Apple doesn't have a very large notebook lineup; just three MacBook Pro models and one MacBook. They've always kept it simple and that should make decision time painless, right? Not so much when it comes to the 13" machines with the MacBook and 13" MacBook Pro overlapping in most ways. Both share the same CPU, graphics processor and glass multi-touch trackpad, but the...
Acer often takes the affordable road with their notebooks and Ultrabooks. The Aspire S3 was a tad budget among first gen Ultrabooks with more liberal use of plastics and a spinning hard drive rather than the then ubiquitous SSD drive. The Acer Aspire S5 changes all that. This is a premium Ultrabook; and Ultrabooks already tend to be premium relative to mainstream laptops....
Make no mistake; the Acer Aspire S7 has nothing in common with the netbooks of yesteryear that brought Acer temporary fame and fortune. The S7 is a member of their high line of Ultrabooks and it looks and feels every bit the part. The S7 is available in 11.6" and 13.3" models, and the 11.6" has a solid aluminum alloy lid while the...
Acer has been doing very interesting things with their Windows 8 machines, and the Acer Aspire R7 is their boldest product to date. The Aspire R7 would look at home on the set of Star Trek, as Acer pointed out in their marketing videos with a Star Trek movie spin. At first blush it's a 15.6" slim and light laptop with an odd...
Acer's trying to confuse us: they call the new Acer Aspire P3 an Ultrabook when it's actually a Windows 8 tablet with a keyboard case. In fact, they've switched from the Iconia tablet branding to the Aspire notebook brand, yet the Aspire P3 is the near clone of the Acer Iconia W700 11.6" Windows 8 tablet. The Aspire P3 runs Windows 8 64...
