else other than a mad fudge together.
Picking up work on another device is about as new as wheels... been doing that for years thanks to Dropbox, Google Docs and several other services of a similar ilk... Unless this thing has shared storage then it's just a marketing twaddle-about.
Like this device quite a bit, but I can't help thinking that it's a bit of a Heath-Robinson affair. What I would have preferred is trading back the storage for a tablet that could do Android and Windows8 (full version, not RT) natively. So drop the 1TB disk and slap a 256Gb SSD into the tablet.
Do Android as a "normal" tablet with a reboot needed for Windows8, and when in Windows 8 mode the Android bit could be done via some kind of virtual machine arrangement. As a consequence "demote" that keyboard dock to a mere accessory. So I guess what I'm looking for a Book Duo since the screenless "desktop" mode seems a little superfluous.
Kudos though, to Asus for doing something different ... again.
Career status: still enjoying my new career in DevOps, but it's keeping me busy...
Certainly can't accuse Asus of not trying something new and different, if only every company were so bold...
Like other's have said, it's not *quite* there yet but it's close and looks good.
Can't imagine it's going to be anything other than pricey though...
I'm hoping this sort of multifunctionality will be par for the course in a few years' time...
Now beam me some jellies you beeatch
and prices will drop accordingly
1TB is an interesting choice - 'normal' sized SSD would be cheaper to put in & help with the overall cost....
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