Its a Tablet! Its a Laptop! Its Samsungs Windows 8 Hybrids

Samsung Series 7 and Series 5 Hybrid PCs for Windows 8

The Series 7 and Series 5 hybrid PCs from Samsung change from laptop to tablet by slipping them out of their keyboard docks. The Series 7 costs $1,199 and packs an Intel Core i5 processor with 4GB of RAM while the Series 5 is $749 and has Intel's latest mobile chip ("Clover Trail") with 2GB of RAM. Both will be available Oct. 26.

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A big promise of Windows 8 is that your tablet and your PC can be the same device. Exactly how will that work? After seeing of intriguing possibilities, we're starting to get a more firm idea with actual products like the Samsung Series 7 and Series 5 PCs.

The new machines are hybrid PCs -- meaning they "transform" from an 11.6-inch Windows 8 tablet to laptop and back again. They do so via keyboard docks, which hold the tablet in place.

Make no mistake, these are full Windows 8 PCs, not Windows RT devices. That means you can run all your old Windows 7 or XP apps on them in addition to any newer Windows 8 apps. They also sport Samsung's new take on the old Windows Start menu, the S Laun…
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