We love tablets, we love laptops. We're starting to love tablets that double as laptops because they give us the feeling of portability but do not limit the functionality we need. Asus has a new hybrid/convertible laptop that's closer to the size of a tablet, and is so thin, it might be able to compete with the Macbook Air. Dubbed the Asus Transformer Book T300 Chi, it in fact, has a lot more in common with an iPad than an ultrabook, says The Verge.

Running Windows 8.1, the tablet portion is just 7.6mm thick, and has a 12.5-inch 2560 x 1440 pixel display. It runs an Intel Core M processor, comes with 64GB or 128GB of storage, and 4GB or 8GB of RAM. It's thinness contributes to its lack of full-sized connectivity ports, fans, extra battery, hard drive, and mechanical un-docking buttons found in previous Transformers. Instead, you'll find a 3.5mm headphone jack, microSD, micro USB 3.0, and micro-HDMI. Attaching the keyboard is done with a simple click of connectors and magnets, which when docked together still only 16.5mm thick. Other Transformers had a massive bulge in the bottom to keep things in place, so this contributes greatly to the sleekness of the device.

That's not only thinner than its Apple rival, but that pixel count is twice that of the MacBook Air. All that skinniness and you start to wonder what kind of battery can fit in there. Well, Tech Times reports that it's a 32Whrs battery that can support up to 8 hours of usage. Bummer. Even worse, a rundown test from The Verge reveals a short 6 hours and 38 minutes. That's not the best news, so maybe all of these specs, plus price might help you decide if you like the idea of this laptop. Unfortunately, it starts at $699, which isn't exactly cheap, at all. Although Asus puts up a front that its Transformer T300 Chi is comparable to the MacBook, which it is in many respects, it doesn't mean that it's the best machine. It's display could be better, its battery is obviously a problem, and well, all that energy put into making it cute and convertible could have been used to make it more well-rounded. Maybe next time, Asus.