This is either smart as a whip or absolutely harebrained . Acer ’s new R7 ultrabook is the weirdest change to laptop design in year .
For our hand - on flavor at the R7 today , head here .
Acer Aspire R7 Hands On : We ’re Not Quite quick for This Kind of Crazy
The R7 switch the touchpad and keyboard locating on laptop computer ’s body , with the keyboard in front of the touchpad . This is to make using touch with Windows 8 easier , with the hinge in reality work on like an easel , sort of like the Sony Duo 11 or an old iMac , so it can come nigher to you , covering up the touchpad at times , and make itself more touchable .
The guts are standard Ultrabook . It ’s acquire a “ Full HD ” concealment ( 1080p ) and since it ’s out in May , will be ship with third generation Intel Core chip , but will presumably get a bump to 4th gen Haswell once those are out .
Acer ’s design has been right near the top of the industriousness for a little bite now . The S7 , the 13 - column inch but especially the 11 - inch , was beautiful . It had a few serviceableness topic , but it was hugely supporting as far as expert plan coming to Windows goes . We ’ll get a chance to apply the R7 a bite after Acer ’s insistence group discussion wraps up , so we ’ll let you know if this is a good design shift or just batshit insane , but just the creativity alone is refreshful .
Acer also announced the P3 , which is an ultrabook / tablet convertible , and an update to its Iconia tablet line with a 7.9 - column inch information science screenland .
The R7 will be out on May 14th in the US at Best Buy . For a more detailed look , see to it out our hands - on here .
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