I, for one, am happy to see a company isn't wasting time trying to make a system as thin as possible. The specs are really good and the price ($300 +$50 for a Pro upgrade since I want to load non-Store software) is acceptable. It would do great at pretty much everything I'd throw at it and depending on specific hardware quirks, I may not even need to throw $50 down to get Pro as long as Linux is happy on it.
For <$300 that's good enough, especially since the main purpose is to use it with the much leaner Windows S. No one should use this for intensive stuff like gaming, programming or video editing.
Not really, 4GB is enough for browsing, media consumption and office work. Heck, my old Windows tablet is still doing pretty ok running full Win 10 with only 2GB.
I agree that I wouldn't bother upgrading the OS - if you need full Windows, you might be better off putting the extra money towards a more powerful device. However for non-gaming students, parents/grandparents, etc, this device has plenty. IPS, convertible, touch, 64GB internal - $300? Not too shabby. Devices like this have their place, even if some have a hard time seeing it (since they need the flexibility of full Windows).
I'd like to see some testing on how fast Win S devices boot and resume.
The only thing I'd like to know is if there's space inside for a hard drive. With this size laptop, it could certainly fit in there. At the very least, an M.2 drive.
Apart from the limited storage, looks like a pretty good media laptop, with a 1080p IPS screen, HDMI output and 2x2 WiFi. At only $50 for Windows Pro, that's a steal if you want a basic work machine with good media capabilities.
I really with eMMC would completely die off in anything running (or "potentially" running, as is the case here) a desktop OS. The 64GB eMMC in my Asus T100 is so brutally slow, I wish it stuck with SATA spinning-drives so I could have swapped it out with a standard SATA SSD, as you could with many older-generation netbooks.
On the bright side- decent port selection on this netbook, I really like the full size SD card presence!
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osxandwindows - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
And, microsoft's new laptop is brutally beaten and sent back home in tears.shabby - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
A 6 watt cpu in a 1" thick laptop? Oh ya its acer, nevermind.BrokenCrayons - Thursday, May 4, 2017 - link
I, for one, am happy to see a company isn't wasting time trying to make a system as thin as possible. The specs are really good and the price ($300 +$50 for a Pro upgrade since I want to load non-Store software) is acceptable. It would do great at pretty much everything I'd throw at it and depending on specific hardware quirks, I may not even need to throw $50 down to get Pro as long as Linux is happy on it.TheTurboFool - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
The only way a Celeron can brutally beat anything is if the device it's in is used as a bludgeoning device.Lord of the Bored - Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - link
I firmly believe any decent laptop is built well enough that it CAN be used as a bludgeon.vladx - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
Pretty good specs for the price, also option to upgrade to full Win 10 Pro for 50$ is quite nice.tuxfool - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
"4 GB of DDR3L memory"Uhuh.
vladx - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
For <$300 that's good enough, especially since the main purpose is to use it with the much leaner Windows S. No one should use this for intensive stuff like gaming, programming or video editing.tuxfool - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
Sure, but it means that it would be quite silly to upgrade it to full fat windows.vladx - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
Not really, 4GB is enough for browsing, media consumption and office work. Heck, my old Windows tablet is still doing pretty ok running full Win 10 with only 2GB.Samus - Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - link
Windows phones run Win10 on 1GB of ram...zodiacfml - Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - link
4GB is pretty fine for 32 bit browser but not 64.vladx - Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - link
"4GB is pretty fine for 32 bit browser but not 64."Don't know where you got that from. It's certainly not true.
Alexvrb - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
I agree that I wouldn't bother upgrading the OS - if you need full Windows, you might be better off putting the extra money towards a more powerful device. However for non-gaming students, parents/grandparents, etc, this device has plenty. IPS, convertible, touch, 64GB internal - $300? Not too shabby. Devices like this have their place, even if some have a hard time seeing it (since they need the flexibility of full Windows).I'd like to see some testing on how fast Win S devices boot and resume.
neo_1221 - Thursday, May 4, 2017 - link
I'm waiting to see just how much "leaner" WinS actually is.MamiyaOtaru - Thursday, May 4, 2017 - link
Microsoft's Surface laptop is selling with that much RAM for 999$. The comparison makes this seem rather nicewebdoctors - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
11.6” IPS display with a 1920×1080 resolution, which additionally features 10-point multitouch and has a 360-degree hingeSOLD! Take my money.
lmcd - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
Am I just a MS fanboy or does this actually look super nice?guidryp - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - link
This is where Windows S, makes some sense. It's likely dirt cheap to OEMs ($10? Free for now?), and that enables things like $300 laptops.ET - Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - link
For some reason it's $399 on Acer's site.The only thing I'd like to know is if there's space inside for a hard drive. With this size laptop, it could certainly fit in there. At the very least, an M.2 drive.
Apart from the limited storage, looks like a pretty good media laptop, with a 1080p IPS screen, HDMI output and 2x2 WiFi. At only $50 for Windows Pro, that's a steal if you want a basic work machine with good media capabilities.
t.s - Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - link
Nice specs and good pricing. It would be better if it includes DDR4, m.2 slots and upgradable Memory.t.s - Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - link
and 1920x1200, not 1080phybrid2d4x4 - Thursday, May 4, 2017 - link
I really with eMMC would completely die off in anything running (or "potentially" running, as is the case here) a desktop OS. The 64GB eMMC in my Asus T100 is so brutally slow, I wish it stuck with SATA spinning-drives so I could have swapped it out with a standard SATA SSD, as you could with many older-generation netbooks.On the bright side- decent port selection on this netbook, I really like the full size SD card presence!