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When the display and keyboard base of the t300 chi are assembled into its clamshell laptop form, the systems main power button ends up. The asus transformer book t300 chi makes for a fine windows tablet, but dont go tossing out your laptop anytime soon. Asus has brought us a convertible laptop thats even thinner than some tablets. The transformer book chi also features an allaluminum unibody design. The good the asus transformer book t300 chi makes good use of intels lowpower core m processor, and includes a keyboard dock that works. Thats why we chose the latest intel core m processor.
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