One of the most noticeable differences between Windows 7 and Windows 8 is that Microsoft’s newest operating system replaces the classic Start Menu with a new full-page Start Screen. The Start button is also gone. Instead you can bring up the Start Screen using gestures or by pulling your mouse cursor to the lower left […]
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Acer to launch 8 inch Windows 8 tablet this fall? (Acer Iconia W3)
Right now there aren’t any Windows 8 tablets available with screens smaller than 10 inches. But that could change later this year, and it looks like one of the first smaller tablets could come from Acer. The company is reportedly working on an 8 inch Windows 8 tablet called the Acer Iconia W3. Some specs […]
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Acer Aspire S3 ultrabook with Linux spotted in Hungary
Acer’s Aspire S3 was one of the first thin and light laptops to earn the right to call itself an “ultrabook,” thanks to compliance with Intel’s guidelines. But that was in late 2011, and now the portable notebook with an Intel Sandy Bridge processor is starting to look a bit dated. But at least one […]
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Acer Aspire P3 Windows 8 tablet with keyboard on the way?
Acer has a handful of Windows 8 tablets on the market, including the Iconia W510 tablet with an Intel Atom Clover Trail chip and a higher-end Iconia W700 with a Core i5 chip and 1080p display. Now Hungarian site Tech2.hu reports that Acer is preparing to launch a next-gen tablet called the Acer Aspire P3. […]
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Acer Iconia A1-810 tablet with 7.9 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel screen shows up in France
French retailer Rue du Commerce is taking orders for a new Acer tablet called the Iconia A1-810. It’s a previously unannounced tablet featuring a quad-core processor, Android 4.2 software, and a 7.9 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel IPS display. In other words, it’s an Android tablet about the same size and shape as an iPad […]
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Google announces Chromebooks are now available in more countries
Chromebooks are going (a little more) global. A chromebook is a laptop running Google’s Chrome operating system, and up until recently you could only buy one in the US or the UK. Now Acer, HP, and Samsung are starting to offer chromebooks in additional countries including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands. Prices […]
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Acer launches new chromebooks with more RAM, longer battery life
The $199 Acer Chromebook is one of the cheapest laptops money can buy — but the 11.6 inch Chrome OS notebook is also hampered by mediocre battery life. You’d be lucky to get 4 hours of run time out of the laptop. But now Acer is introducing options with larger batteries and more RAM. . […]
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Acer Iconia W700P Windows 8 tablet now available with keyboard case (in some regions)
The Acer Iconia W700 is a powerful Windows 8 tablet equipped with an Intel Core i3 or faster processor, an 11.6 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel IPS display, 4GB of RAM, a solid state disk and a digital pen. In other words, it packs a lot more punch than the Intel Atom-powered Windows 8 tablets […]
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Acer could launch 8, 10 inch budget tablets soon
The Acer Iconia B1 is a 7 inch Android tablet that’s expected to sell for $150 when it goes on sale in the US. But Acer may not be limiting its low-end tablet line to a single model. According to China Times, the company is prepping 8 and 10 inch tablets as well. Both new […]
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Up to 10 percent of Acer’s laptop shipments are Chromebooks
Chromebooks may have gotten off to a slow start when they first hit the streets in 2011. But now Acer CEO Jim Wong says Chromebooks are making up 5 to 10 percent of the company’s shipments since the launch of the $199 Acer C7 Chromebook in November. In an interview with Bloomberg, Wong says the […]