Buy ASUS Transformer AiO P1801-B037K 18.4-Inch DesktopASUS Transformer AiO P1801-B037K 18.4-Inch Desktop Product Description:
- Intel Core i5 3350 3.1 GHz
- 8 GB DDR3
- 1TB HDD 7200 rpm Hard Drive
- 18.4-Inch Screen with In-Plane-Switching (IPS) technology
- Windows 8
Product Description
Featuring an entertainment center with mobility and full-fledged desktop system built into one sleek all-in-one PC. The ASUS Transformer P1801 is world’s first dual-machine and dual-OS All-in-one PC. Windows 8 redefines home PC capabilities with fastest Intel CPU core i5, discrete NVIDIA graphics, 10-point multi-touch capacitive display combined with latest Splashtop Remote Desktop app, P1801 allows you to share your life and work remotely and interactively with friends and family.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
Exactly what I wanted.
By Bryan
I ordered this on 4/12/13 and it was delivered the next day. Here are my initial thoughts. I'll add to this as I use it more. Asus took a cue from Apple with their packaging. Very clean and orderly. Cables are tie with velcro straps, no twisty ties. Batteries included for the keyboard/mouse. The mouse's power was toggled to off. Don't forget to turn it on! The tablet/monitor was delivered with nearly zero power. You have to charge it above 20% before it will update to the latest version of Android that Asus provides (4.1.1). Windows 8 needed what seemed like a lot of patches for a system that just came out. I'm using 802.11n on both the tablet as well as the base to a Netgear WNDR3700 and get approximately 190mbit for file transfers. For reference, my home file server will completely saturate the gigabit connection to my desktop. The base/tablet are in the same small room as the router. The Win8 computer's 1TB drive came formatted with 750GB dedicated to a data drive (D:) with the rest for system / recovery.As far as the Android side, the Tegra 3 in the tablet is plenty fast for my needs. I'm using a beta build of XBMC for Android with hardware acceleration and it handles 720p / 1080p mkv's marvelously. I've tried a few tegra specific games and they run great as expected. So far the only issue that I've run across that has me disappointed is Amazon Prime instant videos using flash. The audio is out of sync no matter what browser I try to use. I'm quite disappointed in Amazon for not having an android app yet. That's not Asus's fault though. The wireless signal on 5ghz isn't too great so far. I've got 802.11n capable laptop that seems to get a much stronger signal in my home. Even with a android showing 1 bar of signal I can still get > 55mbit speed. The audio coming out of the tablet is loud. VERY loud. It's a bit on the tinny side but still good. The audio from the base (different speakers) is a bit better but still in need of some base. Definitely worth picking up some PC speakers.Now for the user experience. The IPS panel is gorgeous. The touchscreen is VERY smooth and responsive in both Windows and Android. The experience is not quite as responsive when using Win8 away from the base. It's very usable, mind you, but it is obvious that you aren't attached anymore. I've only tried a few PC games so far. I've been replaying Portal 2 and Torchlight 2 recently so I tried both on this system. They play great with everything maxed. Torchlight 2 works fine with a touch screen though I didn't see any immediate way to "right click" with touch. Portal 2, on the other hand, was unusable with touch. I could even play Torchlight 2 with the touch screen away from the base but the FPS dropped noticeably.The tablet is definitely heavy. You're not going to carry it around and use it in your hands. It's fun to use on the couch though or propped up on a TV tray. It did not handle direct sunlight well in Android mode. Though it has a camera, it doesn't sense light in the room which means you need to adjust the brightness yourself. Speaking of which, the webcam is mediocre.There a few negatives that made this a 4 instead of 5.* Sometimes the transition between desktop monitor mode to tablet remote control mode gets.. confused.* Webcam doesn't work in Skype on android side of things. It's also not very good.* Wireless radio in the tablet is poor or the signal measurement is faulty.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
Above my expectations
By zzdb
I ordered this 4/12/13 as well. I received mine at the beginning of the following week. Upon unboxing I was initially impressed with the quality of everything. As stated in the other review everything was packaged nicely and seemed well protected. My tablet portion was 75% charged so updating and setting up everything was very easy. There is a number of steps in the setup of accounts for because you have two operating systems, but once I attached my Google account it seemed to set everything up as I have on my other devices. It is a nice feature of new devices to link all of your accounts and this process was seamless on the Transformer AiO.The overall look and feel of the device is solid and nicely designed. It looks and feels good. I am pleased with the performance of the docking PC and in desktop mode the screen looks fabulous; true HD. Videos look great, video conferencing looks and works great, and the touch sensitivity is precise. Windows 8 works best with the touch screen, I prefer to switch to the windows 7 type looks when Im using my mouse and keyboard, but that's just personal preference.In tablet mode the performance is all I expected and more. Yes, there are some apps that do not load properly because their tablet interface, but that is the apps fault not the fault of the device. When an app is designed for tablets they look and perform great. It is fast and fun. The weight of the tablet does not hurt its usability. I would not hold this in my hands for long periods of time, but the kickstand makes it easy to use on tables and desks. And I even have held the device in my hands and used it exactly how anyone would use a tablet and it worked fine. The 2GB of ram in tablet mode provide plenty of response and multi-tasking is a breeze. I have used the normal transformer tf300 and this tablet functions much the same just has a much bigger screen. Gaming is fun on this device, netflix works awesome as the screen is like having a tv in your hands, and productivity software such as office work great. I have used this for presentations using powerpoint in my sales meetings and people are impressed with the screen and size of the presentation allowing them to easily read the information from their seats. This is bigger than my laptop for work and has provided a great tool and conversation starter.I also like the splashtop application for using the PC portion remotely.As of now the only problem I have found is that the wifi antenna is not as strong as my phone so the internet signal has to be stronger to fully utilize everything web connected in my apartment.Overall this has exceeded my expectations!
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful.Not bad as All in One
By F. Lastname
I'm currently typing off of one of these machines, it functions primarily as a win8 all in one that happens to also become an android with the press of a button. You do have to set up two seperate OS systems and they dont always talk to each other. Apps like google drive or others that use a cloud based component work well on both systems, but things like playing music from the win8 side to the android side is a bit tougher.. unless it's all on google music, or being able to use speakers plugged into one portion be used by another (currently there are two ports to plug speakers into, the ability to share those ports among the two systems would have been nice). Still the freedom to watch a movie regardless of where the physical computer is set up is a bonus. Yesterday we watched a movie on the dinning table by just carrying the screen there. The win8 portion of the computer is pretty well equiped, the tablet is not tegra 4 but it makes do. Some apps are just not able to display well in landscape but it's not unmanageble. Cons include a horrible mouse design, as well as a off and on working scroll wheel. The scroll wheel is a touch based thing which doesnt always register clicks or touches on the scrolling portion. Luckily there are 4 USB ports on the win8 portion which can have anything plugged in. The other con so far is speakers. Pros: they included EVERYTHING in the box. Non of this go buy some other stuff after you just bought the computer to make it work (wire, batteries etc). The screen quality is amazing, the sound output is also pretty good. ALso for the most part, everything just.. works. It did need updates out of the box tho
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