For individual business users,
this laptop offers a nice blend of modern features and solid
performance. It's not stylish, but its input ergonomics are very good.
If you want to work incognito at the coffee shop, or blend discreetly
into in the boardroom, Acer’s squarish, matte-black TravelMate Pro is
the laptop to use. It doesn’t flip, fold, detach, or do any other fancy
tricks. But staid is as staid does. The TravelMate Pro is light, rugged,
secure, and fast. It has a vivid display with discrete AMD graphics,
and it runs for nearly 6 hours on a single charge. It’s also cheaper
than much of its business-oriented competition.
Acer
sent us the TMP645-MG-9419 version of the Travelmate Pro, and that’s
the last time I’ll mention the entire model name. Acer’s naming
convention—and its website, with dozens of slightly different models—are
needlessly confusing and need fixing. The Travelmate Pro Acer sent came
outfitted with an Intel Core i7-4500u, 8GB of DDR3/1600 memory, a
discrete AMD Radeon HD 8750M graphics processor, and a 256GB Toshiba
SSD. Read More
The good:The Acer Chromebook C720P
has a good keyboard, an SD expansion slot, USB 2 and 3 ports, and HDMI,
plus a touch screen. It also has more onboard storage (32GB) than most
entry-level Chromebooks, and better battery life than most previous
Chromebooks.
The bad: Low-end price is matched by its low-end feel. Chrome OS has natural limitations. Touch isn't always that useful in Chrome.
The bottom line:The
Acer Chromebook C720P manages to get better at all the key things,
adding up to a little laptop alternative that's better than any budget
Chromebook we've seen before.
PCWorld - Acer has announced that a new version of its C7 Chromebook will be
available at Walmart stores and online at Walmart.com for $199. The
refreshed model includes a 16GB SSD.
The model C710-2856 Chromebook has an 11.6-inch LED-backlit LCD panel
with native resolution of 1366 by 768 pixels. It's powered by a 1.1GHz
Intel Celeron 847 processor and 2GB of DDR3 memory. Apart from swapping a
320GB mechanical hard drive for an SSD, this computer's specifications
are the same as the earlier $199 Chromebook that Acer announced in November 2012.
PCWorld - It was just a few weeks ago that a $249 Chromebook appeared courtesy of Google and Samsung, but on Monday that already-low price point dropped even further.
Google and Acer today announced the brand-new Acer C7, a Chromebook priced at just $199.
Powered by an Intel Celeron 847 processor and equipped with 2GB of
DDR3 memory, the new device will be available to U.S. customers starting
tomorrow on the Google Play store, at Best Buy stores, and on
BestBuy.com.
In the United Kingdom, it's available on Google Play, Amazon UK, PC
World, and Currys; “we’re working hard to bring it to more countries
soon,” wrote Sundar Pichai, Google's senior vice president for Chrome
and Apps, in a Monday blog post.
An 18-second boot time
The Acer C7 weighs just slightly over three pounds and measures a
mere one inch thick, yet it features a full-size keyboard, a fully
clickable trackpad, an “extra bright” 11.6-inch display, and a battery
life of more than 3.5 hours.
Engadget - Here it is, folks: our first Windows 8 device. No, not the first we've
laid hands on, but the first built-for-Win-8 PC that we've been able to
take home and spend some quality time with. If you don't remember
today's specimen, you'd be forgiven: the Acer Iconia W510
is one of many, many tablet / laptop hybrids that have debuted over the
past few months. Plus, this isn't even the highest-end Windows 8 PC
Acer has to offer: unlike the W700, which has a 1080p screen and Ultrabook guts, the W510 runs off a Clover Trail-based Atom processor, and has a smaller 10.1-inch (1,366 x 768) display.
The good:An excellent set of specs and features in the Acer Aspire V5-171-6867
include a Core i5 processor, 6GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive, HDMI, USB
3.0, and even Bluetooth, all for a surprisingly low price, and stuffed
into a very small Netbook-like body.
The bad: It has a cramped-feeling keyboard and touch pad, weak battery life, and poor speakers, plus an uninspired, thick design.
The bottom line:The
Acer Aspire V5-171-6867 crams the horsepower of a full-fledged budget
ultrabook into an 11-inch ultraportable, for several hundred dollars
less than most equivalent products. It's a great budget laptop to
consider, but sacrifices have been made to shrink down that much
computer into a tiny package.
The good:The slim Acer Timeline U M5-481TG
ultrabook combines Nvidia graphics, an optical drive, and plenty of
extra features, including a backlit keyboard, in a shockingly affordable
package.
The bad: A
clean but generic design and its heavier weight make the U M5 feel less
like an ultrabook and more like a regular mainstream laptop; the screen
quality is mediocre, too.
The bottom line:Yes,
it's heavier than the average ultrabook, but if you're looking for an
excellent value in a full-featured thin laptop, the Acer Timeline U M5
is hard to beat.
Android 3.2 appears to have some kinks to work out
Soft-touch home button too easy to activate
Bottom Line
With its feature-laden yet practical design, and compact size, the A100 has the goods to deliver a modest-sized alternative to the 10-inch class tablets. Android 3.2 appears to have some rough spots, though, and app compatibility may be an issue until app makers and Google can issue the appropriate firmware updates.
Acer Iconia Tab A100 Reinvents 7-inch Tablets
We’ve seen 7-inch tablets before, but the category gets a new spin with the Acer Iconia Tab A100. Acer manages to pack in a slew of ports and slots in a well-designed, compact tablet. The A100 also happens to be the first 7-inch tablet with Android 3.2, and the first from a major brand to hit a sub-$350 price — albeit for a model with just 8GB of storage.
The A100 comes in several flavors. The 8GB models, dubbed A100-07u08u and A100-07u08w (sold in Walmart only), will cost $330, while the 16GB A100-07u16u costs $350. While the minimal on-board storage could be an issue to some, all of these models have a micoSD card slot, so you can expand capacity at will, by up to 32GB.
Acer A100: Specs and Design
Acer took its time to bring the A100 to market, and that extra time shows through in the solid design of this tablet, which, much like the 10.1-inch A500, was originally slated for a spring release. More
CNET - The good:At under $800, the Acer Aspire TimelineX 3830TG-6431 is one of the most affordable thin laptops we've seen. It makes few compromises and packs impressive Nvidia graphics into a very compact, portable design.
The bad: The lack of an optical drive is frustrating, since other laptops of similar size such as the Sony Vaio S and Toshiba Portege R835 do include one.
The bottom line:The aggressively priced Acer Aspire TimelineX 3830TG-6431's combination of gaming-ready graphics and a fast processor in a 13-inch body offers a great punch for a good price, provided you can live without a DVD drive.
