Asus Transformer Book Flip TP550LA / TP550LD

The 2 in 1 computer, as Microsoft promotes it, is a mobile computer that is neither fish but all too often quite foul, a jack of few trades and master of none. There may be some application for a wobbly screened 15in tablet cum laptop weighing the wrong side of 2.6 kg, but we struggle to think of it. It’s doomed as a tablet in no small part by its low-grade and low-resolution TN display, and as a regular laptop is bested by non-touchscreen models at half the price with better specifications.

“In a bid to offer the best of the both worlds, we feel that ASUS has made some serious lapses with the Transformer Flip Book”Taiwanese brand ASUS might not be topping the sales charts, but there's no doubt it has always been on the forefront of...