Hands on: Asus Transformer AiO P1801 review

Asus killed it at CES this week with new products like the VivoTab Smart ME400C, the Google TV 3.0 Qube, and the Transformer AiO P1801.

The Transformer AiO is one of the most unique computers we at TechRadar have ever seen: a hybrid tablet and desktop with two separate processors.

But the strangeness doesn't end there: each of those processors runs a separate operating system, one Windows 8 and the other Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

TechRadar spent a few minutes playing around with Asus's Transformer AiO at CES and checking out its rather unique functionality.

Two heads or one?

The Transformer AiO's base unit packs a third-gen Intel i5 or i7 processor, and it's where the Windows 8 magic takes place.

The screen is removable, though, and acts as a tablet when it's not on the base. The tablet portion carries its own Nvidia Tegra 3 and runs Jelly Bean.

Alternately, the Intel-powered base unit can stream Windows 8 over Wi-Fi to the tablet. So the tablet can really do either.

Each portion has its own storage, as well; the tablet has 8GB of eMMC while the base packs between 500GB and 2TB of hard drive space.

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