Thursday, November 12, 2015
Acer Reveals new Aspire R 14 convertible and Aspire Z3-700 AiO PC along with Windows 10.
Today Acer showcased the all new Aspire R 14 (R5-431T / 471T) convertible notebook and Aspire Z3-700 portable all-in-one PC. The Acer Aspire R14 was comes with a Skylake processor and this device will start selling soon in the US and elsewhere starting at $700 (approx. Rs. 45000).
Acer Aspire R 14 (R5-431T / 471T) has a 14-inch (1366 x 768 pixels) display, is powered by 6th Gen Intel Core processor, supports up to 8GB DDR3L memory, SSD storage and has WiFi 802.11ac with MU-MIMO and the usual set of connectivity features. The Acer Aspire Z3-700 portable all-in-one PC has a 17.3-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) 10-point capacitive multi-touch screen, is powered by Intel Pentium or Celeron processors, supports up to 8GB of DDR3L system memory, and SSD or HDD storage options.
Both these run on the latest Windows 10 OS. The Aspire R 14 can convert to Tent mode to fit in confined space and the magnet design allows the device to be used in the Tablet mode without any gaps. It is 15.6 mm thick and weighs 2 kgs. light It also supports input via a dedicated stylus for even more exact control and packs a built-in battery that promises up to 5 hours of battery life.It weighs 1.9 kilograms.
The new device supports a thinner 360-degree dual torque hinge and offers the familiar four modes of operation – it can flip and turn better than its predecessor. The devices showcase Microsoft’s efforts to bring a common experience across notebooks, PCs and phones with Skype, Cortana, its voice assistant, Continuum, a feature that enables a phone to act as a PC when connected to a separate display, Microsoft’s new Edge browser and the Xbox app.
The new notebook comes with Acer's Purified Voice digital signal processing technology that should improve Cortana. It puzzles us why Acer device to use DDR3L memory instead of DDR4L but this was probably just being cheaper a "cost related decision."
The new redesigned R14 notebook is thinner having 18.5 mm instead of the 23.8 mm with last year's model. The new hairline-brush metallic finish makes it more attractiver. The new R14 is lighter as the weight got slightly down from current 1.98KG to 1.90 KG.
The Acer Aspire R14 2in1 device will have to go against Dell's XPS 14 and the Lenovo Yoga 14 inch line. Why wins will depend on how much you need a notebook that bends or not and if this so called tablet mode for continuum is so important for you.
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