I want to group all the "fake tablets" that can not separate the keyboards in a different chart and frankly I don't even want to include them. They are just laptops with touch screens. You can't honestly use a 3 lb "tablet" and pretend you can use it like a 1.5lb one.
If it converts into a tablet form factor then it's a tablet. Some people might even call them Tablet PCs.
If these convertibles are just laptops with touch screens then what are the actual laptops with touch screens like the
Acer Aspire S7 or the
Asus Zenbook Touch? Obviously these devices are different.
I hereby propose the following terminology:
Touchbooks = touch-enabled ultrabooks
Convertibles = any tablet with non-removable keyboard (this includes sliders, swivels, flip overs, and dual screens)
Transformers = removable keyboard dock
Slates = plain tablet without keyboard dock
For now I will include the 11" "fake tablets" since there is only one but I definite don't want to include 12" ones. There is no 12" transforming tablets so nobody is going to cross shop a 12" laptop with a laplet
"fake tablets?" Come on now. You know Tablet PC existed long before the ARM tablets.
Furthermore:
Taichi = 11.6"
Vaio Duo = 11.6"
Satelitte u925t = 12.5"
XPS Duo = 12.5"
Ideapad Yoga = 13.3"
I don't see how screen size is a factor here. You can get a Transformer Book in up to 14" size, yet it's a "real" tablet?
I haven't heard anything that Asus is actually going to produce the Taichi.
Asus has said the Taichi is shipping before Christmas. This is an actual product that was announced at Computex and available for hands on at IFA. The Taichi is coming out in multiple screen sizes. 11.6" and 13.3"
Same as Transformer Book.
The Taichi was at IFA this week and everyone in the press was able to play with it:
Tabtech (Taichi Hands-On)
Asus Taichi IFA Presentation
Mobile Geeks (Taichi Hands-on)
Looks like a close to finished product based upon the media hands-on at IFA. Maybe you are confusing it with
Samsung's dual screen Retina laptop which is just being called a prototype at IFA?
A lot of people are still cross shopping the RT and the i5, or the Atom with the i5 in this thread. I think it make sense to sort them by CPU/OS first, and then screen size second.
The Asus Transformer Book and Samsung ATIV Pro have the exact same CPU and screen options as the Asus Taichi or Lenovo Yoga. So that's why I say people would be cross shopping them.
It just seems strange to include the slider convertibles but not the other convertibles. I'd either leave them all out or include them all.