Asus has the Transformer AIO will be presented. The all-in-one running normally, Windows 8 on an Ivy Bridge processor. The 18,4″screen, however, can be disconnected, making a great tablet created. The tablet has its own hardware and runs on Android 4.1.
About the hardware that is in the base of the aio is Asus has, as yet, little published. The manufacturer has at least a Intel Core processor from the Ivy Bridge generation and a GT730M graphics card of Nvidia in the housing is stopped. Further mentions Asus that the ‘base’ of the other usb 3.0 ports.
About the tablet, and monitor, can Asus something more to say. The 18,4″screen has a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels and has an ips panel. The tablet runs Android 4.1 on a Tegra 3 soc from Nvidia, which the clock frequency is not yet known. Also the amount of ram is unknown. Asus claims that the built-in battery in the tablet’s five-hour times. That is relatively long, since the large screen is a big energy consumer, but is not known to which scenario the duration is measured.
Asus and Acer have clearly with the same idea played. The latter showed at Cebit a 21.5″monitor, in which a soc is housed that Android 4.0 is running. The monitor of Acer must be connected to a computer to other operating systems than Android, while Asus has chosen to use an all-in-one system to offer.
On a product of Asus, it seems, incidentally, like the undocked tablet Windows 8 running. However, this is impossible, because the hardware that Windows runs in the base of the aio is. About prices and availability, Asus has yet been announced.
Update, 12:20 Thursday, march 7: The specifications of the Transformer AIO of Asus, appeared. The Transformer AIO P1801, as the device is called, will include a Core i3 3220, -i5 3350P, or -i7 3770 processor. On the motherboard is a B75 chipset from Intel, 4 to 8 gigabytes of ram, a gigabit lan port and a card reader. Optionally, the computer of a tv card. The tablet has 2GB of ram and 32GB of storage. The tablet also features a micro-SD slot, a usb port and a 3.5 mm jack for a headset or a microphone.
Asus has also confirmed that the product to which the undocked tablet Windows 8 it runs. When the user of the tablet by default is automatically a remote desktop app started, which in Windows will continue to work.
The P1801 will be out in may in the Netherlands. There is a version with the Core i3 processor and 4GB ram, which is 1249 euro will cost. The version with Core i5 processor and 8GB ram will 1349. There is as yet not known whether the Transformer AIO with a Core i7 processor in the Netherlands will be.