Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook

Acer Aspire S3 ($ 899.99 direct) is the first book in ultra-PCMag Labs, the first of many in the coming months. If this fragment of a laptop is the shape of things to come, keep us excited.
This new generation of laptop to check all the boxes are designed for ultra-book category Intel, the ultra-thin, ultra-fast and ultra-low-cost, more than 5 hours of battery life. Compared to similar laptops and some ultra-Books, we spent time with, like the UX31 Asus Zenbook ($ 1,099 direct) and Lenovo IdeaPad U300s (1199 dollars directly) (stay tuned for our review of both), falls short a couple of features, but it gives you a thin, portable mobile premium compared to competitors.

Acer Launches its Acer Iconia Tablet

If you’re already familiar with Windows 7, and would like some continuity in your choice of tablet, then the Acer Iconia is the only feasible choice on the market today. But aside from the fact that it runs on the Windows operating system, is this really the tablet you should spend your hard earned cash on?

ACER ICONIA PERFORMANCE


Acer Iconia is powerful dual touch screen notebook / tablet PC / laptop. It has Intel Core i5 processor with 2.2 GHz, 4 GB of DDR3 RAM, 128 MB Intel graphics and 500 GB of hard drive, 4 USB ports and HDMI port, 802.11b/g/n WiFi. Acer Iconia is powered by Windows 7 Home Premium operating system and it has Acer Ring, an circular interface for easily navigation.

It has 4 cell battery. Battery life is about  3 and a half hours with normal use, which is quite bad, but it is ok because it has 2 screens. Weight of Acer Iconia is about 2.8 kg, which is quite heavy for tablet PC. The virtual keyboard will probably be hard to use because you can not rest your hands without hitting something on the screen. Acer Iconia is winner of 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in notebook/laptop category. Acer Iconia is not released yet, but it will be released in a few weeks, and price will be about $1600, which is quite expensive.

Specification:


* Costs $449
* Released in 2011
* Runs on Windows 7
* 7.48 x 10.83 x 0.63 inches in size
* Weighs 2.14 lb. / 0.97 kg
* 10.1 inch screen
* 1024 x 768 resolution
* 32GB storage space
* AMD C-50 1 GHz processor
* Wi-Fi & Bluetooth connectivity
* 1.3 MP cameras
* 6 hour battery life

Acer Aspire Ethos 8943G

Fast Facts


A large silver sliver, the Acer has an excellent screen and a smooth, milled metal shell. Main processing duties are handled by a quad core CPU that's hooked up to a huge 16GB of RAM.



Mighty or mousey?

It's quite slim but the Acer is too heavy to lug about, which is a pity as the battery life is good for the size.There are loads of cool details like the glassy mouse pad and hidden volume control, but you can get a laptop with a more powerful graphics chip for less.

Stuff says

Classy design, but the performance doesn't quite justify the price.

TECH RATER

CPU Intel Core i7 7200M
RAM 166GB
GRAPHICS AMD Radeon HD4850
SCREEN 18.4in, 1920x1080
STORAGE 2x640Gb HDD
SIZE 4x44x30cm, 4.7kg