BANGALORE: At CES 2014, both Intel and Asus have made a strange twist on the mobile computing, by introducing the dual-OS powered Transformer Book Duet. The Duet was designed to run on both Android and Windows version of Operating Systems, by means of a hardware button that helped to switch between the two OS. It was rumored that Microsoft and Google strongly opposed Intel’s and Asus’ efforts. Microsoft wants the Duet to run exclusively on Windows 8, while Google reportedly wanted it to be on Android, as reported by The Verge.

Now Asus’ Duet, the hybrid laptop and tablet, is deceased. This hybrid device was the captivating part of the trade show, which was announced to be released in the U.S. this month. Fatefully, the launching has been cancelled owing to the conflict on Microsoft and Google, as per the news from The Wall Street Journal.

One source has reported that, due to the pressure from both Microsoft and Google Asus insisted to cast off the Duet, and as per the leaked reports from WSJ, Asus will also stop promoting a pair of dual-OS all-in-one PCs it introduced last year.

One of the biggest reasons which influenced the decision is that Microsoft has come up with a ‘new policy’ of not supporting dual-OS devices, says the memo. Patrick Moorhead, the analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, has informed that “Microsoft does not want its device to be run on dual OS”, and then informs WSJ that “Google needs all its devices to run on.” It looks as if the Internet Giant; Google will insist the hardware developers as well as the customers to select between Windows 8.1, Android, Windows RT and Chrome OS for their forthcoming devices.

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