[May 23, 2013] Sharing made easy [Financial Express (India)] Tweet (Financial Express (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) This laptop's unique back-to-back display offers exciting new ways of working with apps and sharing information. It switches seamlessly between fully featured notebook and multi-touch tablet The ASUS Taichi 31 is the most innovative convertible ultrabook in the market right now. It has two screens attached back to back that perform powerfully and can be used in four different modes. In our view, the device is the best-performing convertible ultrabook in the whole lot of available ultrabooks in the market. The product operates on Windows 8 Pro operating system, supported by Intel Core i7 3517U processor at a speed of 1.90 GHz and a 4 GB DDR3 RAM. It is a very powerful laptop with an innovative design of two screens placed back to back that can be used in four different modes-mirror, tablet, laptop and dual screen. The display is full high definition of 13.3 inch, 16:9 ratio at a resolution of 1920 x 1080p. The outer screen is gorilla glass, which is scratch-proof, but prone to smears and smudges, yet the broad bezel for the notebook screen is not very good. The audio quality of the device, enhanced by Bang and Olufsen, is really good. Sadly enough, the ultrabook's battery life of only two hours doesn't support its features at all. It comes with a chiclet keyboard amid backlight, 265GB SSD, integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000, a 5MP camera and a stylus pen. The ultrabook is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled. There are a numerous ports, two USB 3.0 ports, one micro HDMI port, one mini VGA port and a SD/ MMC card slot, but it lacks a LAN port. In our test-run, the ASUS Taichi 31 hybrid performed extremely well, and is way better than Sony VAIO 11 and Acer Aspire S7. But one cannot expect a good show for heavy graphics programmes and games. SPECIFICATIONS * Dimensions: 33.92 x 22.8 x17.4 cm (W x D x H) * Display: 13.3 inch 16:9 full HD (1920 x 1080) display * Processor: Intel Core i7 3517U processor, 1.90 GHz * Operating system: Windows 8 Pro/Windows 8 * Memory: DDR3 1600 MHz SDRAM, OnBoard Memory 4 GB * Storage: SATA III SSD, 128 GB/ 256 GB * Card reader: 3-in-1 card reader (SDHC/ SDXC/ MMC) Estimated street price:Rs1,39,999 Copyright 2013 The Indian Express Online Media Pvt. Ltd., distributed by Contify.com Credit: Aishwarya Singhal (c) 2013 The Indian Express Online Media Pvt. Ltd., distributed by Contify.com [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]