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Asus was previously touting a Transformer Book Trio which ran both Android and Windows 8. It appears to have vanished from existence, and I now wonder heavily i

by zmmmmm 13y ago

Asus was previously touting a Transformer Book Trio which ran both Android and Windows 8. It appears to have vanished from existence, and I now wonder heavily if they got a visit from the Microsoft legal or marketing department (as seems to have happened with the Ativ Q)?

fpgeek 13y ago
As of this FCC filing, the Transformer Book Trio seems to be alive and well: http://liliputing.com/2013/09/asus-transformer-book-trio-hits-fcc.html http://liliputing.com/2013/09/asus-transformer-book-trio-hit... (redundant processors and all).
josteink 13y ago
I always thought it was because of lacking demand. I'm a former owner of the original Asus Transformer (Android-tablet + keyboard dock) and I still fail to see why I would want to have a device with two architectures, and two OSes. People love to talk about Android and fragmentation, much more so than I find constructive, but putting both Android and Windows in two different universes on the same device is pure madness. I would never buy a device like that, and I think that applies to most technically minded people I know as well. I'm curious as to why you think Microsoft's legal or marketing team would be opposed to this sort of product though.
- zmmmmm 13y ago
  > I'm curious as to why you think Microsoft's legal or marketing team would be opposed to this sort of product though It's pure speculation that it is Microsoft, but it does seem to be a legal problem in the case of the Ativ Q (patents are mentioned but I'm not 100% it is really patents because some sources just say "legal problems"): http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-ativ-q-hounded-by-patent-problems-could-be-canceled-20130825/ http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-ativ-q-hounded-by-patent... Microsoft is famous for making agreements with OEMs constraining them from shipping other OSes instead of or in combination with Windows. Their motive seems very clear to me in that they would be desperate to prevent Android from rising into the laptop / netbook space. This kind of transition device could be very threatening in that regard.

by zmmmmm 13y ago

fpgeek 13y ago

As of this FCC filing, the Transformer Book Trio seems to be alive and well: http://liliputing.com/2013/09/asus-transformer-book-trio-hits-fcc.html http://liliputing.com/2013/09/asus-transformer-book-trio-hit... (redundant processors and all).

josteink 13y ago

I always thought it was because of lacking demand. I'm a former owner of the original Asus Transformer (Android-tablet + keyboard dock) and I still fail to see why I would want to have a device with two architectures, and two OSes. People love to talk about Android and fragmentation, much more so than I find constructive, but putting both Android and Windows in two different universes on the same device is pure madness. I would never buy a device like that, and I think that applies to most technically minded people I know as well. I'm curious as to why you think Microsoft's legal or marketing team would be opposed to this sort of product though.

zmmmmm 13y ago
> I'm curious as to why you think Microsoft's legal or marketing team would be opposed to this sort of product though It's pure speculation that it is Microsoft, but it does seem to be a legal problem in the case of the Ativ Q (patents are mentioned but I'm not 100% it is really patents because some sources just say "legal problems"): http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-ativ-q-hounded-by-patent-problems-could-be-canceled-20130825/ http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-ativ-q-hounded-by-patent... Microsoft is famous for making agreements with OEMs constraining them from shipping other OSes instead of or in combination with Windows. Their motive seems very clear to me in that they would be desperate to prevent Android from rising into the laptop / netbook space. This kind of transition device could be very threatening in that regard.