Acer Iconia
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Average of 4 scores (from 11 reviews)
Reviews for the Acer Iconia
Touchbook. The Iconia is the Ferrari in Acer's tablet campaign. We see it rather more as a tank. Weight and size are far from any kind of portable lightness. Nevertheless, the control concept of the foldable tablet works.
Source: CNet Archive.org version
Acer's inventive Iconia laptop falls into that exclusive category we sometimes call executive laptops. Unlike a lot of other unique proof-of-concept laptops, the Acer Iconia is fun to use and largely works as advertised. But it has a hard time answering the most frequent question we hear about it: why would anyone need a dual-touch-screen laptop?
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/29/2011
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 70% mobility: 60%
Source: Pocket Lint Archive.org version
The Acer Iconia is definitely on trend with tons of social and sharing features built directly into the interface, along with touchscreen capabilities, which makes dragging, dropping, and sharing simple. That said, a touchscreen laptop does pose a certain number of problems when it comes to normal day-to-day procedures. Aside from the coolness of Facebooking on one screen while watching a movie, if you instead decide to type something up, there is a certain learning curve required to master the virtual touchscreen keyboard. The longer the document, the more errors you may make as you begin to rest your hands on letters rather than traditional keyboard space.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/25/2010
Source: T3 Archive.org version
Acer is positioning the Iconia as a lifestyle product, with more 10, 7 and 5-inch versions and potentially (although Acer couldn’t confirm this) on other operating systems. At the moment it’s quite hard to see who would buy the Iconia in this incarnation. While we like the Acer Ring interface, at £1400 it’s very expensive and we’re not convinced it adds enough to what is basically a Windows 7 laptop to justify the cost. Our time with the Iconia was brief, but we’ll bring you a full review as soon as possible.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/23/2010
Source: Trusted Reviews Archive.org version
Impressive though the Iconia is, though, we're still struggling to think quite what use it has.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/23/2010
Foreign Reviews
Acer IconiaSource: PC Welt DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/15/2011
Rating: Total score: 75% performance: 79% features: 81% display: 68% mobility: 64% ergonomy: 78% emissions: 78%
Source: Netzwelt DE→EN Archive.org version
performance mediocre, display and battery runtime deficient
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/31/2011
Source: HardwareLuxx DE→EN Archive.org version
positive: two displays; negative: battery runtime, weight, dark display
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 03/29/2011
Source: PC Online.com.cn zh-CN→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 02/21/2011
Source: Itsvet HR→EN Archive.org version
positive: workmanship, connections, performance; negaitve: battery runtime
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/02/2011
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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics: Onboard graphics card that is built in the new Arrandale CPUs (Core i3 / i5 / i7 Dual Cores). Depending on the model and Turbo Boost, the GMA HD is clocked between 166 and 766 MHz.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
480M: The Core i5-480M has only 3 MB L3 Cache (compared to the I7-620M) and clocks between 2.66-2.9 GHz (Turbo Mode). Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (GMA HD) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
14.00":
There are hardly any tablets in this display size range anymore. For subnotebooks, on the other hand, it is the standard format.
The advantage of subnotebooks is that the entire laptop can be small and therefore easily portable. The smaller display also has the advantage of requiring less power, which further improves battery life and thus mobility. The disadvantage is that reading texts is more strenuous on the eyes. High resolutions are more likely to be found in standard laptops.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.2.73 kg:
With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.
Acer: In 1976, the company was founded in Taiwan under the name Multitech and was renamed Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors, TVs and computer peripherals. Since 2007, the group has merged with Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell, which also market their own laptop product lines.
Acer computers are designed for a variety of purposes, including ultrabooks for mobile use, gaming laptops for gamers, affordable options for everyday tasks, and 2-in-1 convertible laptops for versatility. Acer's product portfolio also includes tablets that offer portable computing and multimedia capabilities.
75.75%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
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