Boing Boing » they’re called slates http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 19:54:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Acer Iconia tablet is UMPC-killer http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/acer-iconia-tablet-is-umpc-kil.html http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/acer-iconia-tablet-is-umpc-kil.html#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:56:04 +0000 Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/?p=210819

Acer's $1,000 Iconia tablet runs Windows 8, weighs only 2 pounds, and packs in 4GB of RAM, a 128GB SSD and a 1.7Ghz Core i5 CPU. Christopher Null put it through its paces:

The bigger challenge, though, is the lack of a mouse. Yes, tablets are designed to be touched directly in lieu of an external pointer, but as noted above, this is tough given the W700′s resolution. At arm’s length, when it’s placed in the cradle, tapping the right button is nearly impossible. The bottom line: Budget for an external mouse and make it a Bluetooth one as well, unless you want to give up your only USB port.

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