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The Asus Transfomer Book T200 is an 11.6 inch tablet that comes with a keybaord dock that turns the tablet into a notebook. It’s powered by an Intel Atom Z3775 Bay Trail processor, features a 1366 x 768 pixel display, up to 64GB of built-in solid state storage, and some models have an extra 500GB hard drive in the keyboard dock.
Asus isn’t selling the Transformer Book T200 in the United States yet, but the official product page for the 2-in-1 tablet is now live, suggesting it could hit the streets soon… maybe.
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- Asus Transformer Book T200 website goes live
Introduced in June, this tablet has the specs of the smaller 10 inch Transformer Book T100. But it’s… a little bigger. [Asus] - Asus Transformer Book T100TAM may be a new 2-in-1 with Atom Z3775, Windows with Bing
The 11.6 inch Asus Transformer Book T100 may not be the only new 2-in-1 from the company. A model called the T100TAM showed up at the FCC this week, and based on a Czech retail listing it looks like this model could have Microsoft Windows with Bing (which basically means Bing is the default search engine in Internet Explorer and Asus saves some money). [FCC] - Amazon lets Prime members opt for slower shipping, get $1 to spend on Amazon Instant Video
One of the primary perks of Prime membership is free 2-day shipping on millions of items. But if you’re willing to settle for shipping that’s slower, but still free, Amazon is running a trial “No-Rush” shipping program that could get you some money to spend on movies or TV shows. [Amazon] - Virgin Mobile launches customizable, contract-free family plan on Sprint’s network
The new plans will be available exclusively to customers who sign up at Walmart stores starting August 9th. [Sprint/Virgin Mobile] - Next-gen Mac Mini might be coming soon
Apple hasn’t made any announcements yet, but a Mid 2014 Mac Mini briefly showed up on a support page before the website was updated to remove any mention of the new model. There hasn’t been an update in almost two years and the latest Mac Mini is the only current-generation Mac that doesn’t have an Intel Haswell processor. [9to5Mac] - LibreOffice 4.3 released
New features include support for more Excel forumulas, MS Works spreadsheets and databases, and other interoperability improvements, 3D models in Impress, and more. [LibreOffice] - Google Chrome 64-bit beta channel now available for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users
In June Google started letting users test the 64-bit version of Chrome by using the Dev or Canary channels. Now it’s one step closer to stable. [Chrome Releases]
Do the Asus t200ta 64gb model have necessary connectors in the dock for adding a HDD or SSD?
Yes, from what I’ve been reading, all versions of the T200ta have the ability to add hard drive storage.
Is there anything actually better than the current T100?
design, full size keyboard, second usb port, 2.5″ hdd bracket, ethernet port, seperate charger (can also still charge via usb though) and a second camera at the back
How is design an upgrade? Some also like the smaller form.
Tangible upgrades then are second usb port, ethernet port, and probably faster charging. I was hoping for more in their second attempt.
The T100 also had the option of a 500gb drive in the keyboard – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJlxH_OYAdo
Can the T200 really be charged via the USB port also…?
According to https://www.tlbhd.com/asus-transformer-book-t200ta-review-18720/ it can not.
NO STYLUS
1366 x 768 at 11.6″ is a good size for using non-metro desktop Windows in touch-screen mode without having to endure haphazard Windows scaling, and many perceive little probem with sharpness at this size. I think it’s a good match.
Most of the manufactures are moving away from 1366 x 768 pixel displays and moving on to full HD so I don’t understand ASUS sticking to this resolution being as advanced as they appear to be.
Yes, 1366×768 is a total fail these days….even my 2013 Nexus 7 is full HD. I have an old 11.6 inch laptop with this resolution and it sucks, many dialog boxes and such are too big to fit vertically and have to scroll.
No they’re not. The majority of budget laptops (which this is) have this resolution.
the thing is that at 11.6 inch, using the desktop at full hd with touch is almost imposible (everythinig is too small, and windows’ scaling is just bad..) and since this is usable as a tablet i think they chose for a lower res because its more usable in a touch/tablet config.. and it saves them money so they can keep it sub 400€