"Those, who would like to use the Aspire Switch 12 S for gaming will eventually be able to connect an optional Acer Graphics Dock to the Thunderbolt 3 port. At present Acer does not reveal anything about the upcoming Graphics Dock."
Nice to see that a retail implementation of this is finally arriving.
Anton, at first glance, how do you feel the 3840x2160 Acer Aspire Switch 12 S SW7-272 compares to the Dell XPS 12 9250 of the same resolution that has been available for the past month or so in Dell Shop US and Microsoft Signature Edition US (9250-4554WLAN) variants, but not in the announced WWAN / LTE variant?
Both are a similar weight and have a backlit keyboard. The Dell does not have an Intel RealSense R200 camera. The Dell only has DDR3 RAM - does the Acer have DDR4? Crucially, though, the Dell has two - not one - Thunderbolt 3 ports.
As far as I know all Core M are using DDR3. The lower voltage of DDR4 makes it consume less power at the same clock speed, but the higher clock speeds it usually runs at seem to negate those gains. If power is important and the bandwidth provided by DDR3 is enough, DDR3 is a good choice.
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dabotsonline - Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - link
"Those, who would like to use the Aspire Switch 12 S for gaming will eventually be able to connect an optional Acer Graphics Dock to the Thunderbolt 3 port. At present Acer does not reveal anything about the upcoming Graphics Dock."Nice to see that a retail implementation of this is finally arriving.
Anton, at first glance, how do you feel the 3840x2160 Acer Aspire Switch 12 S SW7-272 compares to the Dell XPS 12 9250 of the same resolution that has been available for the past month or so in Dell Shop US and Microsoft Signature Edition US (9250-4554WLAN) variants, but not in the announced WWAN / LTE variant?
Both are a similar weight and have a backlit keyboard. The Dell does not have an Intel RealSense R200 camera. The Dell only has DDR3 RAM - does the Acer have DDR4? Crucially, though, the Dell has two - not one - Thunderbolt 3 ports.
MrSpadge - Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - link
As far as I know all Core M are using DDR3. The lower voltage of DDR4 makes it consume less power at the same clock speed, but the higher clock speeds it usually runs at seem to negate those gains. If power is important and the bandwidth provided by DDR3 is enough, DDR3 is a good choice.protomech - Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - link
Core M does not support DDR4.http://ark.intel.com/products/88199/Intel-Core-m7-...