First, a little background. Asus launched a dual Windows 8.1Android tablet laptop at CES in January.
And despite promises we would see it in the second quarter, it has yet to materialize.
My sources tell me (as do other reports) that either Google or Microsoft or both weren't
pleased because a user could instantly switch between the Windows and Android desktop
on one device.
Enter the Transformer Book V, introduced at the Computex conference. But this time Asus
is running the two OSes on two completely separate pieces of hardware, removing (ostensibly)
any grounds for objection.
Here's how CNET's Aloysius Low described the (somewhat confusing) 5-in-1 amalgamation of devices on Transformer V (see photo at bottom): An "Android phone that
docks into a tablet that turns it into an Android tablet, while also being able to run Windows 8.1
on its own."